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                                   6052
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 23, 2017
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 Introduced  by M. of A. MAGEE -- 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.
   § 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.
   § 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.
   §  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.
                                                            LBD04551-01-7