S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6052
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 23, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the sale and
labeling of milk
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 article
16-A to read as follows:
ARTICLE 16-A
SALE AND LABELING OF MILK
SECTION 266. DEFINITIONS.
267. SELLING AND LABELING OF MILK.
§ 266. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE: "MILK" SHALL
MEAN A WHITISH LIQUID CONTAINING PROTEINS, FATS, LACTOSE, AND VARIOUS
VITAMINS AND MINERALS THAT IS PRODUCED BY THE MAMMARY GLANDS OF FEMALE
COWS, GOATS, OR OTHER ANIMALS, USED AS FOOD BY HUMANS; INCLUDING SUCH
LIQUID, AS DESCRIBED HEREIN, AS MAY BE ALTERED BY VITAMIN ADDITIVES.
§ 267. SELLING AND LABELING OF MILK. ONLY PRODUCTS CONTAINING ONE
HUNDRED PERCENT MILK, AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX OF
THIS ARTICLE, SHALL USE THE TERM "MILK" ON ANY LABEL OR ADVERTISEMENT OF
SUCH PRODUCT. THE TERM "MILK" MAY BE USED IN THE NUTRITIONAL NOTATIONS
OF ANY PRODUCT WHERE APPROPRIATE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of October next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04551-01-7