Enacts the food allergen information toll-free number act; requires certain manufacturers, packers or distributors to label their products with a toll-free telephone number to provide information to the consumer regarding the product's ingredients; requires other manufacturers, packers, or distributors to label their products with an e-mail or mailing address.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6467
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 4, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, MILLMAN, GREENE, CYMBROWITZ -- Multi-Spon-
sored by -- M. of A. BENJAMIN, CLARK, GOTTFRIED, HOOPER, JACOBS,
MARKEY, McENENY, J. RIVERA, P. RIVERA, TOWNS -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to enacting
the "food allergen information toll-free number act"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
2 the "food allergen information toll-free number act".
3 § 2. Section 201 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
4 adding a new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
5 15. If, in the case of a manufacturer, packer or distributor whose
6 annual gross sales in this state or whose sales to consumers in this
7 state equal or exceed five hundred thousand dollars, the food package is
8 not labeled with such manufacturer's, packer's or distributor's toll-
9 free telephone number. Such toll-free number shall be staffed during
10 reasonable business hours and shall include one telephone line to accom-
11 modate telecommunications devices for hearing-impaired persons. In the
12 case of such a manufacturer, packer or distributor whose sales are less
13 than five hundred thousand dollars, the food package shall be labeled
14 with the manufacturer's, packer's or distributor's e-mail or mailing
15 address.
16 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
17 it shall have become a law, provided that any rules and regulations
18 necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its effective date
19 are authorized and directed to be promulgated on or before such effec-
20 tive date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09997-01-9
