2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 5-A - Licensing of Slaughterhouses › 96-F - Denial, Revocation and Suspension of Licenses.

§ 96-f. Denial, revocation and suspension of licenses. 1. The exposure
of meat, fowl or meat food product to insects, live animals or injurious
contamination, or the slaughter, possession or sale of unwholesome meat,
or  the  slaughtering,  butchering, possession or sale of the fur, hair,
skin or flesh of a domesticated dog (canis familiaris)  or  domesticated
cat  (felis  catus  or  domesticus)  shall be cause for the denial of an
application for license, or the revocation or suspension  of  a  license
already  granted.  Any  such  denial,  revocation  or  suspension may be
reviewed by a proceeding instituted under article seventy-eight  of  the
civil practice law and rules.
2. After due notice and opportunity to be heard, the license issued to
any  person,  firm,  partnership  or corporation to operate any place or
establishment where animals or fowls are slaughtered  or  butchered  for
food  pursuant  to subdivision one of this section shall be revoked upon
establishing failure of three consecutive inspections. Nothing  in  this
subdivision shall prohibit the commissioner from taking licensing action
prior to failure of three consecutive inspections.
3. Each licensee shall post a copy of the date and results of its most
recent  sanitary  inspection by the department in a conspicuous location
near each public entrance,  as  prescribed  by  the  commissioner.  Such
copies  shall  also  be  made  available to the public upon request. Any
licensee that violates the  provisions  of  this  subdivision  shall  be
subject to a penalty of five hundred dollars for each day of violation.
4.  In  addition  to any other grounds established by this article for
the denial, revocation and suspension of licenses, the commissioner  may
decline  to  grant a new license, may decline to renew a license, or may
suspend or revoke a license after due notice and opportunity for hearing
whenever he or she finds that:
(a) any statement contained in an application for license  is  or  was
false or misleading;
(b) the establishment does not have facilities or equipment sufficient
to maintain adequate sanitation for the activities conducted;
(c)  the  establishment  is  not  maintained  in  a clean and sanitary
condition or is not operated in a sanitary or proper manner;
(d) the maintenance and operation of the establishment  is  such  that
the product produced therein is or may be adulterated;
(e)  the establishment has failed or refused to produce any records or
provide any information demanded by the commissioner reasonably  related
to the administration and enforcement of this article;
(f)  the  applicant  or  licensee,  or  an officer, director, partner,
holder of  ten  percent  of  the  voting  stock,  or  any  other  person
exercising  any  position  of management or control has failed to comply
with any of the provisions of this  chapter  or  rules  and  regulations
promulgated pursuant thereto; or
(g)  any  person  including  the applicant or licensee, or an officer,
director,  partner  or  any  stockholder,  exercising  any  position  of
management or control has been convicted of a felony in any court of the
United  States  or  any  state  or  territory and that there is a direct
relationship between that felony and the license sought or held  by  the
individual.