STATE OF NEW YORK
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6558
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 6, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law and the agriculture and markets
law, in relation to requiring allergen labeling for prepackaged foods
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
2 1357 to read as follows:
3 § 1357. Allergen labeling for prepackaged foods. 1. As used in this
4 section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
5 (a) "Prepackaged food" means food that is prepared, prepacked and
6 offered or sold to customers on the same premises. Prepackaged food
7 does not include food that is not in packaging or is packaged after a
8 customer has ordered.
9 (b) "Food establishment" means any place food is prepared and intended
10 for off-premises consumption, including all delis, bakeries, sandwich
11 shops, ice cream parlors, cafeterias and food trucks operating within
12 the state.
13 (c) (i) "Major food allergen" means:
14 (A) milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts,
15 sesame, and soybeans; and
16 (B) a food ingredient that contains protein derived from a food named
17 in clause (A) of this subparagraph.
18 (ii) "Major food allergen" does not include:
19 (A) any highly refined oil derived from a food specified in clause (A)
20 of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph or any ingredient derived from
21 such highly refined oil; or
22 (B) any ingredient that is exempt under the petition or notification
23 process specified in the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection
24 Act of 2004, as amended.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 2. Every food establishment shall label all prepackaged food with a
2 written notification on the package or on a label attached to the pack-
3 age identifying any ingredient with which a product is made that consti-
4 tutes a major food allergen. Such label need not identify all ingredi-
5 ents that do not constitute a major food allergen unless otherwise
6 required pursuant to the federal Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer
7 Protection Act of 2004, as amended.
8 § 2. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
9 section 199-g to read as follows:
10 § 199-g. Allergen labeling for prepackaged foods. 1. As used in this
11 section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
12 (a) "Prepackaged food" means food that is prepared, prepacked, and
13 offered or sold to customers on the same premises. Prepackaged food does
14 not include food that is not in packaging or is packaged after a custom-
15 er has ordered.
16 (b) "Food establishment" means any place where food is prepared and
17 intended for consumption, including retail food stores, as defined in
18 section five hundred of this chapter.
19 (c)(i) "Major food allergen" means:
20 (A) milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts,
21 sesame, and soybeans; and
22 (B) a food ingredient that contains protein derived from a food named
23 in clause (A) of this subparagraph.
24 (ii) "Major food allergen" does not include:
25 (A) any highly refined oil derived from a food specified in clause (A)
26 of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph or any ingredient derived from
27 such highly refined oil; or
28 (B) any ingredient that is exempt under the petition or notification
29 process specified in the federal Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer
30 Protection Act of 2004, as amended.
31 2. Every food establishment shall label all prepackaged food with a
32 written notification on the package or on a label attached to the pack-
33 age identifying any ingredient with which a product is made that consti-
34 tutes a major food allergen. Such label need not identify all ingredi-
35 ents that do not constitute a major food allergen unless otherwise
36 required pursuant to the federal Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer
37 Protection Act of 2004, as amended.
38 § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
39 law.
