Relates to the sale of ice cream or other frozen desserts made with wine; removes the requirement that such products shall be in at least one pint packages.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A5964
SPONSOR: Magee
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the sale
of ice cream or other frozen deserts made with wine
 
PURPOSE:
To allow for the sale of wine ice cream in packages that are less than
one pint.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 repeals the minimum packaging requirements for the sale of
wine ice cream
Section 2 is the effective date.
 
EXISTING LAW:
Currently, New York allows for the sale of wine ice cream in packages
that are one pint in volume or greater, but not less.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
The sale of wine ice cream was enacted into law in 2008. Since that
time, the demand for smaller packaging for weddings, fundraisers, recre-
ational tours and other events has increased. This bill would lift the
minimum requirements that are currently in law so as to accommodate this
demand for smaller packaging sizes.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5964
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 17, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the sale
of ice cream or other frozen desserts made with wine
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) and the opening paragraph of subparagraph
2 (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 15 of section 200 of the agricul-
3 ture and markets law, as amended by chapter 42 of the laws of 2011, are
4 amended to read as follows:
5 (i) each package is a sealed package [containing at least one pint],
6 as received from the manufacturer or distributor;
7 each sealed package [containing at least one pint], as received from
8 the manufacturer or distributor, in a format to be established or
9 approved by the commissioner, prominently bears the following state-
10 ments:
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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