NY State Senate Bill S6842B

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Sep 09, 2016	signed chap.300
Sep 06, 2016	delivered to governor
Jun 14, 2016	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1690 substituted for s6842b
Jun 14, 2016	substituted by a1231b ordered to third reading cal.1690
Jun 07, 2016	reported and committed to rules
May 24, 2016	print number 6842b
May 24, 2016	amend and recommit to agriculture
May 06, 2016	print number 6842a
May 06, 2016	amend and recommit to agriculture
Feb 26, 2016	referred to agriculture

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S6842 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1231
Law Section:: Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:: Add §201-i, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:: A9620

S6842 - Summary

Relates to the misbranding of escolar or oilfish as tuna, albacore tuna or white tuna.

S6842 - Sponsor Memo

 BILL NUMBER:  S6842

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to
misbranding of certain fish species

 PURPOSE :

To protect public health by prohibiting the sale of certain fish
species under names other than the accepted scientific or common
names.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 of the bill amends the agriculture and markets law by adding
a new section 201-i, which defines the fish species escolar, oil fish,
and white tuna, and prohibits the sale, offer for sale, distribution,
import or export of such species under any name, scientific or common,
other than those established pursuant to this section. Section 2
establishes a penalty for violating the new section 201-i of the
agriculture and markets law. Section 3 sets forth the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Recent, independent investigations conducted by multiple sources have

revealed significant levels of fraud and species misidentification in
the commercial fish industry in the United States. In New York City
alone, one investigation revealed over 40 percent of the samples of
fish tested were mislabeled or misidentified. One of the most common
species of fish consistently found to be misidentified were those
advertised as "white tuna" or "albacore tuna". The species most
commonly substituted for white or albacore tuna is escolar, a species
of snake mackerel. Although escolar is a species of fish that is
commercially available in its own right, it has a significantly lower
market value than tuna. Additionally, consumption of escolar carries a
risk of digestive illness because escolar has purgative effects that
are not associated with eating tuna. The Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) advises against the sale or marketing of escolar in
intrastate/interstate commerce, and further requests that seafood
manufacturers or processors should inform potential buyers or sellers
of the possible purgative effect associated with the consumption of
this species of fish.

In the interest of New York State consumers to prevent fraud and
protect public health, this bill would prohibit the sale of the fish
species "White Tuna" "Albacore Tuna", "Escolar" or "Oilfish" under any
names, common or scientific, other than the names established pursuant
to this section.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16: New Senate Bill / A.1231 - referred to Agriculture
2014:  A.9620 - referred to Agriculture

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect 120 days after becoming law provided,
however, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made
and completed by the commissioner of agriculture and markets on or
before such effective date.

S6842 - Bill Text download pdf

                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6842

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 26, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture

AN ACT to  amend  the  agriculture  and  markets  law,  in  relation  to
  misbranding of certain fish species

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a  new
section 201-i to read as follows:
  S  201-I.  MISBRANDING  OF  CERTAIN FISH SPECIES. 1.   AS USED IN THIS
SECTION:  (A) "ESCOLAR" SHALL MEAN ANY VARIETY OF FISH KNOWN AS ESCOLAR,
WALU, SNAKE MACKEREL, OR ANY OTHER COMMON NAME OF THE SCIENTIFIC SPECIES
NAME LEPIDOCYBIUM FLAVORBRUNNEUM.
  (B) "OILFISH" SHALL MEAN ANY VARIETY OF FISH KNOWN AS OILFISH  OR  ANY
OTHER COMMON NAME OF THE SCIENTIFIC SPECIES NAME RUVETTUS PRETIOSUS.
  (C)  "WHITE  TUNA" SHALL MEAN THE FISH SPECIES KNOWN AS ALBACORE TUNA,
LONG FIN TUNA, OR THE SCIENTIFIC SPECIES NAME THUNNUS ALALUNGA.
  2. NO PERSON, RETAIL OR PUBLIC FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT  AS  DEFINED
IN  SECTION  SEVENTY-ONE-Y  OF THIS CHAPTER, SHALL SELL, OFFER FOR SALE,
DISTRIBUTE, IMPORT, OR EXPORT THE SPECIES  OF  FISH  COMMONLY  KNOWN  AS
ESCOLAR  OR  OILFISH  UNDER THE NAME TUNA, ALBACORE TUNA, WHITE TUNA, OR
ANY OTHER SPECIES NAME, COMMON OR SCIENTIFIC, OTHER THAN THE  RECOGNIZED
COMMON  OR SCIENTIFIC SPECIES NAMES FOR SUCH SPECIES DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
SION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
  S 2. Section 39 of the agriculture and  markets  law,  as  amended  by
section  1  of  part  Q of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is amended to
read as follows:
  S 39. Penalties for violation of chapter or other laws.  Every  person
violating any of the provisions of this chapter, or of any other law the
enforcement of which is within the jurisdiction of the department shall,
except where other penalties are hereinafter prescribed, be subject to a
penalty  in  the  sum of not more than six hundred dollars for the first
violation, nor more than one thousand two hundred dollars for the second
and each subsequent violation and provided further, however, that for  a
violation  of  subdivision thirteen or fifteen of section two hundred of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                           LBD06132-01-5

