Senate Bill S1068

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires the commissioner of health to establish means of educating proprietors and employees of public eating establishments about food allergens

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S1068 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5944
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1352-b, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5925, A7622
2011-2012: S1178, A1062
2013-2014: S3199, A2574
2017-2018: S2858, A3190
2019-2020: S4962, A2774
2021-2022: S5385
2023-2024: S6828

2015-S1068 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of health to establish means of educating proprietors and employees of public eating establishments about food allergens.

2015-S1068 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1068 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1068

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 8, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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  food  allergen
  information

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

  Section 1. The section heading of section 1352-b of the public  health
law,  as added by chapter 613 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as
follows:
  Public eating establishments; first aid instructions  concerning  food
lodged in throat; FOOD ALLERGEN INFORMATION; liability.
  S  2.  Subdivisions  3, 4 and 5 of section 1352-b of the public health
law are renumbered subdivisions 4, 5 and 6 and a new  subdivision  3  is
added to read as follows:
  3.  FOOD  ALLERGEN INFORMATION FOR PROPRIETORS AND EMPLOYEES OF PUBLIC
EATING ESTABLISHMENTS. A.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ADOPT  AND  APPROVE
INFORMATION TO EDUCATE PROPRIETORS AND EMPLOYEES OF PUBLIC EATING ESTAB-
LISHMENTS  ABOUT  THE  DANGERS OF SEVERE FOOD ALLERGENS TO FOOD ALLERGIC
INDIVIDUALS. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED  TO:  THE
NEED  TO  INFORM  CUSTOMERS OF THE PRESENCE OF SUCH ALLERGENS IN FOOD OR
MEALS ON THE MENU OR THROUGH VERBAL  DESCRIPTIONS;  THE  POSSIBILITY  OF
CROSS-CONTAMINATION  OF  A FOOD WITH AN ALLERGEN DURING FOOD PREPARATION
AND THE NEED TO INFORM CUSTOMERS OF THAT POSSIBILITY; AND, THE  SYMPTOMS
OF  SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTIONS TO FOOD AND THE NEED FOR RAPID RESPONSE TO
SUCH EMERGENCIES.
  B. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, AS  SOON  AS  PRACTICABLE,  SUPPLY  TO  THE
PROPRIETOR  OF  EVERY  PUBLIC  EATING  ESTABLISHMENT  IN THIS STATE SUCH
ADOPTED AND APPROVED INFORMATION AND DEVELOP  REGULATIONS  FOR  DISTRIB-
UTION OR POSTING OF SUCH INFORMATION.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly  the  commissioner  of  health  may promulgate any rule or regulation
necessary for the timely implementation of this  act  on  its  effective
date.

              

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