Title AGM, Agriculture & Markets

§ 201-e. Halal food and food products; packaging. 1. All food and food\nproducts packaged in any container and sold or offered for sale as\n"halal" shall have a "halal" label affixed by the manufacturer or packer\nat its premises. No person other than such manufacturer or packer…

§ 201-f. Retail sale of halal food or food products. 1. Any person who\nsells or offers for sale in the same place of business meat, meat\npreparations, meat by-products, poultry or other food or food products\nthat are represented as both halal and non-halal shall indicate in\n…

§ 201-g. Persons certifying as halal; filing with department. 1. Any\nperson who certifies any non-prepackaged meat, meat preparations, meat\nby-products or poultry as halal, and any person who certifies any\nnon-prepackaged food or food products as halal shall file with the\nde…

§ 201-h. Notice of violation. In any case where the department, after\nconsultation between the division responsible for halal law enforcement\nand counsel, determines a violation has occurred of any of the\nprovisions of section two hundred one-e, two hundred one-f, or two\nhun…

§ 201-i. Misbranding of certain fish species. 1. As used in this\nsection: (a) "escolar" shall mean any variety of fish known as escolar,\nwalu, snake mackerel, or any other common name of the scientific species\nname lepidocybium flavorbrunneum.\n (b) "oilfish" shall mean any v…

§ 202. Unavoidable added poisonous or deleterious substances. Any\npoisonous or deleterious substance added to any food, except where such\nsubstance is required in the production thereof or cannot be avoided in\ngood manufacturing practice, shall be deemed to be unsafe for the\…

§ 202-a. False advertising. 1. An advertisement concerning a food or\nfood product shall not be false or misleading in any particular.\n 2. No publisher, radio-broadcast licensee, advertising agency, or\nagency or medium for the dissemination of an advertisement, except the\nman…

§ 202-b. Seizure and quarantine. Whenever the commissioner or his\nduly authorized representative shall find distributed, offered or\nexposed for sale within this state, a food or food product which is\nunfit or unsafe for use as food, and its condemnation is required to\nprotec…

§ 202-c. Proceedings to review, violations and remedies. The\ncommissioner may refuse to approve any new food additive or color\nadditive or combination thereof or new use of a pre-existing food\nadditive or color additive on the ground that he is not satisfied as to\nits safety…

§ 203. Manufacture and sale of imitation maple, birch, walnut or beech\nsugar and syrup prohibited. (a) 1. No person shall manufacture for sale,\nkeep for sale, or offer or expose for sale, any sugar in imitation or\nsemblance of maple sugar which is not pure maple sugar, nor an…

§ 204. Branding and labeling of maple, birch, walnut or beech sugar\nand syrup mixtures. No person shall manufacture, sell or expose for\nsale, any compound or mixture as and for sugar which shall be made up of\nmaple, birch, walnut or beech sugar mixed with any other sugar or a…

§ 204-a. Olive oil mixtures. It shall be unlawful for any person to\nmanufacture, pack, possess, sell, offer for sale and/or expose for sale\nany compound or blended oil of any kind which purports to be an olive\noil mixture unless the container thereof be permanently and\nconsp…

§ 204-b. Foods containing fats and/or oils. 1. (a) Notwithstanding any\nother provision of law, each individual fat and/or oil ingredient of a\nfood commodity in package form intended for human consumption shall be\ndeclared by its specific common or usual name in its order of\n…

§ 204-c. Prepared horseradish. The term "prepared horseradish" means\na clean, wholesome food product made with pure ground horseradish root,\nvinegar and salt, with or without the addition of oil of mustard. Sugar,\nspices and other flavorings, and either cream or vegetable oil…

§ 204-d. Adulteration of natural fruit juices. Any person who shall\nknowingly sell, offer or expose for sale, or give away, any compound or\npreparation composed, in whole or in part, of any unwholesome,\ndeleterious or poisonous acid, or other unwholesome deleterious or\npoiso…

§ 205. Defining honey. The terms "honey," "liquid or extracted\nhoney," "strained honey," or "pure honey," as used in this article,\nshall mean the nectar of flowers that has been transformed by, and is\nthe natural product of the honey-bee, taken from the honeycomb and\nmarkete…