S. 6842                             2

this chapter, the minimum penalty shall be five hundred dollars and  the
maximum  penalty  shall  be one thousand dollars and that for the second
and subsequent offenses such person may also be subject to  an  adminis-
trative order suspending the manufacture and/or sale of such confection-
ery for a period of time up to three months for each such violation; AND
PROVIDED  FURTHER,  HOWEVER,  THAT FOR A VIOLATION OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF
SECTION TWO HUNDRED ONE-I OF THIS CHAPTER, THE MINIMUM PENALTY SHALL  BE
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND A MAXIMUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST
OFFENSE  AND  FOR THE SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES ANY PERSON, RETAIL,
OR FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION MAY BE SUBJECT TO
AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER SUSPENDING THE SALE, OFFER  FOR  SALE,  DISTRIB-
UTION, IMPORT, OR EXPORT OF SUCH FISH SPECIES FOR A PERIOD OF TIME UP TO
THREE  MONTHS  FOR EACH VIOLATION.   When such violation consists of the
manufacture or production of any prohibited  article,  each  day  during
which  or any part of which such manufacture or production is carried on
or continued, shall be deemed a separate violation. When  the  violation
consists  of  the sale, or the offering or exposing for sale or exchange
of any prohibited article or substance, the sale of each one of  several
packages  shall  constitute  a separate violation, and each day on which
any such article or substance is offered or exposed for sale or exchange
shall constitute a separate violation. If the sale be of milk and it  be
in cans, bottles or containers of any kind and if the milk in any one of
such  containers  be adulterated, it shall be deemed a violation whether
such vendor be selling all the milk in all  of  his  containers  to  one
person  or not. When the use of any such article or substance is prohib-
ited, each day during which  or  any  part  of  which  such  article  or
substance  is  so used or furnished for use, shall constitute a separate
violation, and the furnishing of the same for use to each person to whom
the same may be furnished shall constitute a  separate  violation.  When
the  storage  of any article is prohibited beyond a certain period, each
day during which or any part of which any article is  so  stored  beyond
the  period  provided  for  by this chapter, shall constitute a separate
violation. A right of action for the recovery of, or  a  liability  for,
penalties  incurred as provided in this chapter, or in any other law the
enforcement of which is within the jurisdiction of the  department,  may
be released, settled or compromised before the matter is referred to the
attorney  general as provided in section forty-four of this article, and
thereafter may be released,  settled  or  compromised  by  the  attorney
general,  either  before  or  after an action is brought to recover such
penalties.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
authorized and directed to be made and completed by the commissioner  of
agriculture and markets on or before such effective date.

S6842A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1231
Law Section:: Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:: Add §201-i, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:: A9620

S6842A - Summary

Relates to the misbranding of escolar or oilfish as tuna, albacore tuna or white tuna.

S6842A - Sponsor Memo

 BILL NUMBER:  S6842A

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in
relation to misbranding of certain fish species

 PURPOSE :

To protect public health by prohibiting the sale of certain fish
species under names other than the accepted scientific or common
names.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 of the bill amends the agriculture and markets law by adding
a new section 201-i, which defines the fish species escolar, oil fish,
and white tuna, and prohibits the sale, offer for sale, distribution,
import or export of such species under any name, scientific or common,
other than those established pursuant to this section.

