2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 17 - Adulteration, Packing, and Branding of Food and Food Products › 201-G - Persons Certifying as Halal; Filing With Department.

§  201-g.  Persons certifying as halal; filing with department. 1. Any
  person who certifies any non-prepackaged meat, meat  preparations,  meat
  by-products  or  poultry  as  halal,  and  any  person who certifies any
  non-prepackaged food or food products  as  halal  shall  file  with  the
  department,  in  accordance  with regulations set by the commissioner, a
  statement  of  such   person's   qualifications   for   providing   such
  certification.
2.  No  person  shall  within  this state manufacture, compound, brew,
  distill,  produce,  process,  pack,  sell  or   offer   for   sale   any
  non-prepackaged  meat,  meat  preparations, meat by-products, poultry or
  food or food products that are represented or branded  as  halal  unless
  such person has, in accordance with regulations set by the commissioner,
  filed with the department the name, address, and telephone number of the
  person certifying such food or food product as halal.
3.  Any  food  establishment  or caterer that sells or offers for sale
  food or food products prepared on the premises or under its control that
  are represented as halal, shall  file  with  the  department  the  name,
  address,  and telephone number of the person certifying the food or food
  products as halal. Food establishments and caterers selling or  offering
  for  sale  food or food products prepared on the premises or under their
  control that are represented as halal shall post a "halal  certification
  form"  in  a  location  readily  visible to the consumer, and shall also
  provide a copy of such form to the department. The  halal  certification
  form  shall  contain the information and be in the form set forth below,
  in not less than twelve point type:
HALAL CERTIFICATION FORM
 
  Name of Establishment:_______________________________________________
  Address:_____________________________________________________________
  Name of Individual or Organization Certifying Food as
  Halal:______________________________________________________________
  Address & Phone Number of Certifying Individual or
  Organization:________________________________________________________
  Affiliation & Education of Certifying
  Individual or Organization:__________________________________________
  The certifying individual or organization visits this establishment:
  ___time(s) daily ___time(s) weekly ___time(s) monthly ___time(s) yearly
  All meat sold or served by this establishment __is __is not halal.
  Describe halal food preparation
  process:_____________________________________________________________
  We ___do ___do not exclusively sell or serve halal food.
  Establishment selling and serving both halal and non-halal food must
  complete the following:
  We __do __do not use separate ovens and sinks for halal and
  non-halal foods. We __do __do not use separate utensils, refrigerators,
  freezers and storage areas for halal and non-halal foods. All utensils
  and equipment __are __are not clearly identified as halal and non-halal.
  Non-halal products __are __are not mixed with halal products and then
  sold as halal.
4. Any food establishment or caterer that sells  or  offers  for  sale
  food  or  food  products prepared on the premises or under their control
  that are represented as halal shall maintain a permanently bound logbook
  that shall include for each inspection visit of  the  person  certifying
  their  food or food products as halal, the signature and printed name of
  the person performing the inspection and the date and time of arrival at
  the establishment. The logbook shall be maintained for a period  of  not
  less  than  two years after the final entry, and shall be made available
  to the department upon request.
5. The department is authorized to inspect all food establishments and
  caterers selling or offering for sale food or food products  represented
  as  halal  to  ensure compliance with sections two hundred one-e and two
  hundred one-f of this article and this section, and the accuracy of  any
  information  supplied in accordance with such sections. The commissioner
  is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations as  are  necessary  to
  further  implement  the provisions of sections two hundred one-e and two
  hundred one-f of this article and this  section.  The  department  shall
  develop  and maintain a website that makes available to consumers copies
  of all forms and certification information that  are  required  by  this
  section.
6.  Failure  to  comply  with the requirements of sections two hundred
  one-e and two hundred one-f of this article  and  this  section  or  the
  failure  to  conform  sales practices to the information provided in the
  halal certification form pursuant to this section shall be punishable by
  a fine of not more than one thousand dollars for a first violation;  not
  more  than  five  thousand  dollars for a second violation; and not more
  than ten thousand dollars for a  third  violation  and  each  subsequent
  violation thereafter.