Requires all contracts with private food service management companies to disclose ingredients lists and nutritional information for all the meals they provide school districts; provides that the private food service management company shall be required to consolidate nutritional information for any meal that is comprised of separate individual ingredients; requires such school districts to publish such ingredients lists and nutritional information on their district's website.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A1874C
SPONSOR: Jean-Pierre TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring private food
service management companies to disclose ingredient lists and nutri-
tional information for all the meals they provide school districts and
requiring such school districts to publish this information on their
website
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To require that all contracts entered in to, during the 2022-2023 school
year and thereafter, with a private food service companies contain a
provision requiring disclosure of ingredient lists and nutritional
information for all meals they provide to school districts and for
school districts to publish this information online
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends article 19 of the education law by adding a new section
924 that requires all private food service management companies to
disclose ingredient lists and nutritional information of food they
provide to school districts so they can post them online.
Section 2 sets the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Making sure parents, legal guardians, and students have access to what
they eat in schools is extremely important for the wellbeing of children
in New York State. This piece of legislation will require private compa-
nies who are contracted by school districts to supply meals to disclose
ingredient lists and nutritional information about what they are supply-
ing. This legislation will allow for transparency between private compa-
nies who produce meals for school districts and students, parents,
and/or legal guardians. This legislation will hopefully start a conver-
sation to understand what is in our school lunches and also help start a
dialogue that will lead to students eating healthier meals in school.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2023. Effective immediately, the
addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
to be made and completed on or before such date.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1874--C
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 11, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted
to the Committee on Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.
2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said commit-
tee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to
said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring private food
service management companies to disclose ingredient lists and nutri-
tional information for all the meals they provide school districts and
requiring such school districts to publish this information on their
website
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 924 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 924. Ingredient and nutritional information requirements. a. All
4 contracts entered into for the two thousand twenty-three--two thousand
5 twenty-four school year, and thereafter, to provide, maintain and oper-
6 ate cafeteria or restaurant service by a private food service management
7 company shall include provisions requiring such private food service
8 management company to disclose ingredients lists and nutritional infor-
9 mation to school districts for all meals that such company provides.
10 The private food service management company shall be required to consol-
11 idate nutritional information for any meal that is comprised of separate
12 individual ingredients. School districts and boards of cooperative
13 educational services shall have no responsibility to provide nutritional
14 information except pursuant to subdivision b of this section.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 b. All ingredients lists and nutritional information provided to
2 school districts shall be published and publicly shared on such school
3 district's website.
4 § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. Effective immediately,
5 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
6 sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
7 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
