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This bill requires New York public eating establishments to provide food allergen information and staff education to help protect food-allergic individuals.
Why it matters
Improves safety for people with food allergies. by requiring restaurants to inform customers about allergens in menu items and the risks of cross-contamination, potentially reducing dangerous allergic reactions.
Mandates staff education. so restaurant owners and employees are better equipped to recognize severe allergic reactions and respond quickly, which could save lives in emergencies.
Establishes statewide standards. for allergen information and communication, creating consistent expectations for restaurants and helping allergic individuals make safer dining choices.
Places responsibility on the Commissioner of Health. to create, distribute, and oversee allergen education materials, ensuring accurate and up-to-date information reaches all public eating establishments.
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Educate Restaurants on Food Allergens
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Educate Restaurants on Allergens
In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Kevin S. Parker
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3190
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 27, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to food allergen information
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The section heading of section 1352-b of the public health law, as added by chapter 613 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
Public eating establishments; first aid instructions concerning food lodged in throat; food allergen information; liability.
§ 2. Subdivisions 3, 4 and 5 of section 1352-b of the public health law are renumbered subdivisions 4, 5 and 6 and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows:
3. Food allergen information for proprietors and employees of public eating establishments. a. The commissioner shall adopt and approve information to educate proprietors and employees of public eating establishments about the dangers of severe food allergens to food allergic individuals. Such information shall include but not be limited to: the need to inform customers of the presence of such allergens in food or meals on the menu or through verbal descriptions; the possibility of cross-contamination of a food with an allergen during food preparation and the need to inform customers of that possibility; and, the symptoms of severe allergic reactions to food and the need for rapid response to such emergencies.
b. The commissioner shall, as soon as practicable, supply to the proprietor of every public eating establishment in this state such adopted and approved information and develop regulations for distribution or posting of such information.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective immediately the commissioner of health may promulgate any rule or regulation necessary for the timely implementation of this act on its effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06221-01-7
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