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NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-J (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-B - Sale of Meat 96-J - Farmer and Custom Processors.

§ 96-j. Farmer  and custom processors. This article shall not apply to   any bona fide farmer who butchers his own domestic animals  on  his  own   farm  exclusively  for  use  by him and members of his household and his   non-paying guests and employees, custom slaughterers, custom slaughtered   meat, farm dressed meat,  custom  meat  by-products,  custom  meat  food   products,  and  establishments  where  only  such products are prepared,   produced,  processed  or  packaged,  provided,  however,   that   custom   slaughtered  meat, farm dressed meat, custom meat by-products and custom   meat food products shall be identified as such in such manner as may  be   required by the commissioner by duly promulgated rules and regulations.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-L (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-B - Sale of Meat 96-L - Inspection Legend Required.

§ 96-l. Inspection   legend   required.  Except  as  exempted  by  the   provisions of this article no carcasses of animals, parts thereof, meat,   meat by-product or meat food product for  human  consumption,  shall  be   sold, exposed for sale, exchanged or transported within the state unless   the  same  shall  bear  an  official  inspection  legend or a meat label   affixed pursuant to a federal inspection.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-M (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-B - Sale of Meat 96-M - Sale of Inspected Meat.

§ 96-m. Sale  of  inspected  meat.    All  carcasses of animals, parts   thereof, meat, meat by-products,  and  meat  food  products  bearing  an   inspection  legend  or meat label affixed after a federal inspection may   be sold, exposed for sale, exchanged or transported at all places within   the state, except that dressed  carcasses  of  equines  or  other  large   domesticated  animals,  parts,  meat,  meat  by-products  and  meat food   products thereof may be sold, exposed for sale, exchanged or transported   only in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be enacted  by   the commissioner.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-P-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-B - Sale of Meat 96-P-2 - Mishandling and Improper Transportation of Meat, Meat By-Products and Meat Food Products.

§ 96-p-2. Mishandling   and  improper  transportation  of  meat,  meat by-products and meat food products. (1) No  person,  firm,  association, partnership  or  corporation  engaged  in carrying or transporting meat, meat by-products or meat food products  shall  transport  such  products except  in an enclosed vehicle in such a manner as to assure delivery of the aforesaid products so that frozen products remain  frozen  and  such other  products  do  not  rise above forty degrees Fahrenheit, provided, however, that this section shall not apply to establishments engaging in meat  handling  operations  at  retail  stores  and  restaurants,   when conducted  at  any  retail  store  or  restaurant or similar retail-type establishment for sale in normal retail quantities or  service  of  such articles   to   consumers  at  such  establishments,  nor  to  household consumers. This section shall not apply  to  meat  food  products  which because  of  their  method  of  manufacture,  processing, and packaging, require no special handling  temperatures  to  prevent  adulteration  or unwholesomeness including, but not limited to, commercially sterile meat food products in hermetically sealed containers.  (2)  The  commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations to further define standards for the transportation of  meat,  meat  by-products  or meat  food  products  to  further  ensure  that they are delivered in an unadulterated and wholesome condition.  (3) A violation of the provisions of this section shall be a violation as defined in subdivision three of section 10.00 of the penal law.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-Q (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-B - Sale of Meat 96-Q - Unmarked and Unlabeled Meat.

§ 96-q. Unmarked  and  unlabeled  meat.    Inasmuch  as  it  cannot be   determined for certain by  any  presently  known  method  of  inspection   whether meat is unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit or   unsafe  for  food  unless  the organs and other tissues of an animal are   inspected when slaughtered, or whether meat, meat  by-products  or  meat   food  products are unsound, unhealthful and unwholesome or contain dyes,   chemicals, preservatives  or  ingredients  which  render  such  products   adulterated  unless  inspected where processed, and as uninspected meat,   meat by-products and meat food products may be unfit or unsafe for human   consumption, the commissioner shall seize and destroy for food  purposes   any  meat,  meat  by-product  or meat food product that does not bear an   official inspection legend affixed pursuant  to  a  federal  inspection;   provided  nothing  herein  shall  affect  the  possession  by  a  custom   slaughterer or custom processor, or the possession and transportation by   the owner of custom slaughtered meat or farm dressed meat when meats are   identified as  such  in  accordance  with  rules  and  regulations  duly   promulgated  pursuant  to  the  federal meat inspection act and all acts   amendatory thereof; and provided, further, nothing herein  shall  affect   the  transportation  of  dead  animals,  properly  identified, condemned   carcasses and parts  of  carcasses,  and  other  condemned  or  inedible   product or material to rendering plants.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-R (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-B - Sale of Meat 96-R - Unlawful Possession of Inspection Legend and Meat Label.

