New York S 4143: Prohibits the sale of food and food products containing boneless lean beef trimmings, commonly referred to as "pink slime", in schools

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S04143 Summary:

BILL NOS04143 

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Prohibits the sale of food and food products containing boneless lean beef trimmings, commonly referred to as "pink slime", in schools.

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BILL NOS04143 

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02/03/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4143

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 3, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the sale
 of food and food products containing boneless lean beef trimmings,
 commonly referred to as "pink slime", in schools

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 915-a
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 915-a. Prohibiting the sale of food and food products containing
 4 boneless lean beef trimmings. 1. No food or food product containing
 5 boneless lean beef trimmings shall be sold in any public school within
 6 the state.
 7 2. For purposes of this section the term "boneless lean beef trim-
 8 mings" shall mean and refer to the industrial product commonly referred
 9 to as "pink slime" which is created by passing bones through a centri-
 10 fuge after the limits of mechanically trimming such bones has been
 11 reached in order to salvage any meaty materials remaining on such bones,
 12 and then exposing such meaty materials to ammonia gas as a disinfectant
 13 treatment.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 15 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07735-01-5

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