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                                  4048

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2009
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CROUCH,  KOLB,  BACALLES, BURLING, HAWLEY --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  BARCLAY,  FINCH  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN  ACT  to  amend the general business law, in relation to the sale and
  labeling of milk

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article
16-A to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 16-A
                        SALE AND LABELING OF MILK
SECTION 266. DEFINITIONS.
        267. SELLING AND LABELING OF MILK.
  S  266.  DEFINITIONS.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE: "MILK" SHALL
MEAN A WHITISH LIQUID CONTAINING PROTEINS, FATS,  LACTOSE,  AND  VARIOUS
VITAMINS  AND  MINERALS THAT IS PRODUCED BY THE MAMMARY GLANDS OF FEMALE
COWS, GOATS, OR OTHER ANIMALS, USED AS FOOD BY  HUMANS;  INCLUDING  SUCH
LIQUID, AS DESCRIBED HEREIN, AS MAY BE ALTERED BY VITAMIN ADDITIVES.
  S  267.  SELLING  AND LABELING OF MILK.   ONLY PRODUCTS CONTAINING ONE
HUNDRED PERCENT MILK, AS DEFINED IN SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED  SIXTY-SIX  OF
THIS ARTICLE, SHALL USE THE TERM "MILK" ON ANY LABEL OR ADVERTISEMENT OF
SUCH  PRODUCT.  THE TERM "MILK" MAY BE USED IN THE NUTRITIONAL NOTATIONS
OF ANY PRODUCT WHERE APPROPRIATE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of October next  succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.



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