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Assembly Bill A849

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires poultry products treated with antibiotics containing arsenic to bear a label so indicating

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2017-A849 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Add §96-z-30, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6989
2013-2014: A1486
2015-2016: A1843

2017-A849 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires poultry products treated with antibiotics containing arsenic to bear a label so indicating.

2017-A849 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    849
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. GUNTHER, STECK, HOOPER, ABINANTI, MONTESANO --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LUPINACCI, PERRY, RIVERA --  read  once
   and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
   ing poultry products treated with antibiotics  containing  arsenic  to
   bear a label so indicating
 
   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 96-z-30 to read as follows:
   §  96-Z-30.  ARSENIC LABELING. NO POULTRY OR POULTRY PRODUCT FOR HUMAN
 CONSUMPTION WHICH HAS RECEIVED FOOD TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS  CONTAINING
 ARSENIC, SHALL BE SOLD, EXPOSED FOR SALE, EXCHANGED OR TRANSPORTED WITH-
 IN  THE STATE UNLESS THE SAME SHALL BEAR A LABEL INDICATING SUCH PRODUCT
 WAS "FED WITH ANTIBIOTICS CONTAINING ARSENIC".
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on or
 before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03548-01-7

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