New York S 10073: Enacts the "honesty in cut meat act"

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S10073 Summary:

BILL NOS10073 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11325

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SPONSORBASKIN

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COSPNSRMAYER

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §350-b-2, Gen Bus L

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Enacts the "honesty in cut meat act" under which grocery stores must display signage that distinguishes between store-cut meat and pre-cut, pre-packaged meat.

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BILL NOS10073 

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04/27/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10073

 IN SENATE

 April 27, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BASKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to enacting the
 "honesty in cut meat act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "honesty in cut meat act".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings. The legislature finds and declares that:
 4 1. It is the policy of the state of New York to promote fresh quality
 5 meat products in grocery stores and to allow customers the chance of
 6 making an informed decision between meat that is freshly cut in the
 7 store by experienced, knowledgeable butchers and meat which has been
 8 pre-cut and pre-packaged by external processors or distributors. Addi-
 9 tionally, accurate disclosure of nutritious, fresh cut meat can help to
 10 encourage the consumption of such products in a manner that helps to
 11 promote the state's meat industries and increase employment in the
 12 communities served by a grocery store.
 13 2. The state of New York further finds that in-store meat cutters
 14 represent a skilled workforce earning good wages and a family-sustaining
 15 livelihood. The presence of this skilled workforce in New York is
 16 declining with shifts by grocery stores towards pre-cut, pre-packaged
 17 meat. As this continues it exacerbates connected issues of job loss,
 18 affordability, and community sustainment. Experienced meat cutters are
 19 often among the highest paid positions in a grocery store and removing
 20 these positions in favor of meat which has been trucked in from external
 21 processors or distributors simultaneously removes a good paying job from
 22 New York's communities.
 23 § 3. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 350-
 24 b-2 to read as follows:
 25 § 350-b-2. Disclosures required in cut meat offered for sale in
 26 grocery stores. 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms
 27 shall have the following meanings:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15624-01-6

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 1 (a) "Grocery store" shall have the same meaning as such term is
 2 defined by section three of the alcoholic beverage control law.
 3 (b) "Meat" means all raw beef, chicken, turkey and pork offered for
 4 sale in a grocery store larger than ten thousand square feet.
 5 (c) "Pre-cut, pre-packaged meat" means meat that has been cut and
 6 packaged by an external processor before arriving to the grocery store.
 7 (d) "Signage" means a sticker, stamp, sign, notice, placard, post or
 8 tag.
 9 (e) "Store-cut meat" means fresh cuts of meat portioned and packaged
 10 by grocery store employees on-site.
 11 2. Grocery stores, within their meat and butcher departments, shall
 12 display signage that distinguishes between store-cut meat or pre-cut,
 13 pre-packaged meat. Such signage shall: (a) be affixed to the shelf or
 14 case upon which or in which the meat is displayed to customers; (b)
 15 include the date on which the store-cut meat was cut, as applicable; and
 16 (c) include a disclosure of whether the meat is store-cut meat or pre-
 17 cut, pre-packaged meat.
 18 3. In addition to any civil penalty available under section three
 19 hundred fifty-d of this article:
 20 (a) Whenever there shall be a violation of any portion of this
 21 section, an application may be made by the attorney general in the name
 22 of the people of the state of New Yo