Chapter 1 NYCRR Part 8

Any grade stamp or stencil issued to a designated agent shall bear a number corresponding to the number assigned to the manufacturer who designated such person as his agent. No designated agent shall use any numbered grade stamp or stencil except on cheese of the manufacturer to …

Cheese may be marked as “New York State Brand” grade or as “New York Standard” grade at any time after manufacture provided that the cheese so marked complies with the standards established by the commissioner for the grade marked and provided further that such grade markings sha…

The commissioner or his representative may inspect cheese for compliance with the quality standards and when there is evidence that the grade markings have been placed upon cheese which does not meet the minimum quality standards, may order the removal or obliteration of such gra…

A person who has been ordered to remove or obliterate grade markings from cheese may apply for a hearing, in which case a hearing shall be held to determine whether or not such grade markings shall be removed or obliterated or if they have already been removed or obliterated whet…

Whenever the commissioner has evidence that any grade marking stamp or stencil has been used contrary to law or to the provisions of this Part, he may after hearing, direct the person to whom such stamp or stencil was issued, to return same. After the commissioner has directed th…

Each person who holds a grade marking stamp or stencil shall keep a record of all cheese to which such grade markings have been applied. Such record shall include the date of manufacture, the vat number, and the grade assigned to such cheese. These records shall be open to inspec…

Except for the purpose of replacing worn out stamps or stencils or for making similar but smaller or larger stamps or stencils, no person shall make or cause to be made any stamp, stencil or other marking device which may resemble in any way the identification or grade marking st…

Any person who manufactures or proposes to manufacture cheddar, washed curd or colby cheese in New York State may apply for an identification stamp or stencil to be used in marking such cheese in lieu of marking such cheese with his name and address. Application for such stamps o…

The identification stamp or stencil shall include the type of cheese to be marked, namely: cheddar cheese, washed curd cheese, or colby cheese and shall include a plant identification number to be assigned by the commissioner.

Such identification stamps or stencils shall be used to clearly mark cheddar cheese, washed curd cheese, or colby cheese within 72 hours after manufacture, with the name of such cheese and with the plant identification number. Such cheese shall also be marked with the date of man…

No identification stamp or stencil as provided pursuant to this Part shall be used to mark cheese other than cheddar, washed curd, or colby cheese which conforms to the standards for such cheese pursuant to subdivisions 29, 30 and 31 of section 46 of the Agriculture and Markets L…

Whenever the commissioner has evidence that any identification stamp or stencil has been used contrary to law or to the provisions of this Part, he may direct the person to whom such stamp or stencil was issued to return such stamp or stencil to the commissioner and may order the…

Any person holding an identification stamp or stencil issued by the commissioner or any distributor of cheese who assembles, cuts or stores cheese in New York State and who has been designated by the holder of an identification stamp or stencil as his agent, may make application …