Assembly Bill A5219

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires products sold as not safe for human consumption to be labeled with their ingredients and active chemical compounds

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A5219 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §390-d, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10447
2013-2014: A6609
2015-2016: A1162

2017-A5219 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires products sold as not safe for human consumption or not intended for human consumption to be labeled with their ingredients and active chemical compounds; violations of such provisions shall constitute a class A misdemeanor.

2017-A5219 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5219
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the general business law, in relation to the sale and
   labeling of products not safe for human consumption
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 390-d to read as follows:
   § 390-D. SALE AND LABELING OF PRODUCTS NOT SAFE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
 1.    EVERY PRODUCT SOLD IN THIS STATE WHICH IS LABELED OR THE CONTAINER
 OF WHICH IS LABELED "NOT SAFE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION", "UNFIT  FOR  HUMAN
 CONSUMPTION"  OR  WITH  SIMILAR LANGUAGE, AND EVERY PRODUCT SOLD IN THIS
 STATE WHICH IS NOT INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION  SHALL  HAVE  A  LABEL
 AFFIXED  THERETO,  UPON  WHICH  THERE SHALL BE PLAINLY AND CONSPICUOUSLY
 PRINTED A LIST OF ALL INGREDIENTS AND ACTIVE  CHEMICAL  COMPOUNDS  WHICH
 COMPRISE  SUCH PRODUCT IN LETTERS AND FIGURES COMMENSURATE WITH THE SIZE
 OF THE PRODUCT OR CONTAINER AS SHALL BE  DETERMINED  AND  FIXED  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF  AGRICULTURE  AND  MARKETS,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE
 COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
   2. THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY  IN  ADDITION  TO  ANY
 OTHER  LABELING REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER PROVISION
 OF LAW.
   3. ANY VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law; provided that,  effective  immediately,  any
 rules  and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act
 on its effective date are authorized and directed to be completed on  or
 before such date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03573-01-7

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