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Assembly Bill A9544

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the labeling of food products containing sesame

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2019-A9544 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7781
Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §201, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A4486, S454
2023-2024: S5409

2019-A9544 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the labeling of food products containing sesame.

2019-A9544 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9544
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 24, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BUCHWALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Agriculture
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
   labeling of food products containing sesame
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section 201 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
   15. IF IT CONTAINS SESAME, IS OFFERED FOR SALE IN PACKAGE FORM BUT NOT
 FOR IMMEDIATE CONSUMPTION, AND THE LABEL DOES NOT INCLUDE SESAME.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13596-02-9

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