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A08017 Summary:

BILL NO	A08017
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Crouch
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add S214-o, Ag & Mkts L
Relates to requiring labeling indicating a food product is free of genetically modified organisms.

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A08017 Actions:

BILL NO	A08017
06/04/2015	referred to consumer affairs and protection
06/08/2015	enacting clause stricken

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A08017 Committee Votes:

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A08017 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8017
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      June 4, 2015
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        Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to labeling
          products free of genetically modified organisms
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a  new
     2  section 214-o to read as follows:
     3    § 214-o. Labeling of food products free of genetically modified organ-
     4  isms. Food products that neither contain in whole or in part genetically
     5  modified organisms shall bear on a label the phrase "GMO free".
     6    For  the  purpose  of  this section, a "genetically modified organism"
     7  shall mean any organism that possesses a novel  combination  of  genetic
     8  material obtained through the use of modern biotechnology.
     9    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    10  become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11258-01-5

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