What's happening
This bill prohibits most food establishments in New York from serving or selling foods containing artificial trans fat, with some exceptions.
Why it matters
Directly targets public health risks. by eliminating artificial trans fats, which are linked to higher rates of heart disease, from most food service environments—potentially reducing preventable illness and healthcare costs statewide.
Covers a broad range of food sellers. , including restaurants, mobile food vendors, food service commissaries, and retail food stores, closing loopholes and ensuring the policy is consistent throughout most of the food landscape.
Sets clear definitions and exceptions. , only banning foods with labeled or ingredient-listed artificial trans fats above 0.5 grams per serving, and exempting naturally occurring trans fats and foods in sealed, labeled packages—balancing public health with consumer and business practicality.
Empowers the state health department. to work with local stakeholders to develop compliance guidelines and recordkeeping requirements, while allowing local governments to keep or enact stricter trans fat rules if they existed before this law—ensuring flexibility and local autonomy where needed.
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Ban Trans Fats in Food
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Sponsors
7 Co-sponsors
2 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to health
- Referred to health
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3175
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 27, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, GALEF, ABINANTI, MOSLEY, SEPULVEDA, SKAR- TADOS, SKOUFIS, GOTTFRIED -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FAHY, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting certain restaurants and food establishments from serving foods containing artificial trans fat
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 1352-f to read as follows:
§ 1352-f. Artificial trans fat; prohibition. 1. No food containing artificial trans fat, as defined in this section, shall be stored, distributed, held for service, used in preparation of any menu item, served or sold in any restaurants, food service establishments, mobile food service establishments, mobile food service establishment commissaries, retail food stores as defined in section five hundred of the agriculture and markets law, and other food establishments, subject to the provisions of section thirteen hundred fifty-one of this title, except food that is served or sold directly to patrons in a manufacturer's original sealed package that bears a nutrition facts label consistent with federal law and regulation.
2. For the purposes of this section, a food shall be deemed to contain artificial trans fat if the food is labeled as, lists as an ingredient, or contains vegetable shortening, margarine or any kind of partially hydrogenated vegetable oil. However, a food whose nutrition facts label or other documentation from the manufacturer lists the trans fat content of the food as less than 0.5 grams per serving shall not be deemed to contain artificial trans fat. This section shall not apply to foods containing only naturally occurring trans fat.
3. The commissioner is authorized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations for recordkeeping and documentation by restaurants and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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food establishments subject to this section necessary for compliance with the provisions of this section. The commissioner shall consult with representatives of restaurants and food establishments, any county or municipal health departments that have similar laws or regulations and the commissioner of agriculture and markets, prior to promulgating any such rules or regulations and, to the maximum extent practicable, incorporate similar rules and regulations already adopted by such local governments. The commissioner shall develop guidelines, including recommendations for healthier alternatives to artificial trans fat, to assist restaurants and food establishments in complying with the provisions of this section. Such guidelines shall be made available to restaurants and food establishments upon request and shall be provided on the department's internet website.
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of section thirteen hundred fiftythree of this title, the penalty for a violation of this section shall be limited to the penalty set forth in section twelve of this chapter.
5. The provisions of this section shall restrict the power of any county, city, town or village to adopt and enforce additional local laws, ordinances or regulations that are more stringent than the standards set forth in this section and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, except that any local law, ordinance or regulation restricting artificial trans fat adopted by any county or city, or department or agency thereof, or town or village prior to the date this section shall have become a law shall not be preempted by this section.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
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