Bill Text: NY S01468 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires food service establishments to post notice relating to the use of peanut oil and notifying consumers of the use thereof.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S01468 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01468-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          1468
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 9, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  requiring  food
          service  establishments  to  post notice relating to the use of peanut
          oil
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Section 1352 of the public health law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    5. Any food service establishment, as defined in  the  state  sanitary
     4  code,  where  peanut  oil  is  used for the preparation or conveyance of
     5  foods for consumers, shall provide notice to patrons by means of  signs,
     6  printed  materials  or  other written communication, to read as follows:
     7  "PEANUT OIL IS USED BY STAFF IN THE PREPARATION AND CONVEYANCE  OF  FOOD
     8  IN  THIS  ESTABLISHMENT.  IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO PEANUT OIL, PLEASE TAKE
     9  APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS."
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    11  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05494-01-7
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