Assembly Bill A7992

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the misbranding of food products not containing meat

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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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2021-A7992 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5396
Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Add §201-j, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S4031

2021-A7992 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the misbranding of food products not containing meat; establishes a food product shall be deemed to be misbranded if the food product is labeled or branded in a false, deceptive or misleading manner that misrepresents the product as meat, meat food product or poultry.

2021-A7992 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7992
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Agriculture
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
   misbranding of food products not containing meat
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
 section 201-j to read as follows:
   § 201-J. MISBRANDING OF FOOD PRODUCTS  NOT  CONTAINING  MEAT.  A  FOOD
 PRODUCT  SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE MISBRANDED IF THE FOOD PRODUCT IS LABELED
 OR BRANDED IN A FALSE, DECEPTIVE OR MISLEADING MANNER THAT MISREPRESENTS
 THE PRODUCT AS MEAT OR MEAT FOOD PRODUCT AS THOSE TERMS ARE  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION NINETY-SIX-G OF THIS CHAPTER OR AS POULTRY AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 NINETY-B OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or
 before such date.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09718-01-1

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