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Assembly Bill A9686

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring private food service companies to disclose ingredient lists and nutritional information for all meals they provide school districts and requiring districts to publish this information online

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2019-A9686 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §923, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A1874

2019-A9686 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all contracts with private food service management companies to disclose ingredient lists and nutritional information for all the meals they provide school districts and requires such school districts to publish such ingredient lists and nutritional information on their district's website.

2019-A9686 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9686
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring private food
   service management companies to disclose ingredient lists  and  nutri-
   tional information for all the meals they provide school districts and
   requiring  such  school districts to publish this information on their
   website

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 923 to
 read as follows:
   §  923.  INGREDIENT  AND NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS. A.  ALL
 CONTRACTS TO PROVIDE,  MAINTAIN  AND  OPERATE  CAFETERIA  OR  RESTAURANT
 SERVICE  BY  A  PRIVATE  FOOD  SERVICE  MANAGEMENT COMPANY SHALL INCLUDE
 PROVISIONS REQUIRING SUCH PRIVATE FOOD  SERVICE  MANAGEMENT  COMPANY  TO
 DISCLOSE   INGREDIENTS  LISTS  AND  NUTRITIONAL  INFORMATION  TO  SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS FOR ALL MEALS THAT SUCH COMPANY PROVIDES.
   B. ALL INGREDIENTS  LISTS  AND  NUTRITIONAL  INFORMATION  PROVIDED  TO
 SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  SHALL BE PUBLISHED AND PUBLICLY SHARED ON SUCH SCHOOL
 DISTRICT'S WEBSITE.
   § 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 are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14594-01-9

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