Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 27, 2010 |
referred to agriculture |
Assembly Bill A10873
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MAGEE
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A10873 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A10873 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A10873 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to exempting certain institutions involved in the processing of homemade baked goods, spices, and powders, sold only at farmers' markets and roadside stands from the definition of a food processing establish- ment PURPOSE: The purpose of the legislation is to allow individuals who produce a small amount of homemade baked goods, spices and powders to sell their wares at farmers' markets and roadside stands without being required to obtain an Article 20-C food processing establishment license. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends subdivision 3 of section 251-z-2 of the agriculture and markets law to provide an exemption from the definition of "food processing establishment" for establishments that are engaged in the processing of homemade baked goods, spice or powders to be sold exclusively at farmers' markets or roadside stands. Section 2 amends subdivision 4 of section 251-z-2 of the agriculture and markets law to include the processing of foods by "grinding" within the definition of "processing." EXISTING LAW: Current law provides exemptions for the following estab-
2009-A10873 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10873 I N A S S E M B L Y April 27, 2010 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to exempt- ing certain institutions involved in the processing of homemade baked goods, spices, and powders, sold only at farmers' markets and roadside stands from the definition of a food processing establishment THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 251-z-2 of the agriculture and markets law, as amended by chapter 507 of the laws of 1973, is amended to read as follows: 3. The term "food processing establishment" means any place which receives food or food products for the purpose of processing or other- wise adding to the value of the product for commercial sale. It includes, but is not limited to, bakeries, processing plants, beverage plants and food manufactories. However, the term does not include: those establishments that process and manufacture food or food products that are sold exclusively at retail for consumption on the premises; those operations which cut meat and sell such meat at retail on the premises; bottled and bulk water facilities; those food processing establishments which are covered by articles four, [four-a, five-a, five-b, five-c, five-d, seventeen-b, nineteen, twenty-b, and twenty-one] FOUR-A, FIVE-A, FIVE-B, FIVE-C, FIVE-D, SEVENTEEN-B, NINETEEN AND TWENTY-ONE, AND FORMER ARTICLE TWENTY-B of this chapter; service food establishments, including vending machine commissaries, under permit and inspection by the state department of health or by a local health agency which maintains a program certified and approved by the state commissioner of health; establishments under federal meat, poultry or egg product inspection; [or] establishments engaged solely in the harvesting, storage, or distribution of one or more raw agricultural commodities which are ordi- narily cleaned, prepared, treated or otherwise processed before being marketed to the consuming public; OR ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE ENGAGED IN THE PROCESSING OF HOMEMADE BAKED GOODS, SPICES OR POWDERS TO BE SOLD EXCLUSIVELY AT FARMERS' MARKETS OR ROADSIDE STANDS. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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