OTC labeling
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
New York bill would make it unlawful for any retailer to "knowingly alter, mutilate, destroy, obliterate or remove by means of a price sticker," any part of the expiration date on any OTC or cosmetic. The measure would "promote and protect the safety of purchasers...by enabling them to read such products packaging or labels in a complete, unaltered and unobstructed condition." The bill, A 4943, was introduced by Nettie Mayersohn (D-Dist. 27) Feb. 18 and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs. The bill was first introduced in 1990 and passed the Assembly that year