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                                   4570
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in  relation  to  using
   the term "human food grade" for certain pet food
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 130 of the agriculture and markets law  is  amended
 by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3.  (A)  A  REGISTRANT  MAY APPLY TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR DESIGNATION,
 INCLUDING A RENEWAL OF A DESIGNATION, OF A PET FOOD AS HUMAN FOOD GRADE.
 AN APPLICATION FOR THE DESIGNATION SHALL BE MADE ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY
 THE COMMISSIONER AND SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN APPLICATION FEE  OF  ONE
 HUNDRED  DOLLARS.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  APPROVE THE APPLICATION AND
 GRANT THE DESIGNATION IF IT DEMONSTRATES THE FOLLOWING TO THE  SATISFAC-
 TION OF THE COMMISSIONER:
   (I) THE PET FOOD IS PRODUCED IN FACILITIES THAT ABIDE BY UNITED STATES
 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ("USDA") CRITERIA AND INSPECTION RULES AND ARE
 LISTED  ON THE USDA MEAT, POULTRY AND EGG PRODUCT INSPECT (MPI) DIRECTO-
 RY.
   (II) EACH INGREDIENT AND THE RESULTING PRODUCT  ARE  STORED,  HANDLED,
 PROCESSED,  AND  TRANSPORTED  UNDER CURRENT GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES
 SPECIFIED IN 21 CFR PART 117 SUBPART B.
   (III) A CONTINUING LETTER OF GUARANTEE AND WARRANTY FROM EACH SUPPLIER
 OF EACH INGREDIENT USED IN SUCH PRODUCT, THAT  THE  INGREDIENT,  TO  THE
 EXTENT  IT IS UNDER CONTROL OF THE SUPPLIER, CONFORMS WITH SUBPARAGRAPHS
 (I) AND (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND IS SUITABLE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
   (IV) A LIST OF EVERY INGREDIENT IN THE PET FOOD.
   (B) THE COMMISSIONER MAY SUSPEND  OR  REVOKE  THE  DESIGNATION,  AFTER
 WRITTEN  NOTICE  TO THE REGISTRANT AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD, WHEN:
 (I) ANY STATEMENT IN THE APPLICATION WAS FALSE OR  MISLEADING;  OR  (II)
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 THE  REGISTRANT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH ANY REQUIREMENT FOR THE DESIGNATION
 OR APPLICABLE REGULATIONS.
   (C)  (I)  A DESIGNATION OF A PET FOOD AS "HUMAN FOOD GRADE" UNDER THIS
 SUBDIVISION MEANS THAT THE PET FOOD IS SUITABLE  FOR  HUMAN  CONSUMPTION
 BUT  IS  INTENDED  FOR  CONSUMPTION BY PETS. A PET FOOD DESIGNATED UNDER
 THIS SUBDIVISION MAY BE LABELED, ADVERTISED  AND  REPRESENTED  AS  HUMAN
 FOOD  GRADE,  OR  USE  WORDS,  SYMBOLS,  OR  IMAGES OF THAT MEANING. THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL CREATE A SYMBOL, LABEL, OR WORDING THAT A  REGISTRANT
 MAY,  BUT  IS  NOT REQUIRED TO, USE FOR A PET FOOD DESIGNATED UNDER THIS
 SUBDIVISION.
   (II) ANY LABEL, ADVERTISEMENT OR REPRESENTATION IMPLYING  THAT  A  PET
 FOOD  IS  HUMAN FOOD GRADE SHALL INCLUDE WORDS, SYMBOLS OR IMAGES, OF AT
 LEAST EQUAL SIZE AS THOSE IMPLYING THAT IT IS HUMAN FOOD GRADE,  CLEARLY
 INDICATING  THAT  IT  IS  INTENDED FOR CONSUMPTION BY PETS OR PARTICULAR
 CATEGORIES OF PETS.
   (III) NO PERSON MAY LABEL, ADVERTISE OR REPRESENT ANY PRODUCT AS BEING
 A PET FOOD OF HUMAN FOOD GRADE, OR WORDS OF THAT MEANING, OR  USING  ANY
 IMAGE  CONVEYING  THAT  MEANING,  UNLESS THE PRODUCT IS DESIGNATED UNDER
 THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (D) A DESIGNATION UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE VALID FOR TWO  YEARS
 FROM THE DATE OF ISSUANCE OR FROM THE DATE OF RENEWAL.
   (E)  THIS SUBDIVISION DOES NOT DIMINISH THE APPLICABILITY OF ANY OTHER
 PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. Section 131 of the agriculture and markets law, as added by chap-
 ter 816 of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as follows:
   § 131. Misbranding. A commercial feed shall be deemed to be misbranded
 if:
   1. Its labeling is false or misleading in  any  particular,  INCLUDING
 THROUGH  THE  USE  OF WORDS OR IMAGES THAT DO NOT HONESTLY REPRESENT THE
 INGREDIENTS USED IN THE COMMERCIAL FEED.
   2. It is distributed under the name of another commercial feed.
   3. It is not labeled , ADVERTISED OR REPRESENTED as required in, OR IS
 LABELED, ADVERTISED OR REPRESENTED IN VIOLATION OF, section one  hundred
 thirty of this article.
   4.  It purports to be or is represented as a commercial feed, or if it
 purports to contain or is represented as containing  a  commercial  feed
 ingredient,  unless  such commercial feed or feed ingredient conforms to
 the definition, if any, prescribed by regulation by the commissioner.
   5. Any word, statement, or other  information  required  by  or  under
 authority  of  this  article  to  appear on the label or labeling is not
 prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as  compared  with
 other  words,  statements,  designs,  or devices in the labeling) and in
 such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordi-
 nary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the  commissioner  of
 agriculture  and  markets  shall make regulations and take other actions
 reasonably necessary to implement this act on that date.