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Assembly Bill A9604

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to supplementing food and beverage nutrition labels with colors depending on the total amount of the nutrient

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2019-A9604 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Add §214-p, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A3878

2019-A9604 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Supplements food and beverage nutrition labels with colors depending on the total amount of total fat, saturated fat, total sugars and sodium in such products.

2019-A9604 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9604
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to  supple-
   menting  food  and beverage nutrient information with colors depending
   on the total amount of the nutrient in such product
 
   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 214-p to read as follows:
   § 214-P. NUTRITION LABELING OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE  PRODUCTS.  1.    ANY
 FOOD  OR  BEVERAGE  WITH A NUTRITIONAL FACT LABEL OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION
 FROM A MANUFACTURER LIST IDENTIFYING NUTRIENTS SHALL INDICATE THE AMOUNT
 OF TOTAL FAT, SATURATED FAT, TOTAL SUGARS AND SODIUM  IN  SUCH  FOOD  OR
 BEVERAGE  AND  SUPPLEMENT SUCH INFORMATION WITH A COLOR DEPENDING ON THE
 AMOUNT OF THE NUTRIENT IN THE PRODUCT.
   2. THE FOLLOWING NUTRIENTS SHALL BE COLORED GREEN IF THE FOOD  PRODUCT
 CONTAINS A TOTAL AMOUNT THAT IS:
   (A)  LESS  THAN OR EQUAL TO THREE GRAMS PER ONE HUNDRED GRAMS OF TOTAL
 FAT.
   (B) LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO ONE AND ONE-HALF GRAMS PER ONE HUNDRED GRAMS
 OF SATURATED FAT.
   (C) LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO FIVE GRAMS PER ONE HUNDRED  GRAMS  OF  TOTAL
 SUGARS.
   (D)  LESS  THAN  OR  EQUAL  TO  ONE  HUNDRED TWENTY MILLIGRAMS PER ONE
 HUNDRED GRAMS OF SODIUM.
   3. THE FOLLOWING NUTRIENTS SHALL BE COLORED AMBER IF THE FOOD  PRODUCT
 CONTAINS A TOTAL AMOUNT THAT IS:
   (A)  BETWEEN  THREE  AND  SEVENTEEN AND ONE-HALF GRAMS PER ONE HUNDRED
 GRAMS OF TOTAL FAT.
   (B) BETWEEN ONE AND ONE-HALF AND FIVE GRAMS PER ONE HUNDRED  GRAMS  OF
 SATURATED FAT.
   (C)  BETWEEN  FIVE  AND  TWENTY-TWO AND ONE-HALF GRAMS PER ONE HUNDRED
 GRAMS OF TOTAL SUGARS.

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

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