N.Y. General Business Law § 830: Sale of sodium nitrate and sodium nitrite

§ 830. Sale of sodium nitrate and sodium nitrite. 1. No person,

corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm or any other

business entity doing business within this state shall sell or offer for

sale sodium nitrate or sodium nitrite to any person under the age of

twenty-one. This restriction shall not apply to foods containing sodium

nitrate or sodium nitrite in compliance with the requirements of 9 CFR

Part 424 or 21 CFR Part 172.

2. Any person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,

firm, or any other business entity doing business within the state

selling, offering for sale, or distributing sodium nitrate or sodium

nitrite, except as permitted by subdivision one of this section, shall

require proof of legal age prior to allowing an individual to purchase

or receive a shipment of sodium nitrate or sodium nitrite. Such

identification need not be required of any individual who reasonably

appears to be at least thirty years of age, provided, however, that such

appearance shall not constitute a defense in any proceeding alleging the

sale or distribution of sodium nitrate or sodium nitrite to an

individual under twenty-one years of age.

3. Any person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,

firm or any other business entity that violates the provisions of this

section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than two hundred

fifty dollars for an initial offense and not more than five hundred

dollars for the second and each subsequent offense, provided this

section shall not be construed to limit any other criminal or civil

liability such person, corporation, partnership, limited liability

company, firm or other business entity may be subject to under law.