﻿il-4: 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Eeport 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  CHAPTER 
  518. 
  

  

  AX 
  ACT 
  to 
  amend 
  the 
  agricultural 
  law, 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  manu- 
  

   facture 
  and 
  use 
  of 
  coloring 
  matter 
  in 
  food 
  products. 
  

  

  Became 
  a 
  law 
  May 
  4, 
  1S99, 
  with 
  the 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  Governor. 
  

   Passed, 
  three-fifths 
  being 
  present. 
  

  

  The 
  People 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  represented 
  in 
  Senate 
  and 
  

   Assembly, 
  do 
  enact 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Article 
  two 
  of 
  chapter 
  three 
  hundred 
  and 
  thirty- 
  

   eight 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninetj-three, 
  entitled 
  

   "An 
  act 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  agriculture, 
  constituting 
  articles 
  one, 
  two, 
  

   three, 
  four 
  and 
  five 
  of 
  chapter 
  thirty-three 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  laws," 
  

   is 
  hereby 
  amended 
  by 
  inserting 
  therein 
  a 
  new 
  section 
  to 
  be 
  known 
  

   as 
  section 
  twenty-nine-a, 
  and 
  to 
  read 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  § 
  29a. 
  ISTo 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  shall 
  manufacture, 
  sell 
  or 
  expose 
  

   for 
  sale 
  any 
  poisonous 
  coloring 
  matter 
  for 
  the 
  coloring 
  of 
  food 
  

   products 
  of 
  any 
  kind, 
  nor 
  shall 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  use 
  any 
  

   poisonous 
  coloring 
  matter 
  manufactured, 
  sold, 
  offered 
  or 
  exposed 
  

   for 
  sale 
  within 
  this 
  state; 
  nor 
  shall 
  any 
  person 
  or 
  persons 
  sell, 
  

   offer 
  or 
  expose 
  for 
  sale 
  any 
  food 
  product 
  containing 
  such 
  poison- 
  

   ous' 
  coloring 
  matter. 
  The 
  state 
  board 
  of 
  health 
  shall 
  cause 
  sam- 
  

   ples 
  of 
  coloring 
  matter 
  that 
  are 
  exposed 
  for 
  sale 
  upon 
  the 
  market 
  

   for 
  use 
  in 
  food 
  products 
  to 
  be 
  analyzed 
  and 
  report 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  

   such 
  analysis 
  to 
  the 
  legislature 
  at 
  the 
  next 
  session. 
  

  

  § 
  2. 
  This 
  act 
  shall 
  take 
  effect 
  immediately. 
  

  

  