Title AGM, Agriculture & Markets

§ 96-t. Enforcement. 1. The commissioner may institute such action at\nlaw or in equity as may appear necessary to enforce compliance with any\nprovision of this article and the rules and regulations adopted and\npromulgated hereunder and, in addition to any other remedy under a…

§ 96-w. Severability. If any provision of this article or the\napplication thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such\ninvalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the\narticle which can be given effect without the invalid provision or\nappli…

§ 96-x. Declaration of policy and purposes. The use as food of meat\nor meat products derived from dead, dying, disabled, diseased or\ncondemned animals endangers the health and welfare of the people of the\nstate. The powers of seizure, quarantine and condemnation held and\nexe…

§ 96-y. Definitions. As used in this article, unless otherwise\nexpressly stated, or unless the context or subject matter otherwise\nrequires:\n (1) "Disposal plant" means the premises or place where bodies,\ncarcasses or portions thereof of dead, dying, diseased, disabled or\nc…

§ 96-z. Exemptions. This article shall not apply to disposal plants\noperated under federal inspection or under inspection pursuant to\narticle five-B of this chapter; to any person, who, in the regular\ncourse of a refuse collection business, gathers up and disposes of the\nbod…

§ 96-z-1. License required. It shall be unlawful for any person to\noperate a disposal plant or transportation service unless licensed as\nprovided in this article.\n

§ 96-z-10. Criminal sale of inedible meat. A person is guilty of\ncriminal sale of inedible meat when he knowingly and unlawfully sells\nsuch meat for the purpose of human consumption. Criminal sale of\ninedible meat is a class E felony.\n

§ 96-z-11. Criminal transporting of inedible meat. A person is guilty\nof criminal transporting of inedible meat when he knowingly and\nunlawfully transports such meat for human consumption or when he\nknowingly and unlawfully transports inedible meat which is not marked or\nsta…

§ 96-z-12. Unlawful decharacterization and labeling of inedible meat.\nA person is guilty of unlawful decharacterization and labeling of\ninedible meat when he knowingly and unlawfully fails to decharacterize\nand label such meat in a manner prescribed by the commissioner. Unlaw…

§ 96-z-2. Application. Application for a license to operate a disposal\nplant or transportation service shall be made upon a form prescribed by\nthe commissioner. The applicant shall satisfy the commissioner of his or\nher character and that he or she has adequate physical facil…

§ 96-z-21. Definitions. As used in this article, unless otherwise\nexpressly stated, or unless the content or subject matter otherwise\nrequires:\n 1. "Person" means any person, firm, corporation, or association.\n 2. "Adulterated" means the same as set forth in section two hund…

§ 96-z-28. Inspection legend required. Except as exempted by the\nprovisions of the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act, no poultry or\npoultry product for human consumption, shall be sold, exposed for sale,\nexchanged or transported within the state unless the same shall be…

§ 96-z-29-a. Mishandling and improper transportation of poultry\nproducts. (1) No person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation\nengaged in carrying or transporting poultry products shall transport\nsuch poultry products except in an enclosed vehicle in such a manner as…

§ 96-z-3. Granting, suspending or revoking licenses. The commissioner\nmay decline to grant a license or may suspend or revoke a license\nalready granted, after written notice to the applicant or licensee and\nan opportunity to be heard, when (1) any statement in the application…

§ 96-z-32. Uninspected poultry and poultry products. The commissioner\nshall seize and destroy for food purposes any poultry or poultry product\nsubject to federal inspection that does not bear the official inspection\nlegend affixed pursuant to federal inspection.\n

§ 96-z-33. Unlawful possession of official devices. It shall be\nunlawful for any person:\n 1. To forge any official federal device or mark.\n 2. Knowingly to possess, without authority granted by the United\nStates department of agriculture, any official federal device or any\n…

§ 96-z-34. Rules and regulations. The commissioner is hereby\nauthorized to enact, amend and repeal rules and regulations necessary to\ncarry out and give full force and effect to the provisions of this\narticle. This chapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder shall\nbe …

§ 96-z-35. Enforcement. The commissioner may institute such action at\nlaw or in equity as may appear necessary to enforce compliance with any\nprovision of this article and the rules and regulations adopted and\npromulgated hereunder and, in addition to any other remedy under a…

§ 96-z-36. Severability. If any provision of this article or the\napplication thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such\ninvalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the\narticle which can be given effect without the invalid provision or\nap…

§ 96-z-4. Review. The action of the commissioner in refusing to grant\na license, 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 unl…

§ 96-z-5. Rules and regulations. The commissioner is hereby\nauthorized, after public hearing, to adopt and promulgate such rules and\nregulations to supplement and give full effect to the provision of this\narticle as he may deem necessary.\n

§ 96-z-6. Violations; remedies. The commissioner may institute such\naction at law or in equity as may appear necessary to enforce compliance\nwith any provisions of this article or of any rules and regulations\npromulgated thereunder, and in addition to any other remedy under\n…

§ 96-z-7. Labeling. All products except hides, tallow, meat meal or\nbone meal, leaving a disposal plant shall be packed in containers\napproved by the commissioner, and the containers shall be clearly marked\nor stamped with the legend "unfit for human consumption" in such mann…

§ 96-z-8. Access to premises; records. The commissioner may inspect\nas often as he deems necessary, each disposal plant or vehicle licensed\nunder the provisions of this article. For the purpose of making such\ninspection, the commissioner and his authorized agents shall have f…

§ 96-z-9. Criminal slaughter, processing or possession of inedible\nmeat. A person is guilty of criminal slaughter, processing or possession\nof inedible meat when he knowingly and unlawfully (a) slaughters, for\nthe purpose of human consumption, any animal from which such meat …