Bill Text: NY A08433 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Prohibits any product enhanced with milk protein concentrates, caseins, or caseinates from being labeled as a dairy product.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to agriculture [A08433 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A08433-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8433
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 20, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Agriculture
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
         labeling of products enhanced with milk protein concentrates, caseins,
         or caseinates
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
    2  section 64 to read as follows:
    3    S 64. PROHIBITION OF MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATES,  CASEINS,  AND  CASEI-
    4  NATES.  ANY  PRODUCT  THAT  IS  ENHANCED WITH MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATES,
    5  CASEINS, OR CASEINATES, SHALL NOT BE CLASSIFIED OR LABELED  AS  A  DAIRY
    6  PRODUCT.
    7    S  2.  Section  201  of  the agriculture and markets law is amended by
    8  adding a new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
    9    15. IF IT CONTAINS MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATES, CASEINS  AND  CASEINATES
   10  OTHER  THAN  THOSE  THAT OCCUR NATURALLY IN THE FOOD AND IS LABELED AS A
   11  DAIRY PRODUCT.
   12    S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   13  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09525-01-9
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