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- Referred to agriculture
- Referred to agriculture
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Prohibits the alteration of expiration and "use by" dates affixed to food and food products
In Assembly Committee · Agriculture · Sponsor Linda Rosenthal
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BILL NUMBER:S5614
Title of bill
An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the alteration of expiration and "use by" dates affixed to food and food products
Purpose
To require that expiration dates on food and food products are in plain view and be free from mutilation or destruction.
Summary of provisions
Amends the Agriculture and Markets Law to include a new section 214-0 to stipulate the no person, firm or corporation or any business willfully alter, mutilate, destroy, obliterate or remove a food expiration label. Requires expiration or "use by" labels to be in plain view for the consumer to read.
Enacts a fine of $1000 per violation.
Justification
There have been incidents of food for sale where the expiration dates have expired and consumers have gotten ill from these products. Consumers should be able to easily read expiration dates on these products to prevent getting ill from spoiled food.
Legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
On the sixtieth day after it has become a law.
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