N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 96-x: Declaration of policy and purposes

§ 96-x. Declaration of policy and purposes. The use as food of meat

or meat products derived from dead, dying, disabled, diseased or

condemned animals endangers the health and welfare of the people of the

state. The powers of seizure, quarantine and condemnation held and

exercised by the department tend to suppress but do not constitute

adequate controls to prevent such adulterated and unfit meat and meat

products from being sold for consumption. It is hereby declared to be a

matter of legislative determination that regulation and supervision of

those who deal in, handle, transport, process or dispose of such animals

and the products therefrom are needed in the public interest, and that

in the exercise of the police power such persons be required to be

licensed before engaging in such activities and that such activities be

regulated and supervised. The general purpose of this article is to

protect the public health, safety and welfare by controlling the use,

movement and disposition of dead, dying, disabled, diseased, or

condemned animals, and the meat and meat products derived therefrom.