Bill Text: NY S06435 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires sugar-sweetened beverages to be labeled with a safety warning.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-10 - DEFEATED IN AGRICULTURE [S06435 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06435-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6435
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 13, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets  law,  in  relation  to  the
          labeling of sugar-sweetened beverages with warnings
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  the "sugar-sweetened beverages safety warning act".
     3    §  2.  The  agriculture  and  markets  law  is amended by adding a new
     4  section 204-e to read as follows:
     5    § 204-e. Labeling of sugar-sweetened beverages. 1. For the purposes of
     6  this section:
     7    (a) "Beverage  container"  means  any  sealed  or  unsealed  container
     8  regardless of size or shape including, but not limited to, those made of
     9  glass,  metal,  paper,  plastic, or any other material or combination of
    10  materials that is used or intended to be used to hold a  sugar-sweetened
    11  beverage for individual sale to a consumer.
    12    (b)  "Beverage dispensing machine" means any device that mixes concen-
    13  trate with any one or more other ingredients, and dispenses the  result-
    14  ing mixture into an unsealed container as a ready-to-drink beverage.
    15    (c) "Caloric sweetener" means any substance containing calories, suit-
    16  able  for  human  consumption,  that  humans perceive as sweet and shall
    17  include, but not be limited to, sucrose, fructose,  glucose,  and  other
    18  sugars  and  fruit  juice concentrates. "Caloric" means a substance that
    19  adds calories to the diet of the individual who consumes such substance.
    20    (d) "Concentrate" means a syrup or powder that is used or intended  to
    21  be used for mixing, compounding or making a sugar-sweetened beverage.
    22    (e)  "Consumer"  means  an  individual who purchases a sugar-sweetened
    23  beverage for a purpose other than resale.
    24    (f) "Distribute" means to sell or otherwise provide a product  to  any
    25  person for resale.
    26    (g)  "Menu  or  menu board" means the primary writing of a public food
    27  service establishment, as defined in subdivision three of section  thir-
    28  teen  hundred  ninety-nine-n  of  the  public  health  law, from which a
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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