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N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 71-x: Violations

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  1. Agriculture & Markets Law
  2. Article 4-C. Foreign Dairy Products

§ 71-x. Violations. 1. The commissioner may institute such action at

law or in equity as may appear necessary to enforce compliance with any

provisions of this article and any rules and regulations promulgated by

the commissioner to carry out the provisions of this article and in

addition may apply for relief by injunction if necessary to protect the

public interest without being compelled to allege or prove that an

adequate remedy at law does not exist. Such application may be made to

the supreme court in any district or county as provided in the civil

practice law and rules, or to the supreme court in the third judicial

district.

2. Whenever the commissioner or his duly authorized representative

shall find distributed, offered or exposed for sale within this state,

any dairy product produced, processed or manufactured outside the United

States which he has probable cause to believe is not labeled in

accordance with this article or the rules and regulations promulgated

pursuant thereto, or which is otherwise misbranded or adulterated, he

may seize or quarantine such product. Following such seizure or

quarantine the commissioner shall hold a hearing in accordance with the

provisions of section two hundred two-b of this chapter. The

determination of the commissioner following such hearing shall be

subject to judicial review in the manner and within the time limits set

forth therein.

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