New York A 5495: Prohibits the sale of foods and beverages containing chlormequat

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A05495 Summary:

BILL NOA05495 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORJackson

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COSPNSRTapia, Davila

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §214-p, Ag & Mkts L

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Prohibits the sale of foods and beverages containing chlormequat, also known as 2-chloro-N,N,N-trimethylethan-1-aminium.

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BILL NOA05495 

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02/14/2025referred to agriculture

01/07/2026referred to agriculture

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5495

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 14, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. JACKSON, TAPIA, DAVILA -- read once and referred
 to the Committee on Agriculture

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to prohib-
 iting the sale of foods and beverages containing chlormequat

 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 214-p to read as follows:
 3 § 214-p. Sale of foods and beverages containing chlormequat prohibit-
 4 ed. 1. For the purposes of this article, the term "chlormequat" shall
 5 mean 2-chloro-N,N,N-trimethylethan-1-aminium.
 6 2. No person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or any other
 7 business association shall sell, offer to sell, or display for sale at
 8 retail any food or beverage for human consumption which contains
 9 chlormequat.
 10 3. It shall be an affirmative defense to a violation of this section
 11 that the person did not know and could not reasonably have known that
 12 the food or beverage contained chlormequat.
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 14 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 15 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 16 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 17 completed on or before such date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06535-01-5

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