2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 5-A - Licensing of Slaughterhouses › 96-B - License Required.

* § 96-b.  License  required.  1.  No  person,  firm,  partnership  or
  corporation  not  granted  inspection  pursuant  to  the  federal   meat
  inspection  act,  the  federal  poultry products inspection act, article
  five-B or article five-D of this chapter  shall  operate  any  place  or
  establishment  where  animals  or fowls are slaughtered or butchered for
  food unless such person, firm, partnership or corporation be licensed by
  the commissioner. In addition to any other requirements  established  by
  the   commissioner,   such  license  shall  prohibit  the  slaughter  or
  butchering by slaughterhouses of domesticated dog and  domesticated  cat
  to  create  food, meat, meat by-products or meat food products for human
  or animal consumption. An application for license shall be made  upon  a
  form prescribed by the commissioner on or before the first day of May in
  every  other  year,  for  a  two year license period commencing upon the
  following first day of June. With the application there shall be paid  a
  license fee of two hundred dollars.
2.  In  a  city  with  a  population  of  one  million  or  more,  the
  commissioner  shall  not  license  any  person,  firm,  partnership   or
  corporation  to  operate any place or establishment where animals and/or
  fowls are slaughtered or butchered for food  within  a  fifteen  hundred
  foot  radius of a residential dwelling. This subdivision shall not apply
  to any premises upon which a person, firm,  partnership  or  corporation
  has   been   continuously  conducting  business  as  described  in  this
  subdivision from a date prior to the effective date of this subdivision.
3. In addition to any other requirements established by this  chapter,
  an  applicant  for  a  license  pursuant  to  this article shall furnish
  evidence: (a) of his or her good character, experience  and  competency,
  (b) that the establishment has adequate facilities and equipment for the
  business  to  be  conducted, (c) that the establishment is such that the
  cleanliness of the premises can be maintained and (d) that  the  product
  produced therein will not become adulterated.
* NB Effective until August 5, 2024
* § 96-b.   License   required.   No   person,  firm,  partnership  or
  corporation  not  granted  inspection  pursuant  to  the  federal   meat
  inspection  act,  the  federal  poultry products inspection act, article
  five-B or article five-D of this chapter  shall  operate  any  place  or
  establishment  where  animals  or fowls are slaughtered or butchered for
  food unless such person, firm, partnership or corporation be licensed by
  the commissioner. In addition to any other requirements  established  by
  the   commissioner,   such  license  shall  prohibit  the  slaughter  or
  butchering by slaughterhouses of domesticated dog and  domesticated  cat
  to  create  food, meat, meat by-products or meat food products for human
  or animal consumption. An application for license shall be made  upon  a
  form prescribed by the commissioner on or before the first day of May in
  every  other  year,  for  a  two year license period commencing upon the
  following first day of June. With the application there shall be paid  a
  license fee of two hundred dollars.
In  addition to any other requirements established by this chapter, an
  applicant for a license pursuant to this article shall furnish evidence:
  (a) of his or her good character, experience and  competency,  (b)  that
  the establishment has adequate facilities and equipment for the business
  to be conducted, (c) that the establishment is such that the cleanliness
  of  the  premises  can  be  maintained and (d) that the product produced
  therein will not become adulterated.
* NB Effective August 5, 2024