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Assembly Bill A9026

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the testing of baby food for toxic heavy metals and the disclosure of such test results

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2025-A9026 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Add §214-p, Ag & Mkts L

2025-A9026 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "Baby Food Safety and Transparency Act"; requires the testing of baby food for toxic heavy metals and the disclosure of such test results.

2025-A9026 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9026
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. TORRES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
   ing the testing of baby food for toxic heavy metals and the disclosure
   of such test results

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Baby Food
 Safety and Transparency Act".
   § 2. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature hereby finds and
 declares that toxic heavy metals, including arsenic, cadmium, lead,  and
 mercury,  have  been  detected  in baby food products sold in the United
 States. Even at low levels, exposure to  these  contaminants  may  cause
 significant  harm  to  infants  and  young  children, including impaired
 neurological development, reduced cognitive ability, and increased  risk
 of developmental and behavioral disorders.
   The  legislature  further  finds  that  existing federal standards and
 enforcement mechanisms are inadequate to fully protect infants and young
 children from unnecessary exposure to such contaminants. It is therefore
 the intent of the legislature to require manufacturers of baby food sold
 in this state to conduct regular testing  for  toxic  heavy  metals,  to
 prohibit  the  sale  of  products that exceed federal limits, to require
 public disclosure of testing results, and  to  establish  a  system  for
 enforcement and consumer reporting.
   §  3.  The  agriculture  and  markets  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 214-p to read as follows:
   § 214-P. BABY FOODS; TOXIC HEAVY METALS. 1. DEFINITIONS. FOR  PURPOSES
 OF THIS SECTION:
   (A)  "BABY FOOD" SHALL MEAN FOOD PACKAGED IN A JAR, POUCH, TUB, OR BOX
 THAT IS REPRESENTED OR SOLD FOR CONSUMPTION BY INFANTS OR CHILDREN UNDER
 TWO YEARS OF AGE. "BABY  FOOD"  SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE  INFANT  FORMULA  AS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13680-01-5
              

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