Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 07, 2016 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection |
May 27, 2015 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Jan 07, 2015 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection |
Assembly Bill A404
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
DINOWITZ
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Ellen C. Jaffee
Richard Gottfried
Sandy Galef
Matthew Titone
multi-Sponsors
Vivian Cook
2015-A404 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Ways And Means
- Law Section:
- Agriculture and Markets Commissioner
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
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A9802
2015-A404 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 404 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, JAFFEE, GOTTFRIED, GALEF, TITONE, ABINANTI, OTIS, MARKEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CAMARA, COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT relating to authorizing the creation of the New York state quali- ty seafood certification program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known as and may be cited as the "New York state quality seafood certification program". S 2. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds and declares that fish misidentification and species substitution is a problem that has a direct impact on New York consumers. A recently conducted study discovered that nearly 40 percent of the fish being sold in New York city was mislabeled and certain species tested were overwhelmingly misi- dentified. Intentional mislabeling occurs when less desirable or less expensive species of fish are intentionally substituted in place of more expensive or more desirable fish species. In other instances, retailers, distributors, restaurants, and consumers are unaware that the fish they purchase is mislabeled or misidentified because distinctions between fish, fish fillets, and shellfish of various species are often indistin- guishable to the naked eye. The legislature further finds that intentional or unintentional species substitution, misidentification, or mislabeling, results in negative economic, health, and environmental consequences, including wholesalers, distributors, retailers, restaurants, and consumers paying higher prices for less expensive or less desirable fish species. The federal government and many private companies use deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) barcoding technology which provides an inexpensive and acces- sible means to test samples of fish and determine the particular species EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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