§ 96-r. Unlawful  possession  of inspection legend and meat label.  It   shall be unlawful for any person to possess, keep, or use an  inspection   legend  or  meat  label  or  to  possess, keep or use any stamp or label   simulating the  inspection  legend  and  meat  label  unless  authorized   pursuant to the federal meat inspection act.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-S (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-B - Sale of Meat 96-S - Rules and Regulations.

§ 96-s. 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.The   commissioner   is   hereby   authorized  to  adopt,  insofar  as   appropriate, the regulations, from time to time promulgated  under  such   federal  act or acts, and to change or amend the regulations promulgated   under this chapter so as to conform, insofar as  appropriate,  to  those   promulgated   under  the  federal  meat  inspection  act  and  all  acts   amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, particularly the wholesome   meat act.The commissioner shall hold  a  public  hearing  upon  a  proposal  to   promulgate  any new or amended regulations under this article, except in   the case of a proposal to adopt applicable regulations promulgated under   the federal act or acts.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-T (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-B - Sale of Meat 96-T - Enforcement.

§ 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 article   three  of  this chapter or otherwise, may apply for relief by injunction   if necessary to protect the public interest without being  compelled  to   allege  or  prove  that  an  adequate remedy at law does not exist. Such   application may be made to the supreme court in any county  pursuant  to   the  civil  practice law and rules or to the supreme court in any county   of the third judicial district.2. Whenever the commissioner is authorized or  directed  hereunder  to   render unfit for food or seize and destroy any meat, meat by-product, or   meat  food  product,  the destruction and disposition of such meat, meat   by-product, or meat food product, as  well  as  any  necessary  storage,   handling   or  other  incidentals,  shall  be  the  responsibility  both   financially and otherwise, of the owner of the  establishment  or  other   person  having  custody  or possession of such meat, meat by-product, or   meat  food  product;  provided,  however,  that  such   destruction   or   disposition   shall   be  carried  out  only  under  the  direction  and   supervision of the commissioner.  Nothing in this subdivision  shall  be   construed as preventing the commissioner from destroying or disposing of   meat,  meat  by-products,  or  meat  food  products found to be unfit or   unsafe for use as food where such action is necessary for the protection   of public health.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-W (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-B - Sale of Meat 96-W - Severability.

§ 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   application, and to this end the provisions of this article are declared   to be severable.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-X (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-C - Licensing of Rendering Plants 96-X - Declaration of Policy and Purposes.

§ 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   exercised  by  the  department  tend  to  suppress but do not constitute   adequate controls to prevent such adulterated and unfit  meat  and  meat   products  from being sold for consumption. It is hereby declared to be a   matter of legislative determination that regulation and  supervision  of   those who deal in, handle, transport, process or dispose of such animals   and  the  products therefrom are needed in the public interest, and that   in the exercise of the police power  such  persons  be  required  to  be   licensed  before engaging in such activities and that such activities be   regulated and supervised. The general purpose  of  this  article  is  to   protect  the  public  health, safety and welfare by controlling the use,   movement  and  disposition  of  dead,  dying,  disabled,  diseased,   or   condemned animals, and the meat and meat products derived therefrom.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-Y (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-C - Licensing of Rendering Plants 96-Y - Definitions.

§ 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 condemned animals or inedible meat are received and held for the purpose of  burning,  processing  or rendering or otherwise obtaining the hides, skins, grease or meat therefrom in any manner whatsoever.  (2) "Processing" means  any  method  whereby  meat  or  meat  products derived  from  animals  are cut, boned, mixed, blended, canned, cured or otherwise prepared for purposes other than for human consumption.  (3) "Inedible meat" means meat and meat products  derived  from  dead, dying,  disabled,  diseased  or  condemned  animals,  and  meat  or meat products, regardless of origin, which are adulterated within the meaning of section two hundred of this chapter.  (4) "Rendering" means the method by which animal bodies, carcasses  or portions  thereof,  and meat or meat product are melted down and the fat or grease extracted therefrom.  (5) "Decharacterization" means the uniform application  of  sufficient quantities  of  dye,  charcoal,  malodorous fish oil, acid, or any other agent approved by the commissioner upon  and  into  the  freely  slashed flesh  of meat or meat product not being rendered so as to unequivocally preclude its use for human food.  (6) "Transportation service" means the operation within the state of a vehicle or vehicles by a person not  otherwise  licensed  to  operate  a disposal  plant,  for  the  purpose of transporting for hire unprocessed animal bodies, carcasses or portions thereof, and meat or meat  products which are not intended for eventual use for human consumption.  (7)  "Vehicle" means a conveyance or any piece of equipment whatsoever used in transportation service.  (8) "Animal" means any animal, domestic or feral, or any  domesticated bird.  (9)  "Dead  animal"  means  an  animal that has died otherwise than by slaughter.  (10) "Meat" means the entire bodies, carcasses or portions thereof  of animals or birds.  (11)  "Meat product" means any product which is made or derived wholly or in part from the body, carcass or  portions  thereof  of  animals  or birds.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-Z (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-C - Licensing of Rendering Plants 96-Z - Exemptions.

