N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 204-b: Foods containing fats and/or oils

§ 204-b. Foods containing fats and/or oils. 1. (a) Notwithstanding any

other provision of law, each individual fat and/or oil ingredient of a

food commodity in package form intended for human consumption shall be

declared by its specific common or usual name in its order of

predominance in the food except that blends of fats and/or oils may be

designated as such in their order of predominance as "vegetable",

"animal", "marine" shortening, or combination of these, whichever is

applicable if, immediately following the term, the common or usual name

of each individual vegetable, animal, or marine fat or oil is given in

parenthesis.

(b) For products that are blends of fats and/or oils and for foods in

which fats and/or oils constitute the predominant ingredient, the

listing of the common or usual names of such fats and/or oils in

parenthesis shall be in descending order of predominance.

(c) In all other foods in which a blend of fats and oils is used as an

ingredient, the listing of the common or usual names in parenthesis need

not be in descending order of predominance if the manufacturer, because

of the use of varying mixtures, is unable to adhere to a constant

pattern of fats and/or oils in the product.

(d) Fat and/or oil ingredients not present in the product may be

listed if they may sometimes be used in the product if such ingredients

are identified by appropriate language or words indicating that such

ingredients may not be present.

2. For the purposes of this section the term "food commodity in

package form" shall be construed to mean a food commodity put up or

packaged in any manner in advance of sale in units suitable for retail

sale, which has been packaged at point of manufacture and which is not

intended for consumption at point of manufacture and which is presently

not exempt from placing the ingredients on the label.