§ 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.

Terms Used In N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 96-M

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture and markets. See N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 96-G
  • Federal inspection: means the meat inspection maintained by the United States department of agriculture. See N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 96-G
  • Inspection legend: means a mark or a statement authorized by the provisions of the federal law, on a carcass, meat, meat by-product, or meat food product indicating the product has been inspected and passed. See N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 96-G
  • Meat: means the edible part of the muscle of cattle, swine, sheep, goats, horses and other large domesticated animals which is skeletal or which is found in the tongue, in the diaphragm, in the heart or in the esophagus, with or without the accompanying or overlying fat, and the portions of bone, skin, nerve and blood vessels which normally accompany the muscle tissue and which are not separated from it in the process of dressing. See N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 96-G
  • Meat label: means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter authorized by the provisions of the federal law on a container indicating the meat, meat by-products, or meat food products contained therein have been inspected and passed. See N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 96-G
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