N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 18: Rules of department

§ 18. Rules of department. Subject and in conformity to this chapter

and the constitution and laws of the state, the commissioner may enact,

amend and repeal necessary rules which shall

1. Regulate and control the transaction of business by the department,

provide for the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties

of the department and prescribe the powers and duties of the bureaus and

of the directors of bureaus and other officers and employees thereof;

2. Provide for carrying into effect the provisions of this chapter and

of the laws of the state in respect of food and food traffic;

3. Regulate the conduct of investigations, inquiries and hearings

authorized by this chapter and prescribe necessary forms and notices;

4. Establish official grades for foods and farm products and prescribe

the use of such grades, and provide for the marking, packing and

shipping of foods and farm products so graded.

5. Establish uniform tolerances or amounts of reasonable variation for

containers of food and provide uniform regulations for carrying out the

provisions of this chapter in relation to such containers.

6. Provide generally for the exercise of the powers and performance of

the duties of the department as prescribed in this chapter and the laws

of the state and for the enforcement of their provisions and the

provisions of the rules enacted as herein provided.

The rules of the department in force at the time this chapter takes

effect shall continue as the rules of the department, until amended or

repealed by the commissioner.