Authorizes commercial feed for a pet, specialty pet, horse, or camelid to include hemp seed or a substance derived from hemp seed.
Summary
This bill amends New York’s Agriculture and Markets Law to clarify that “commercial feed” may include hemp seed or hemp seed products when the feed is intended for pets, specialty pets, horses, or camelids. The bill adds this hemp-related language directly into the statutory definition of commercial feed and specifies that “hemp” has the same meaning as in the state’s existing hemp law.
In practical terms, the measure would authorize the use of hemp-derived ingredients in certain animal feeds and pet foods, so long as they are used for the listed animals and otherwise comply with feed and adulteration rules. The bill takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Impact
The bill would modify the Agriculture and Markets Law’s definition of commercial feed, expanding the range of ingredients that may be lawfully included in feed products for pets, specialty pets, horses, and camelids. It would not broadly change all animal feed regulation, but it would create explicit statutory authority for hemp seed and hemp seed products in these specific feed categories, aligning feed law with the state’s hemp definition and potentially reducing regulatory uncertainty for manufacturers and distributors.
Sentiment
Based on the bill text and available context, the measure appears to be straightforward and permissive, with no recorded committee debate or votes indicating opposition. The sponsors and caption suggest a practical, industry-oriented bill aimed at clarifying allowable feed ingredients, and the absence of documented controversy suggests generally neutral to favorable sentiment around the proposal.
Contention
No committee transcripts or vote records are available, so there is no documented floor or committee-level dispute. The most likely points of concern, if any, would be whether hemp ingredients are safe and appropriate in animal feed, whether the change should be limited to certain species, and how the amendment interacts with existing feed-adulteration and labeling rules. However, none of these concerns are reflected in the available legislative history.
Relating to the regulation of certain products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and registrations; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty.
Relating to the regulation of certain products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and registrations; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing an administrative penalty.
Relating to the regulation of products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and hemp beverages and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; requiring occupational licenses and permits; imposing fees; creating criminal offenses; authorizing civil penalties; imposing taxes.