§ 206. Relative to selling a commodity in imitation or semblance of\nhoney. No person or persons shall package, label, sell, keep for sale,\nexpose or offer for sale, any article or product in imitation or\nsemblance of honey depicting thereon a picture or drawing of a bee,\nbee…

§ 207. Definition of vinegars and adulterated vinegars.\n 1. The terms "cider vinegar," "apple cider vinegar," or words of\nsimilar import, shall be construed to mean the product made exclusively\nfrom the expressed juice of clean, sound, fresh apples, or parts of such\napples, …

§ 208. Manufacture and sale of misbranded vinegar prohibited. No\nperson, firm or corporation shall manufacture, sell, offer, expose or\nhave in possession for sale in this state:\n 1. Any vinegar defined herein not in compliance herewith.\n 2. Any vinegar or product in imitatio…

§ 209. Packages containing vinegar to be branded. Every manufacturer\nor distributor of vinegar, as defined in section two hundred and seven\nof this chapter, shall plainly brand each cask, barrel or other\ncontainer of such vinegar with his name and place of business, the kind\…

§ 21. Interference with department employees in performance of duties;\nbribery. No person shall attempt, by means of any threat or violence, to\ndeter or prevent an inspector, agent or other employee of the department\nfrom performing any duty imposed by law upon him or upon th…

§ 210. Packaging in the shape of firearms. 1. No person, firm or\ncorporation shall manufacture, sell, offer, export or have in possession\nfor sale in this state any food or food products packed in a container\nin the shape of a firearm and for consumption from any such packagi…

§ 210-a. Pork processing. For the purpose of preventing trichinosis,\nthe commissioner is hereby authorized to require any person who\nmanufactures, sells, offers for sale, or delivers any article of food\ncontaining any muscle tissue of pork customarily eaten without cooking\nt…

§ 213. Repacking fruit and farm produce. A person, firm or\nassociation who purchases fruit or farm produce in barrels, boxes or\nother packages, and empties, or causes to be emptied, such barrels,\nboxes or other packages, and repacks, or causes to be repacked therein\nthe same…

§ 214. Guaranty established. 1. No dealer shall be prosecuted under\nthe provisions of this article when he can establish a guaranty signed\nby the wholesaler, jobber, manufacturer or other party residing or\nhaving a place of business within the state from whom he purchased the…

§ 214-a. Samples. The commissioner is hereby empowered to enact,\namend and repeal rules prescribing the number, nature and size of\nsamples of food to be taken in the enforcement of this article.\n

§ 214-b. Regulations. The authority to promulgate regulations for the\nefficient enforcement of this article is hereby vested in the\ncommissioner. This article and the regulations promulgated thereunder\nshall be so interpreted and construed, however, as to effectuate its\ngene…

§ 214-c. No provisions contained in sections one hundred ninety-eight,\none hundred ninety-nine, two hundred, two hundred one, two hundred two,\ntwo hundred two-a, two hundred two-b and two hundred fourteen-b of this\narticle shall be construed to alter, supersede or repeal any …

§ 214-d. Legislative finding and declaration of policy. It is hereby\nrecognized that appropriate investigations of potential advances in\ndairy and food technology sometime require the market testing of the\nadvantages to, and acceptance by consumers, of variations in food from…

§ 214-e. Temporary marketing and manufacturing permits. Any person,\nfirm, partnership, corporation or association desiring a temporary\npermit to deviate from an existing dairy or food standard or regulation\nmay file with the commissioner a written application on a form\npresc…

§ 214-f. Temperature requirements for manufacture, transportation and\nstorage of certain foods. For the purpose of controlling and preventing\nthe outbreak of deadly or dangerous human diseases such as botulism and\nsalmonellosis, and to prevent economic and nutritional loss to…

§ 214-g. Labeling of certain frozen foods. If any person, firm,\ncorporation, partnership, association or any other business association\nsells at retail or displays for sale at retail any sea food, food fish\nor shellfish, any meat, meat by-product or meat food product capable …

