Title AGM, Agriculture & Markets

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

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

§ 96-x. Declaration of policy and purposes. The use as food of meat or meat products derived from dead, dying, disabled, diseased or condemned animals endangers the health and welfare of the people of the state. The powers of seizure, quarantine and condemnation held and exercis…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 96-z-32. Uninspected poultry and poultry products. The commissioner shall seize and destroy for food purposes any poultry or poultry product subject to federal inspection that does not bear the official inspection legend affixed pursuant to federal inspection.

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

§ 96-z-34. Rules and regulations. The commissioner is hereby authorized to enact, amend and repeal rules and regulations necessary to carry out and give full force and effect to the provisions of this article. This chapter and the regulations promulgated thereunder shall be so i…

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

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

§ 96-z-4. Review. The action of the commissioner in refusing to grant a license, or in suspending or revoking a license may be reviewed in the manner provided by article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules, and the decision of the commissioner shall be final unless…

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

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

§ 96-z-7. Labeling. All products except hides, tallow, meat meal or bone meal, leaving a disposal plant shall be packed in containers approved by the commissioner, and the containers shall be clearly marked or stamped with the legend "unfit for human consumption" in such manner …

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

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