§ 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  of  dead  fowls,  cats,  dogs  or other small animals; or to any   person, including but not limited  to  members  of  state  or  municipal   highway  maintenance  crews or state or municipal officials or employees   who in the pursuit of their duties, are charged with or responsible  for   the  protection  of  the health, safety and welfare of the people of the   state.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-Z-1 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-C - Licensing of Rendering Plants 96-Z-1 - License Required.

§ 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.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-Z-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-C - Licensing of Rendering Plants 96-Z-2 - Application.

§ 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  facilities  for   the  operation  of  a  disposal  plant  or transportation service. If so   satisfied,  the  commissioner   shall   issue   to   the   applicant   a   non-transferable  license  which  will  expire  on  the thirtieth day of   September of  the  next  even  numbered  year  following  its  issuance.   Application  for renewal of such license for a period of two years shall   be made biennially upon  a  form  prescribed  by  the  commissioner  and   submitted  no  later  than  thirty  days  prior to the expiration of the   existing license.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-Z-3 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-C - Licensing of Rendering Plants 96-Z-3 - Granting, Suspending or Revoking Licenses.

§ 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   upon which it was  issued  is  or  was  false  or  misleading,  (2)  the   applicant or licensee does not have adequate physical facilities for the   operation  of a disposal plant or transportation service, (3) facilities   are not maintained in a manner and as required by rules and  regulations   duly  promulgated  by  the  commissioner,  (4)  applicant,  an  officer,   director, partner, or holder of ten per centum or  more  of  the  voting   stock  of  an applicant has been convicted of a felony by a court of the   United States or any state  or  territory  thereof,  without  subsequent   pardon  by  the  governor or other appropriate authority of the state or   jurisdiction in which such conviction occurred,  or  the  receipt  of  a   certificate of relief from disabilities or a certificate of good conduct   pursuant  to  article  twenty-three  of  the  correction  law,  (5) when   applicant or licensee is a  partnership  or  corporation,  any  partner,   officer,  director, holder or owner of ten percent or more of the stock,   has previously been responsible, in whole or in part,  for  any  act  on   account  of which a license may be denied, suspended or revoked pursuant   to the provisions of this article, or (6) the applicant or licensee  has   failed  to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter or rules or   regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-Z-4 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-C - Licensing of Rendering Plants 96-Z-4 - Review.

§ 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 within   thirty days from this date  of  service  thereof  on  the  applicant  or   licensee a proceeding is instituted to review such action.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-Z-5 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-C - Licensing of Rendering Plants 96-Z-5 - Rules and Regulations.

§ 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.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-Z-6 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-C - Licensing of Rendering Plants 96-Z-6 - Violations; Remedies.

§ 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   article three  of  this  chapter  or  otherwise,  apply  for  relief  by   injunction  if  necessary  to  protect the public interest without being   compelled to allege or prove that an adequate remedy  at  law  does  not   exist. Such application may be made to the supreme court in any district   or  county  as  provided  in the civil practice law and rules, or to the   supreme court in the third judicial district.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-Z-7 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-C - Licensing of Rendering Plants 96-Z-7 - Labeling.

§ 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   as prescribed by the commissioner.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-Z-8 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-C - Licensing of Rendering Plants 96-Z-8 - Access to Premises; Records.

§ 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   access  to  all  disposal  plants licensed hereunder and to all premises   where vehicles used in a transportation service are  located.  Licensees   shall  maintain  such records as the commissioner may require pertaining   to the origin, movement, storage, distribution or other  disposition  of   inedible  meat  and  such  records  shall  be  open to inspection by the   commissioner or his authorized agents at any time during normal  working   hours.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-Z-9 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-C - Licensing of Rendering Plants 96-Z-9 - Criminal Slaughter, Processing or Possession of Inedible Meat.

§ 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 would   be derived, (b) adds, mixes or otherwise combines  any  such  meat  with   food intended for human consumption, or bones, cuts, grinds or otherwise   processes  such  meat  for  the  purpose  of  human  consumption, or (c)   possesses such meat with intent to sell the meat for human  consumption.   Criminal  slaughter,  processing  or possession of an inedible meat is a   class E felony.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-Z-10 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-C - Licensing of Rendering Plants 96-Z-10 - Criminal Sale of Inedible Meat.

§ 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.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-Z-11 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-C - Licensing of Rendering Plants 96-Z-11 - Criminal Transporting of Inedible Meat.

§ 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  with  the  legend "unfit for human consumption", as required by   the commissioner. Criminal transporting of inedible meat is  a  class  E   felony.
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-Z-12 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 5-C - Licensing of Rendering Plants 96-Z-12 - Unlawful Decharacterization and Labeling of Inedible Meat.

§ 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   decharacterization  and  labeling  of  inedible  meat  is  a   class   A   misdemeanor.