New York A 1339: Establishes the sanitary retail food store grant program

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A01339 Summary:

BILL NOA01339A

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SAME ASSAME AS S04041

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SPONSORSimon

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COSPNSRDavila, Taylor, Gibbs, Cook

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §501, amd §500, Ag & Mkts L

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Establishes the sanitary retail food store grant program to provide funding to retail food stores that fail inspections to correct deficiencies if such stores are unable to sustain the costs to immediately correct critical deficiencies, are located in food deserts, and would otherwise be unable to stay in operation due to their inability to meet and maintain sanitary standards.

Go to top A01339 Actions:

BILL NOA01339A

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01/09/2025referred to agriculture

02/21/2025amend and recommit to agriculture

02/21/2025print number 1339a

01/07/2026referred to agriculture

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1339--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, DAVILA, TAYLOR, GIBBS, COOK -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Agriculture -- committee discharged,
 bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
 committee

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to estab-
 lishing the sanitary retail food store grant program

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

 1 Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 501 to read as follows:
 3 § 501. Sanitary retail food store grant program. 1. Legislative
 4 intent. The legislature hereby finds, determines, and declares that
 5 retail food stores located in New York should maintain proper sanitary
 6 conditions to ensure the health and safety of all patrons. Preserving
 7 stores that are unable to meet proper sanitary conditions, and are
 8 located in areas where low-income people have limited access to afforda-
 9 ble and nutritious food, is in the best interest of those communities
 10 and the state. The legislature hereby declares that in order to ensure
 11 the health and safety of its citizens, and preserve retail food stores
 12 located in food deserts, the department shall, in cooperation with the
 13 empire state development corporation, create a sanitary retail food
 14 store grant program.
 15 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms
 16 shall have the following meanings:
 17 (a) "Potentially hazardous foods" means any foods that can support the
 18 rapid growth of disease-causing bacteria, including but not limited to
 19 the following: meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, pre-sliced or cooked vege-
 20 tables, dairy, sliced fruit and cooked rice;
 21 (b) "Critical deficiencies" means factors that are leading causes of
 22 foodborne illnesses, including but not limited to the following:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02814-03-5

 A. 1339--A 2

 1 (i) insect, rodent, bird, or vermin activity likely to result in prod-
 2 uct contamination;
 3 (ii) contact surfaces are unclean or not properly sanitized, such as
 4 food contact equipment, utensils, or conveyances for handling potential-
 5 ly hazardous foods;
 6 (iii) inadequate employee handwashing facilities;
 7 (iv) lack of proper equipment for cleaning and sanitizing surfaces
 8 where any potentially hazardous foods are prepared, stored and sold; and
 9 (v) potentially hazardous foods that are not stored at safe temper-
 10 atures.
 11 (c) "Food desert" shall have the same meaning as section two hundred
 12 sixty of this chapter.
 13 3. Sanitary retail food store grant program. Subject to appropriation,
 14 the commissioner, in conjunction with the commissioner of the empire
 15 state development corporation, shall establish a sanitary retail food
 16 store grant program to ensure that retail food stores that are unable to
 17 sustain the costs to immediately correct critical deficiencies, are
 18 located in food deserts, and would otherwise be unable to stay in opera-
 19 tion due to their inability to meet and maintain sanitary standards, may
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