Requires the department of agriculture and markets to maintain a publicly available database of the results of its graded inspections on its website; requires the department to provide information as to where a customer may file a consumer report; requires the department to facilitate and coordinate the planning and implementation of an awareness and educational program to inform the general public on the standards retail food stores shall meet and how consumers may report retail food stores with poor sanitary conditions.
STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
1195
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 10, 2023
___________
Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
ing the department of agriculture and markets to maintain a publicly
available database of the results of its graded inspections on its
website
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 500 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
2 by adding three new subdivisions 6, 7 and 8 to read as follows:
3 6. The department shall maintain a publicly available database of the
4 results of its graded inspections that shall include the retail food
5 store's name, address, date of inspection, grade and a list of any
6 violations cited within ninety days of a graded inspection. The depart-
7 ment shall update the database every ninety days. The department shall
8 make the inspection database available on their website, in a conspicu-
9 ous location, including on any navigation or drop-down menu.
10 7. The department shall provide on their website information as to
11 where a customer may file a consumer report, which shall be placed in a
12 conspicuous location, including on any navigation or drop-down menu. If
13 a consumer report is filed with the department regarding a retail food
14 store, the graded inspection report provided to such retail food store
15 shall note that the store was reported by a consumer. The consumer
16 report and any other identifiable information of the consumer shall not
17 be included within the inspection report.
18 8. The department shall facilitate and coordinate the planning and
19 implementation of an awareness and educational program to inform the
20 general public on the standards retail food stores shall meet and how
21 consumers may report retail food stores with poor sanitary conditions.
22 Such program shall include grading inspection posting requirements, the
23 differences of sanitation between the inspection grades, and how to
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02587-01-3
S. 1195 2
1 report a retail food store to the department. Such program shall promote
2 educational and informational materials created, through available
3 means, such as media advertising, billboards, printed literature, social
4 media and the department's official website.
5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
