N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 96-h: Application of article

§ 96-h. Application of article. Notwithstanding any other provisions

of this article, the knowing sale, exposure for sale, exchange or

transportation at any and all places within the state of the fur, hair,

skin or flesh of domesticated dog (canis familiaris) or domesticated cat

(felis catus or domesticus) as food, meat, custom slaughtered meat, farm

dressed meat, meat by-product or meat food product edible by humans or

animals is hereby prohibited. A violation of this section shall subject

the offender to a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars for an

individual and up to five thousand dollars for a corporation for the

first violation. Any subsequent violation shall be subject to a civil

penalty of up to twenty-five thousand dollars. Any civil penalties

collected pursuant to this section shall be paid to the animal

population control fund established by section ninety-seven-xx of the

state finance law. Any authorization given by or pursuant to the

provisions of this article to handle, sell, expose for sale, exchange or

transport the carcasses of animals, parts thereof, meat, meat

by-products and meat food products within the state and any exclusion

from the application of this article applicable to custom slaughtered

meat or contained in section ninety-six-j or another provision of this

article shall not apply to the knowing sale, exposure for sale, exchange

or transportation of the fur, hair, skin or flesh of domesticated dog or

domesticated cat as food, meat, custom slaughtered meat, farm dressed

meat, meat by-product or meat food product edible by humans or animals

which is prohibited by the provisions of this section. In the case of

any conflict with another provision of this article, the provisions of

this section shall prevail over such other provision of this article.