Section 2 establishes a penalty for violating the new section 201-i of
the agriculture and markets law.

Section 3 sets forth the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Recent, independent investigations conducted by multiple sources have
revealed significant levels of fraud and species misidentification in
the commercial fish industry in the United States. In New York City
alone, one investigation revealed over 40 percent of the samples of
fish tested were mislabeled or misidentified. One of the most common
species of fish consistently found to be misidentified were those
advertised as "white tuna" or "albacore tuna". The species most
commonly substituted for white or albacore tuna is escolar, a species
of snake mackerel. Although escolar is a species of fish that is
commercially available in its own right, it has a significantly lower
market value than tuna. Additionally, consumption of escolar carries a
risk of digestive illness because escolar has purgative effects that
are not associated with eating tuna. The Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) advises against the sale or marketing of escolar in
intrastate/interstate commerce, and further requests that seafood
manufacturers or processors should inform potential buyers or sellers
of the possible purgative effect associated with the consumption of
this species of fish.

In the interest of New York State consumers to prevent fraud and
protect public health, this bill would prohibit the sale of the fish
species "White Tuna" "Albacore Tuna", "Escolar" or "Oilfish" under any
names, common or scientific, other than the names established pursuant
to this section.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16: New Senate Bill! A.1231-A - Amended and Recommitted to
Agriculture on 4/12/16
2014: A.9620 - referred to Agriculture

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect 120 days after becoming law provided,
however, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made
and completed by the commissioner of agriculture and markets on or
before such effective date.

S6842A - Bill Text download pdf

                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 6842--A

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 26, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  agriculture  and  markets  law,  in relation to
  misbranding of certain fish species

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
section 201-i to read as follows:
  S 201-I. MISBRANDING OF CERTAIN FISH SPECIES. 1.    AS  USED  IN  THIS
SECTION:  (A) "ESCOLAR" SHALL MEAN ANY VARIETY OF FISH KNOWN AS ESCOLAR,
WALU, SNAKE MACKEREL, OR ANY OTHER COMMON NAME OF THE SCIENTIFIC SPECIES
NAME LEPIDOCYBIUM FLAVORBRUNNEUM.
  (B)  "OILFISH"  SHALL MEAN ANY VARIETY OF FISH KNOWN AS OILFISH OR ANY
OTHER COMMON NAME OF THE SCIENTIFIC SPECIES NAME RUVETTUS PRETIOSUS.
  (C) "WHITE TUNA" SHALL MEAN THE FISH SPECIES KNOWN AS  ALBACORE  TUNA,
LONG FIN TUNA, OR THE SCIENTIFIC SPECIES NAME THUNNUS ALALUNGA.
  2.  NO  PERSON,  WHOLESALER,  DISTRIBUTOR,  RETAIL  FOOD STORE OR FOOD
SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT SHALL SELL, OFFER FOR SALE, DISTRIBUTE, IMPORT, OR
EXPORT THE SPECIES OF FISH COMMONLY KNOWN AS ESCOLAR  OR  OILFISH  UNDER
THE  NAME  TUNA,  ALBACORE  TUNA, WHITE TUNA, OR ANY OTHER SPECIES NAME,
COMMON OR SCIENTIFIC, OTHER THAN THE  RECOGNIZED  COMMON  OR  SCIENTIFIC
SPECIES  NAMES  FOR  SUCH  SPECIES  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
authorized and directed to be made and completed by the commissioner  of
agriculture and markets on or before such effective date.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06132-03-6

S6842B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1231
Law Section:: Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:: Add §201-i, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:: A9620

S6842B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the misbranding of escolar or oilfish as tuna, albacore tuna or white tuna.

S6842B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 BILL NUMBER:  S6842B

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in
relation to misbranding of certain fish species

 PURPOSE :

To protect public health by prohibiting the sale of certain fish
species under names other than the accepted scientific or common
names.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 of the bill amends the agriculture and markets law by adding
a new section 201-i, which defines the fish species escolar, oil fish,
and white tuna, and prohibits the willful sale, offer for sale,
distribution, import or export of such species under any name,
scientific or common, other than those established pursuant to this
section.

