Senate Bill S3829

Vetoed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to advertising and labeling of locally produced food

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S3829 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1460
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Add §211, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A10383

2019-S3829 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no person, corporation, partnership or limited liability company shall knowingly sell any food product advertised or labeled as "local" unless such food product originated in New York or meets other guidelines established for retail food products.

2019-S3829 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3829 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3829
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation  to  adver-
   tising and labeling of locally produced food
 
   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 211 to read as follows:
   §  211.  ADVERTISING  AND  LABELING  OF LOCALLY PRODUCED FOODS. 1. FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "RETAIL FOOD PRODUCT" SHALL  MEAN  ARTICLES  OF
 FOOD,  DRINK,  CONFECTIONARY  OR  CONDIMENT,  WHETHER  SIMPLE,  MIXED OR
 COMPOUND, INCLUDING ALL SUBSTANCES OR INGREDIENTS ADDED TO FOOD FOR  ANY
 PURPOSE, INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
   2.  NO  PERSON,  CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP OR LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
 SHALL KNOWINGLY SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE AT RETAIL ANY RETAIL FOOD PRODUCT
 ADVERTISED OR LABELED AS "LOCAL", "LOCALLY GROWN",  "LOCALLY  PRODUCED",
 "LOCALLY  SOURCED"  OR  ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TERM, UNLESS SUCH FOOD
 PRODUCT: (I) IS GROWN, RAISED, OR HARVESTED IN NEW YORK STATE;  OR  (II)
 ITS  COMPONENTS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO SUCH PRODUCT'S IDENTITY ARE GROWN,
 RAISED, HARVESTED OR PRODUCED IN NEW YORK STATE; OR (III) IS DEFINED  IN
 LAW AS NEW YORK STATE LABELLED, MANUFACTURED, OR PRODUCED.
   3. A RETAIL FOOD PRODUCT MAY ALSO BE ADVERTISED OR LABELED AS LOCAL IF
 IT  WAS  GROWN, RAISED, HARVESTED OR PRODUCED OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK STATE,
 OR CONTAINS ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS NOT SOURCED IN  NEW  YORK,  IF  IT  HAS
 ADDITIONAL  DESCRIPTIVE  LANGUAGE  IDENTIFYING  THE  STATE  OR REGION OR
 DISTANCE FROM THE BORDER OF NEW YORK STATE WHERE  SUCH  PRODUCT  OR  ITS
 COMPONENTS  THAT  ARE  ESSENTIAL  TO  SUCH PRODUCT'S IDENTITY ARE GROWN,
 RAISED, HARVESTED OR PRODUCED DISPLAYED ADJACENT TO AND IN THE SAME SIZE
 FONT AS THE TERM OR TERMS INDICATING IT IS LOCAL IN SUCH ADVERTISING  OR
 LABELING.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01242-01-9

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