Assembly Bill A1002

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires food allergy awareness in food service establishments and online food ordering services

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Current Bill Status Via S819 - Signed by Governor


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

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2023-A1002 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S819
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1356, Pub Health L (as proposed in S.8102-A & A.2344-A); add §199-f, Ag & Mkts L

2023-A1002 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of public health to post certain notices regarding food allergy awareness in the twelve most common non-English languages spoken by limited-English proficient individuals in the state.

2023-A1002 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1002
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the  agriculture  and  markets
   law,  in relation to food allergy awareness in food service establish-
   ments and online food ordering services

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 1356 of the public health law, as added by a chap-
 ter of the laws of 2022 amending the public health law relating to  food
 allergy  awareness in food service establishments and online food order-
 ing services, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8102-A and  A.
 2344-A, is amended to read as follows:
   §  1356.  Food  allergies  notice  in  food service establishments and
 online food ordering services. 1.  Definitions. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION:
   (a) "Food service establishment" shall mean a restaurant[,] OR  cater-
 ing hall[, or grocery store] where food is prepared and served either on
 or off site.
   (b)  "Menu"  shall mean a list or pictorial display of a prepared food
 item or items available for sale  from  a  food  establishment  for  the
 purpose  of  permitting  a  customer  to  order such food item or items,
 including such list or pictorial display posted [on the internet] ONLINE
 for a customer to place food orders for delivery  or take out.
   2. The commissioner shall make available on the department's  website,
 in  English  and  in the [top six languages other than English spoken in
 the state according to the  latest  available  data  from]  TWELVE  MOST
 COMMON  NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY LIMITED-ENGLISH PROFICIENT INDI-
 VIDUALS IN THE STATE, BASED ON THE DATA  IN  THE  MOST  RECENT  AMERICAN
 COMMUNITY  SURVEY PUBLISHED BY the United States Census Bureau, a notice
 containing information for staff of food service establishments  regard-
 ing food allergies. Such notice shall include:
   (a)  the procedures to be followed if a customer informs staff of such
 food service establishment that such customer has a food allergy;
   (b) any procedures to be followed to prevent cross contact; and
 
              

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