N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 214-l: Sale of talc coated rice prohibited

§ 214-l. Sale of talc coated rice prohibited. 1. As used in this

section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

a. "Talc coated rice" shall mean milled rice which is coated in whole

or in part, with glucose and talc.

b. "Talc" shall mean the color additive which is a finely powdered,

inactive, hydrous magnesium silicate sometimes containing a small

proportion of aluminum silicate.

2. No person shall sell, offer to sell, or expose for sale any rice

which has been coated or treated in any manner with talc.

3. A violation of this section shall be punishable by a civil fine not

to exceed one thousand dollars on the first offense and ten thousand

dollars on any subsequent offense.

4. It shall be an affirmative defense to a violation of this section

that the person did not know and could not reasonably have known that

the rice contained talc.