Section 2 establishes a penalty for violating the new section 201-i of
the agriculture and markets law. Section 3 sets forth the effective
date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Recent, independent investigations conducted by multiple sources have
revealed significant levels of fraud and species misidentification in
the commercial fish industry in the United States. In New York City
alone, one investigation revealed over 40 percent of the samples of
fish tested were mislabeled or misidentified. One of the most common
species of fish consistently found to be misidentified were those
advertised as "white tuna" or "albacore tuna". The species most
commonly substituted for white or albacore tuna is escolar, a species
of snake mackerel.

Although escolar is a species of fish that is commercially available
in its own right, it has a significantly lower market value than tuna.

Additionally, consumption of escolar carries a risk of digestive
illness because escolar has purgative effects that are not associated
with eating tuna. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advises
against the sale or marketing of escolar in intrastate/interstate
commerce, and further requests that seafood manufacturers or
processors should inform potential buyers or sellers of the possible
purgative effect associated with the consumption of this species of
fish.

In the interest of New York State consumers to prevent fraud and
protect public health, this bill would prohibit the willful sale of
the fish species "White Tuna" "Albacore Tuna", "Escolar" or "Oilfish"
under any names, common or scientific, other than the names
established pursuant to this section.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2016: New Senate Bill! A.1231-B - Amend and Recommit to Codes on
5/20/16
2014: A.9620 - Referred to Agriculture

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect 120 days after becoming law provided,
however, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made
and completed by the commissioner of agriculture and markets on or
before such effective date.

S6842B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 6842--B

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 26, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to  amend  the  agriculture  and  markets  law,  in  relation  to
  misbranding of certain fish species

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a  new
section 201-i to read as follows:
  S  201-I.  MISBRANDING  OF  CERTAIN FISH SPECIES. 1.   AS USED IN THIS
SECTION:  (A) "ESCOLAR" SHALL MEAN ANY VARIETY OF FISH KNOWN AS ESCOLAR,
WALU, SNAKE MACKEREL, OR ANY OTHER COMMON NAME OF THE SCIENTIFIC SPECIES
NAME LEPIDOCYBIUM FLAVORBRUNNEUM.
  (B) "OILFISH" SHALL MEAN ANY VARIETY OF FISH KNOWN AS OILFISH  OR  ANY
OTHER COMMON NAME OF THE SCIENTIFIC SPECIES NAME RUVETTUS PRETIOSUS.
  (C)  "WHITE  TUNA" SHALL MEAN THE FISH SPECIES KNOWN AS ALBACORE TUNA,
LONG FIN TUNA, OR THE SCIENTIFIC SPECIES NAME THUNNUS ALALUNGA.
  2. NO PERSON, WHOLESALER,  DISTRIBUTOR,  RETAIL  FOOD  STORE  OR  FOOD
SERVICE  ESTABLISHMENT SHALL WILLFULLY SELL, OFFER FOR SALE, DISTRIBUTE,
IMPORT, OR EXPORT THE SPECIES OF FISH COMMONLY KNOWN AS ESCOLAR OR OILF-
ISH UNDER THE NAME TUNA, ALBACORE TUNA, WHITE TUNA, OR ANY OTHER SPECIES
NAME, COMMON OR SCIENTIFIC, OTHER THAN THE RECOGNIZED COMMON  OR  SCIEN-
TIFIC  SPECIES NAMES FOR SUCH SPECIES DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
authorized and directed to be made and completed by the commissioner  of
agriculture and markets on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06132-06-6

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Floor Vote: Jun 14, 2016

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Rules Committee Vote: Jun 14, 2016

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S6842 - Details

S6842 - Summary

S6842 - Sponsor Memo

S6842 - Bill Text download pdf

S6842A - Details

S6842A - Summary

S6842A - Sponsor Memo

S6842A - Bill Text download pdf

S6842B (ACTIVE) - Details

S6842B (ACTIVE) - Summary

S6842B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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S6842 - Details

S6842 - Summary

S6842 - Sponsor Memo

S6842 - Bill Text download pdf

S6842A - Details

S6842A - Summary

S6842A - Sponsor Memo

S6842A - Bill Text download pdf

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