Bill Text: NY S04314 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Permits commercial feed manufacturers to use the term "human food grade" for certain pet food if it conforms to certain state and federal standards.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2023-11-17 - VETOED MEMO.76 [S04314 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S04314-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4314--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 7, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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 using the term "human food grade" for certain pet food 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 129-b to read as follows: 3 § 129-b. Designation of certain pet food as human grade food. 1. A 4 registrant who has been approved for registration pursuant to section 5 one hundred twenty-nine of this article may also apply to the commis- 6 sioner for designation or certification, including a renewal of a desig- 7 nation or certification, of a pet food as New York state designated or 8 certified human food grade. An application for such designation or 9 certification shall be made in the same manner and be subject to the 10 same requirements and conditions as sections one hundred twenty-nine and 11 one hundred twenty-nine-a of this article; provided, however, the 12 initial application fee shall be five hundred dollars. The commissioner 13 shall develop rules and regulations for the approval of such designation 14 or certification including, but not limited to, production, manufactur- 15 ing and labeling standards required to be met to ensure the product 16 would qualify as human food grade. 17 2. (a) A designation or certification of a pet food as "human food 18 grade" under this section means that the pet food is suitable for human 19 consumption but is intended for consumption by pets and is produced, at 20 a minimum, in compliance with the recommendations or guidelines of a 21 voluntary membership association of local, state and federal agencies 22 charged by local, state or federal laws to regulate the sale and 23 distribution of animal feeds or the federal government if applicable, EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08792-02-3S. 4314--A 2 1 and meets any requirements of the commissioner. A pet food designated or 2 certified under this section may be labeled, advertised and represented 3 as human food grade, or use words, symbols, or images of that meaning. 4 The commissioner may create a symbol, label, or wording that a regis- 5 trant may, but is not required to, use for a pet food designated or 6 certified under this section. 7 (b) Any label, advertisement or representation implying that a pet 8 food is New York state designated or certified human food grade shall 9 include words, symbols or images, of at least equal size as those imply- 10 ing that it is human food grade, clearly indicating that it is intended 11 for consumption by pets or particular categories of pets. 12 (c) No person may label, advertise or represent any product as being a 13 pet food designated or certified by New York state as human food grade, 14 or words of that meaning, or using any image conveying that meaning, 15 unless the product is designated or certified under this section. 16 3. A designation or certification under this section shall be valid 17 for two years from the date of issuance or from the date of renewal. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 19 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 20 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 21 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 22 completed on or before such effective date.
