New York S 10116: Requires allergen labeling for food service establishment menu items

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S10116 Summary:

BILL NOS10116 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11072

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSRHARCKHAM

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §1358, Pub Health L

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Requires food service establishments to provide clear notice to customers of major food allergens that are contained in any menu item of such food service establishment.

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BILL NOS10116 

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04/30/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10116

 IN SENATE

 April 30, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring allergen
 labeling for food service establishment menu items

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2 1358 to read as follows:
 3 § 1358. Allergen labeling for menu items. 1. Definitions. As used in
 4 this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "Food service establishment" means any building, vehicle, place or
 6 structure, or any room or division in a building, vehicle, place or
 7 structure where food is prepared, served or sold for immediate consump-
 8 tion on or in the vicinity of the premises, called for or taken out by
 9 customers, or prepared prior to being delivered to another location for
 10 consumption.
 11 (b) "Menu" means a list or pictorial display of a prepared food item
 12 or items available for sale from a food service establishment for the
 13 purpose of permitting a customer to order such food item or items,
 14 including such list or pictorial display posted online for a customer to
 15 place food orders for delivery or take-out.
 16 (c) (i) "Major food allergen" means:
 17 (A) milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts,
 18 sesame, and soybeans; and
 19 (B) a food ingredient that contains protein derived from a food named
 20 in clause (A) of this subparagraph.
 21 (ii) "Major food allergen" does not include:
 22 (A) any highly refined oil derived from a food specified in clause (A)
 23 of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph or any ingredient derived from
 24 such highly refined oil; or
 25 (B) any ingredient that is exempt under the petition or notification
 26 process specified in the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection
 27 Act of 2004, as amended.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15412-02-6

 S. 10116 2

 1 2. Menu labeling requirement. Every food service establishment doing
 2 business in the state of New York shall provide clear and conspicuous
 3 written notice of major food allergens that the food service establish-
 4 ment knows, or reasonably should know, are contained as an ingredient in
 5 each menu item, including temporary menu items.
 6 3. Method of disclosure. A food service establishment shall provide
 7 major food allergen identification for each menu item:
 8 (a) conspicuously and directly on any physical or digital menu, imme-
 9 diately above, beneath, or adjacent to each menu item; and
 10 (b) each major food allergen shall be identified either with a clear
 11 written statement in the same language as the rest of the menu, or by
 12 using easily recognizable pictograms that are accompanied by a conspicu-
 13 ous key located on the same menu.
 14 4. Menu items without allergens. Menu items that do not contain any
 15 major food allergen shall require no additional ingredient identifica-
 16 tion.
 17 5. Penalties. Any food service establishment that violates the
 18 provisions of this section, or any rules or regulations promulgated
 19 hereunder, shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred
 20 twenty-five dollars for each violation.
 21 6. Rules and regulations. The department shall promulgate rules and
 22 regulations as necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
 23 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundre