What's happening
This bill prohibits knowingly altering or obscuring required FDA labels, including expiration dates, on over-the-counter drugs and cosmetics.
Why it matters
Prevents tampering with critical product safety information. by making it illegal to cover, erase, or change any part of the FDA-required label on over-the-counter drugs and cosmetics, helping consumers make informed choices about product safety and effectiveness.
Extends protections beyond just expiration dates. to include any essential information on the FDA label, such as usage directions, warnings, or ingredient lists, which are important for health, allergy, and proper usage considerations.
Closes loopholes that allowed label alteration via price stickers or other means. , ensuring that retailers or third parties cannot obscure important regulatory information during resale or discounting, and thus maintaining regulatory compliance and consumer trust.
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Stop Covering Drug Labels
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Sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Referred to consumer affairs and protection
- Referred to consumer affairs and protection
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Stop Covering Drug Labels
In Senate Committee · Consumer Protection · Sponsor Kenneth P. LaValle
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4226
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 1, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the sale of over-the-counter drugs
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The article heading of article 38-A of the general business law, as added by chapter 697 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
SALE OF OUTDATED
AND LABEL OBSTRUCTED OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS
§ 2. Subdivision 2 of section 820 of the general business law, as added by chapter 697 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
2. to knowingly alter, mutilate, destroy, obliterate or remove by means of a price sticker or otherwise the whole or any part of [the expiration date displayed on] the label [or packaging], including where applicable the expiration date displayed thereon, of any over-the-counter drug or cosmetic. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "label" shall mean the label required by the statutes applicable to and regulations issued by the federal food and drug administration.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07389-01-9
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