§ 214-h. Unit pricing. 1. Consumer information required. Each person\nwho sells, offers or exposes for sale in a retail store a consumer\ncommodity shall disclose to the consumer the unit price and the total\nprice of the commodity as provided in this section.\n 2. Definitions. …

§ 214-j. Small quantities of fruits and vegetables. Fresh fruits and\nvegetables prepackaged and offered for sale at retail shall be made\navailable in small quantities upon customer request. A prominent and\nconspicuous sign reading "small quantities of prepackaged fresh fruits…

§ 214-k. Sale and labeling of charcoal. Charcoal and charcoal\nbriquettes shall be sold by weight and each container in which charcoal\nor charcoal briquettes is sold or delivered in quantities of one hundred\npounds or less shall be plainly and conspicuously marked to show the …

§ 214-l. Sale of talc coated rice prohibited. 1. As used in this\nsection, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n a. "Talc coated rice" shall mean milled rice which is coated in whole\nor in part, with glucose and talc.\n b. "Talc" shall mean the color additive…

§ 214-m. Labeling of certain food products. If any person, firm,\ncorporation, partnership, association or any other business association\nwhich processes, manufactures or imports food products has placed upon\nor accompanying the shipping container, shipping case, pallet or inv…

§ 214-n. Treatment and sale of apple cider. 1. As used in this\nsection, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "Apple cider" or words of similar import means a product made\nexclusively from the expressed, unfermented juice of fresh apples or\nparts thereo…

§ 214-o. Labeling requirements for fish wholesalers. 1. Any wholesaler\nthat sells, offers for sale, transports or transacts in the purchase or\nsale of fish for human consumption and packages such fish in sealed\ncontainers, shall cause such containers to be clearly labeled wit…

§ 215. Declaration of policy. Since nineteen hundred forty-five the\nlegislature has recognized the need for providing satisfactory\nnutritional levels in bread and flour. The legislature now finds that\nundernourishment still exists in a substantial number of families in\nthis …

§ 215-a. Standards for enriched foods. 1. The commissioner is hereby\nauthorized and empowered to establish after public hearing definitions,\nstandards of identity and standards of enrichment for any or all of the\nfood products within the following categories:\n (a) wheat flou…

§ 215-c. Rules and regulations. The commissioner is hereby authorized\nand empowered to promulgate, amend and repeal rules and regulations to\ncarry out and give full force and effect to the provisions of this\narticle including rules and regulations prescribing the methods whic…

§ 216. Application of article. The general purpose of this article is\nto protect the public safety and health by controlling the salvaging of\ndamaged or contaminated food, food products and devices which come into\nintimate contact with food or food products.\n

§ 217. Definitions. (a) The term "food salvager" as used in this\narticle, means a person engaged in the business of reconditioning,\nlabeling, relabeling, packing, repacking, sorting, cleaning, culling, or\nby other means salvaging food or food products, single service food\nco…

§ 218. License required. No person shall act as a food salvager\nunless licensed by the commissioner as provided in this article.\n

§ 219. Application. Application for license as a food salvager shall\nbe made upon a form prescribed by the commissioner. The applicant shall\nsatisfy the commissioner of his or her character and that he or she has\nadequate physical facilities for salvaging food and food produc…

§ 22. Power to administer oaths and compel testimony. The\ncommissioner, a deputy commissioner, the secretary or counsel of the\ndepartment, or any other officer or employee duly authorized by the\ncommissioner, may administer oaths and take affidavits in relation to\nany matter…

§ 220. Granting or revoking licenses. The commissioner may decline to\ngrant a license or may suspend or revoke a license already granted,\nafter due notice to the applicant or licensee by mail or otherwise and\nopportunity to be heard, when it appears (1) that any statement in …

§ 221. Review. The action of the commissioner in refusing to grant a\nlicense, or in suspending or revoking a license, may be reviewed in the\nmanner provided by article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and\nrules and the decision of the commissioner shall be final unless…

§ 222. Rules and regulations. The commissioner is hereby authorized,\nafter public hearing, to adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations\nto supplement and give full effect to the provisions of this article as\nhe may deem necessary.\n