N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 214-m: Labeling of certain food products

§ 214-m. Labeling of certain food products. If any person, firm,

corporation, partnership, association or any other business association

which processes, manufactures or imports food products has placed upon

or accompanying the shipping container, shipping case, pallet or invoice

of such food products, any information, whether in coded form or

otherwise, which specifies the expiration, "use by" date or similar

date; or the lot, batch, date of manufacture or processing or other

information regarding the identity of the food product; it shall be

unlawful to willfully alter, mutilate, destroy, obliterate or remove

such information other than in connection with the destruction of the

entire shipping container, shipping case, pallet or invoice. The

provisions of this section and any regulations promulgated hereunder

shall not be deemed to require any manufacturer, processor or importer

of food products to so label any food product prior to distribution in

the state or to prevent a manufacturer, processor or importer of food

products from correcting or causing to be corrected any of the

information accompanying the shipping container, shipping case, pallet

or invoice. The provisions of this section shall not affect any

provision of federal, state or local law, ordinance, rule or regulation

regarding the placing of an expiration or "use by" date on the retail

container of any food product.