New Jersey S 3785: Increases gross income tax pension and retirement income exclusion for certain taxpayers.

Bill Text

S3785 

SENATE, No. 3785 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 5, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� ANDREW ZWICKER

District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)

Senator� RAJ MUKHERJI

District 32 (Hudson)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Testa

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits certain substances in sale, distribution, 
and manufacture of commercial foods for human consumption; bans certain 
substances in school food. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act prohibiting certain substances in the sale, 
distribution, and manufacture of commercial foods for human consumption, 
prohibiting certain artificial dyes in school food, and amending 
R.S.24:5-8 and P.L.2007, c.45.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� R.S.24:5-8 is amended to 
read as follows: 

���� 24:5-8. For the purposes of 
this subtitle food for human consumption shall be deemed adulterated:

���� A.�� (1) If [it] the food 
bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render [it] the food 
injurious to health; but in case the substance is not an added substance such 
food shall not be considered adulterated under this clause if the quantity of 
such substance in such food does not ordinarily render [it] the food 
injurious to health; or 

���� (2)�� If [it] the food 
bears or contains any added poisonous or added deleterious substance which is 
unsafe within the meaning of regulations promulgated by the Department of 
Health limiting the quantity therein or thereon to such extent as the 
Department of Health [of 
the State of New Jersey] 
finds necessary for the protection of the public health; or� 

���� (3)�� If [it] the food 
consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance, or 
if [it] the food 
is otherwise unfit for food; or 

���� (4)�� If [it] the food 
has been produced, prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions 
whereby [it] the food 
may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby [it] the food may have been 
rendered injurious to health; or� 

���� (5)�� If [it] the food 
is in whole or in part the product of an animal which has not been inspected, 
and the meat of such animal passed as fit for food:

���� (a)�� By an official federal 
inspector; or

���� (b)�� By such officer or 
person as shall be qualified for such purpose in accordance with, and in such 
manner as shall be prescribed by, regulations adopted by the State department, 
if such inspection is required by such regulations, or if [it] the food 
is in whole or in part the product of an animal which has died otherwise than 
by slaughter; or� 

���� (6)�� If [its] the food�s 
container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious 
substance which may render the contents injurious to health; or

���� (7)�� If, during the course of 
[its] the food�s 
processing, [it] the food 
has been exposed to, or treated with, ionized radiation, except that this 
paragraph shall not apply to any spice so exposed or treated.

���� B.��� (1) If any valuable 
constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted therefrom; or

���� (2)�� If any substance has 
been substituted wholly or in part therefor; or

���� (3)�� If damage or inferiority 
has been concealed in any manner; or

���� (4)�� If any substance has 
been added thereto or mixed or packaged therewith so as to increase [its] the food�s 
bulk or weight, or reduce [its] the food�s 
quality or strength or make [it] the food 
appear better or of greater value than [it 
is] the 
food possesses.� 

���� C.��� If [it] the food 
falls below the standard of purity, quality or strength which [it] the food 
purports or is represented to possess.

���� D.�� If [it] the food 
bears or contains a coal-tar color other than one from a batch that has been 
certified under the federal act.

���� E.��� If the food contains 
any of these substances:

����������� (1) Brominated 
vegetable oil (CAS no. 8016-94-2);

����������� (2) Potassium 
bromate (CAS no. 7758-01-2);

����������� (3) Propylparaben 
(CAS no. 94-13-3); or

����������� (4) Red dye 3 (CAS 
no. 16423-68-0).

(cf: P.L.1989, c.203, s.1)

���� 2.��� Section 2 of P.L.2007, 
c.45 (C.18A:33-16) is amended to read as follows:

���� 2.��� a.� [As of 
September 2007, the] 
The following items shall not be served, sold, or given away as a 
free promotion anywhere on school property at any time before the end of the 
school day, including items served in the reimbursable After School Snack 
Program:

���� (1)�� Foods of minimal 
nutritional value, as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture;

���� (2)�� All food and beverage 
items listing sugar, in any form, as the first ingredient; [and]

���� (3)�� All forms of candy as 
defined by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture; and

���� (4)�� The following 
substances:

���� (a) Red 40 (CAS no. 
25956-17-6);

���� (b) Yellow 5 (CAS no. 
1934-21-0