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A09619 Summary:

BILL NOA09619
 
SAME ASSAME AS S05702
 
SPONSORHyndman
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §915-a, Ed L
 
Prohibits the sale of food and food products containing boneless lean beef trimmings, commonly referred to as "pink slime", in schools.
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A09619 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A9619
 
SPONSOR: Hyndman
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the sale of food and food products containing boneless lean beef trimmings, commonly referred to as "pink slime", in schools   PURPOSE: Prohibits the sale of food and food products containing boneless lean beef trimmings, commonly referred to as "pink slime", in schools.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: The education law is amended by adding a new section 915-a. Section 2: This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it, shall have become a law.   JUSTIFICATION: Whenever a cow is butchered there are pieces that are cut off that aren't considered "for" human consumption. There is a greater risk for E. call and other nasty stuff in those parts of the cow These parts are typically used mainly just for pet food. Using a centrifuge they can separate the fat from the meat. Once they salvage this meat, there still is the concern of potential illness to humans. The chemical ammonia is then used to kill whatever bacteria may still exist. McDonald's, Burger King, and Taco Bell, once known to use this product have all stopped using pink slime. At a time when we as a state and even as a nation are pulling together to promote healthier lifestyles and eating habits, why would we subject our children to eating food that has until now only been fed to our animals? Students within our schools whose bodies and minds are growing and in need of the highest forms of nutrition, should not'be subjected to eating substandard food products that hold very little if any nutritional value.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2021-22: S4753 - Referred to Education 2019-20: S.4544 - Referred to Education 2017-18: S.3429 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION 2015-16: S.1768- Referred to Education 2013-14: S.6271- Referred to Education 2012-13: S.2994- Referred to Education 2011-12: S.678-Referred to Education   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law
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A09619 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9619
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 26, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting  the  sale
          of  food  and  food  products containing boneless lean beef trimmings,
          commonly referred to as "pink slime", in schools
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 915-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 915-a. Prohibiting the sale of food  and  food  products  containing
     4  boneless  lean  beef  trimmings.  1.  No food or food product containing
     5  boneless lean beef trimmings shall be sold in any public  school  within
     6  the state.
     7    2.  For  purposes  of  this section the term "boneless lean beef trim-
     8  mings" shall mean and refer to the industrial product commonly  referred
     9  to  as  "pink slime" which is created by passing bones through a centri-
    10  fuge after the limits of  mechanically  trimming  such  bones  has  been
    11  reached in order to salvage any meaty materials remaining on such bones,
    12  and  then exposing such meaty materials to ammonia gas as a disinfectant
    13  treatment.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    15  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07425-01-3
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