N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 96-b: License required

* § 96-b. License required. 1. No person, firm, partnership or

corporation not granted inspection pursuant to the federal meat

inspection act, the federal poultry products inspection act, article

five-B or article five-D of this chapter shall operate any place or

establishment where animals or fowls are slaughtered or butchered for

food unless such person, firm, partnership or corporation be licensed by

the commissioner. In addition to any other requirements established by

the commissioner, such license shall prohibit the slaughter or

butchering by slaughterhouses of domesticated dog and domesticated cat

to create food, meat, meat by-products or meat food products for human

or animal consumption. An application for license shall be made upon a

form prescribed by the commissioner on or before the first day of May in

every other year, for a two year license period commencing upon the

following first day of June. With the application there shall be paid a

license fee of two hundred dollars.

2. In a city with a population of one million or more, the

commissioner shall not license any person, firm, partnership or

corporation to operate any place or establishment where animals and/or

fowls are slaughtered or butchered for food within a fifteen hundred

foot radius of a residential dwelling. This subdivision shall not apply

to any premises upon which a person, firm, partnership or corporation

has been continuously conducting business as described in this

subdivision from a date prior to the effective date of this subdivision.

3. In addition to any other requirements established by this chapter,

an applicant for a license pursuant to this article shall furnish

evidence: (a) of his or her good character, experience and competency,

(b) that the establishment has adequate facilities and equipment for the

business to be conducted, (c) that the establishment is such that the

cleanliness of the premises can be maintained and (d) that the product

produced therein will not become adulterated.

* NB Effective until August 5, 2028

* § 96-b. License required. No person, firm, partnership or

corporation not granted inspection pursuant to the federal meat

inspection act, the federal poultry products inspection act, article

five-B or article five-D of this chapter shall operate any place or

establishment where animals or fowls are slaughtered or butchered for

food unless such person, firm, partnership or corporation be licensed by

the commissioner. In addition to any other requirements established by

the commissioner, such license shall prohibit the slaughter or

butchering by slaughterhouses of domesticated dog and domesticated cat

to create food, meat, meat by-products or meat food products for human

or animal consumption. An application for license shall be made upon a

form prescribed by the commissioner on or before the first day of May in

every other year, for a two year license period commencing upon the

following first day of June. With the application there shall be paid a

license fee of two hundred dollars.

In addition to any other requirements established by this chapter, an

applicant for a license pursuant to this article shall furnish evidence:

(a) of his or her good character, experience and competency, (b) that

the establishment has adequate facilities and equipment for the business

to be conducted, (c) that the establishment is such that the cleanliness

of the premises can be maintained and (d) that the product produced

therein will not become adulterated.

* NB Effective August 5, 2028