Bill Text: NY A09544 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 9544 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the labeling of food products containing sesame.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-7)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-24 - referred to agriculture [A09544 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A09544-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9544

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 24, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. BUCHWALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Agriculture

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
          labeling of food products containing sesame

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section 201 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
     2  by adding a new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
     3    15. If it contains sesame, is offered for sale in package form but not
     4  for immediate consumption, and the label does not include sesame.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
     6  have become a law.








         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13596-02-9