Bill Text: NY S01085 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires the department of agriculture and markets to post the results of its graded inspections of retail food stores on their website.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-03-02 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S01085 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01085-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1085--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 10, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
          ing the department of agriculture and markets to post the  results  of
          its graded inspections on their website

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

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 500 of the  agri-
     2  culture  and  markets law, as amended by section 8 of part I1 of chapter
     3  62 of the laws of 2003, is amended and a new subdivision 6 is  added  to
     4  read as follows:
     5    (b)  "Retail  food  store"  means  any  establishment or section of an
     6  establishment where food and food products are offered to  the  consumer
     7  and  intended  for  off-premises consumption, including, but not limited
     8  to, a supermarket, grocery store, convenience store, bodega  or  delica-
     9  tessen.    The  term  does  not include establishments which handle only
    10  pre-packaged, non-potentially hazardous  foods,  roadside  markets  that
    11  offer  only  fresh  fruits  and  fresh vegetables for sale, food service
    12  establishments, or food and beverage vending machines.  For the purposes
    13  of this section, "bodega" shall mean  a  small  grocery  or  convenience
    14  store  and "delicatessen" shall mean a store selling cold cuts, cheeses,
    15  and a variety of salads, as well as a selection of  unusual  or  foreign
    16  prepared foods.
    17    6.  The department shall post the results of its graded inspections on
    18  their website, including the retail food store's name, address, date  of
    19  inspection,  grade  and  a  list of any violations cited within fourteen
    20  days of a graded inspection.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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