New York Agriculture & Markets Law Article 20-C - LICENSING OF FOOD PROCESSING ESTABLISHMENTS

• 251-z-1 - Declaration of Policy and Purpose.
  The general purposes of this article are to assure that foods processed in New York state and offered for sale for human consumption are pure...
• 251-z-2 - Definitions.
  1. The terms "food" and "food products" shall include all articles of food, drink, confectionery or condiment, whether simple, mixed or compound, used or intended...
• 251-z-3 - Licenses; Fees.
  No person shall maintain or operate a food processing establishment unless licensed biennially by the commissioner. Application for a license to operate a food processing...
• 251-z-4 - Exemptions.
  In addition to the exemptions specified in subdivision three of section two hundred fifty-one-z-two, the commissioner may, if he determines that the protection of the...
• 251-z-5 - Granting, Suspending or Revoking Licenses.
  The commissioner may decline to grant a new license, may decline to renew a license, may suspend or revoke a license already granted after due...
• 251-z-6 - Review.
  The action of the commissioner in refusing to grant or reissue a license, or in suspending or revoking a license, shall be subject to review...
• 251-z-7 - Records to Be Kept by Licensee.
  Every operator of a food processing establishment shall keep, in such form as the commissioner shall approve, such records as may be required by the...
• 251-z-8 - Power of Commissioner to Investigate.
  The commissioner and his duly authorized representatives in the performance of his licensing and inspection duties under this article shall have access to and may...
• 251-z-9 - Rules and Regulations.
  The commissioner is hereby authorized, after public hearing, to adopt, amend, promulgate and issue rules and regulations, including, but not limited to regulations prescribing good...
• 251-z-10 - Penalties.
  No operator of a food processing establishment shall fail to conform to any requirement of or violate any provision of this article or of the...
• 251-z-11 - Remedies.
  The commissioner may institute such action at law or in equity as may be necessary to enforce compliance with any provision of this article or...
• 251-z-12 - Food Safety Education.
  1. Every retail food store licensed under this article shall have an individual in a position of management or control assigned to it who has...
• 251-z-13 - 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...

Last modified: February 3, 2019