N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 160-v: Dumping of certain agricultural products; prohibited

§ 160-v. Dumping of certain agricultural products; prohibited. 1. No

person, firm, partnership, corporation or association that sells, offers

for sale or distributes any food product shall dump, or otherwise

discard in a manner reasonably and causally connected to the

contamination of food, any cull or waste pile consisting of any

agricultural product not produced in this state, including, but not

limited to, vegetables, fruits and other like produce falling below the

official standard or grade of quality for such product. After

consultation with the New York state college of agriculture and life

sciences at Cornell university, the commissioner shall identify

establishments and practices most susceptible to threats from out of

state products, and promulgate rules and regulations for the proper

disposal of any such cull or waste pile in such cases, provided that

such regulations include options for landfill disposal, composting and

deep burial.

2. Any person, firm, partnership, corporation or association who

knowingly violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a

violation, punishable by a fine of five hundred dollars for the first

offense and one thousand dollars for a second and each subsequent

offense. If site clean-up or decontamination is deemed necessary by the

commissioner as a result of a violation of this section, the offender

shall also be subject to a fine equal to the sum of any and all expenses

incurred in the clean-up or decontamination of such dumping site and the

costs reasonably related to recalling any contaminated food distributed

in the marketplace.