Assembly Bill A5852

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires manufacturers or distributers of kratom within the state to include a warning label; prohibits labeling of kratom products as all natural

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-A5852 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §398-g, Gen Bus L

2025-A5852 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires manufacturers or distributers of kratom products within the state to have a warning label that the product has not been approved by the federal food and drug administration and the products' side effects; prohibits labeling of kratom products as all natural.

2025-A5852 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5852
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. STECK, WALSH -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law,  relating  to  regulating  the
   sale of kratom products
 
   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 section
 398-g to read as follows:
   § 398-G. KRATOM PACKAGE LABELING. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
 THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "KRATOM" MEANS BOTH MITRAGYNA SPECIOSA, A TREE NATIVE TO SOUTHEAST
 ASIA, AND THE PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM ITS  LEAVES  THAT  ARE  MARKETED  AS
 HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS.
   (B) "ALL NATURAL" MEANS A PRODUCT THAT CONTAINS NO ARTIFICIAL INGREDI-
 ENTS OR ADDED COLORS AND IS MINIMALLY PROCESSED.
   2.  ON  EACH  PACKAGE  OF  ANY  KRATOM  PRODUCT SOLD OR DELIVERED BY A
 MANUFACTURER OR DISTRIBUTOR WITHIN THIS STATE ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, THERE SHALL  BE  PRINTED  THEREON  OR  ATTACHED
 THERETO A WARNING OF SUCH PRODUCT'S LACK OF FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN-
 ISTRATION  APPROVAL  AND SUCH KRATOM PRODUCTS' KNOWN SIDE EFFECTS.  SUCH
 WARNING SHALL BE IN A FONT NOT LESS THAN EIGHT-POINT TYPE AND IN A COLOR
 IN CONTRAST WITH THE PACKAGE CONTAINING SUCH KRATOM PRODUCT,  AND  SHALL
 CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT:
                                 "WARNING
 THIS  PRODUCT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE FDA. SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE
 NAUSEA, AGITATION, HALLUCINATIONS, DIFFICULTY BREATHING,  LIVER  DAMAGE,
 AND DEATH"
   3. NO KRATOM PRODUCT SHALL BE ADVERTISED AS NOR SHALL THE PACKAGING OF
 SUCH KRATOM PRODUCT SUGGEST, STATE, OR IMPLY THAT SUCH KRATOM PRODUCT IS
 ALL NATURAL.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09239-01-5
 A. 5852                             2

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