Requires a label warning of the hazard of early childhood tooth decay upon the sale of baby-bottles and sippy cups by any manufacturer or importer of such products.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8014
IN SENATE
May 28, 2010
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Introduced by Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to giving notice
of the hazard of early childhood tooth decay upon the sale of baby-
bottles and sippy cups
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
2 391-q to read as follows:
3 § 391-q. Baby-bottles and sippy cups; label required. 1. Definitions.
4 As used in this section, the term:
5 a. "sippy cup" shall mean a vessel with a duck-billed lid, bill-shaped
6 extension or bill-shaped spout;
7 b. "packaging" shall mean any type of container, article, or item that
8 is used to contain or hold an individual or group of baby-bottles and/or
9 sippy cups when sold to consumers. Packaging shall not include the
10 container, article, or item that is used to contain or hold an individ-
11 ual or group of baby-bottles and/or sippy cups when such are shipped to
12 the merchant or retailer.
13 2. Every manufacturer or importer of baby-bottles and/or sippy cups
14 sold or distributed in New York state shall label such product, or its
15 packaging in like or similar terms to the following:
16 "Warning: Allowing your child to spend prolonged periods of time
17 drinking liquids, other than water, from this baby-bottle or sippy cup
18 (whichever is applicable to the product upon which the label will be
19 placed) may cause early childhood tooth decay."
20 Such label shall be clear and conspicuous.
21 3. A violation of this section shall be punishable by a civil penalty
22 of not more than two hundred fifty dollars for each violation, but not
23 more than one thousand dollars for each subsequent violation.
24 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
25 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07552-03-0
