Assembly Bill A8570

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the sale of products for human consumption

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2023-A8570 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8042
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Ren §§391-o, 391-r, 391-s & 399-hh to be Art 38-B §§831 - 834, §399-hhh to be §830, add Art 38-B Art Head, amd §830, Gen Bus L (as proposed in S.582 & A.6798)

2023-A8570 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the sale of certain products for human consumption; provides that the restriction on the sale or offer for sale of sodium nitrate or sodium nitrite to any person under the age of twenty-one shall not apply to foods containing sodium nitrate or sodium nitrite in compliance with the requirements of certain federal regulations.

2023-A8570 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8570
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LEE -- 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 of
   certain products for human consumption
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Sections  391-o, 391-r, 391-s, as added by chapter 357 of
 the laws of 2013, and 399-hh of the general business law are  renumbered
 sections 831, 832, 833 and 834, respectively, and are designated article
 38-B and a new article heading is added to read as follows:
                     PRODUCTS SOLD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
   §  2. Section 399-hhh of the general business law, as added by a chap-
 ter of the laws of 2023 amending the general business  law  relating  to
 prohibiting  the sale of sodium nitrate and sodium nitrite to any person
 under the age of twenty-one, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
 582 and A. 6798, is renumbered  section  830  and  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  830.  Sale  of  sodium  nitrate and sodium nitrite.   1. No person,
 corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm or  any  other
 business entity doing business within this state shall sell or offer for
 sale  sodium  nitrate  or  sodium nitrite to any person under the age of
 twenty-one. THIS RESTRICTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO FOODS CONTAINING  SODIUM
 NITRATE  OR  SODIUM NITRITE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF 9 CFR
 PART 424 OR 21 CFR PART 172.
   2. Any person, corporation, partnership,  limited  liability  company,
 firm, or any other business entity doing business within the state sell-
 ing,  offering  for  sale,  or  distributing  sodium  nitrate  or sodium
 nitrite, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS  SECTION,  shall
 require  proof  of legal age prior to allowing an individual to purchase
 or receive a shipment of sodium nitrate or sodium  nitrite.  Such  iden-
 tification need not be required of any individual who reasonably appears
 to be at least thirty years of age, provided, however, that such appear-
 ance  shall not constitute a defense in any proceeding alleging the sale
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02657-02-4

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