N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 194: False labels

§ 194. False labels. 1. No individual, partnership, corporation,

association or firm shall put upon any commodity sold, offered or

exposed for sale or upon any container, package, ticket or label used in

relation to such commodity, or with which such an article is intended to

be sold, any false description or false indication of or respecting the

number, quantity, weight or measure of such commodity or any part

thereof; or sell or offer or expose for sale any commodity which is

falsely described or indicated in any of the manners or in any of the

particulars as specified in this article or rules and regulations

promulgated hereunder. The term "container" shall include any carton,

box, crate, barrel, hamper, keg, drum, jar, jug, crock, bottle, bag,

basket, pail, can, wrapper, parcel or package.

2. Any individual, partnership, corporation, association or firm

violating this section with intent to defraud shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor.

3. Any individual, partnership, corporation, association or firm

violating this section without intent to defraud shall be subject to the

civil penalties as provided in sections thirty-nine and forty of this

chapter.