New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS
Chapter IV - Markets
Subchapter E - Grapes (Article 13-B Agriculture and Markets Law)
Part 196 - Rules And Regulations Relating To Grapes
Section 196.3 - Deceptive marking or labeling

Universal Citation: 1 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 196.3
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024

Section 160-k of the Agriculture and Markets Law prohibits the shipment and sale of grapes either in open or closed packages if the packages or the label on the packages shall bear any statement, design, or device which is false or misleading in any particular.

Statements such as: "Fancy" on native American varieties of grapes which do not meet the grade "U.S. Fancy Table Grapes"; the designation "Number 1" applied to native grapes which do not meet the standard for "U.S. No. 1 Table Grapes" ; or the use of any deceptive term in connection with grapes shipped or sold as "Unclassified," which shall imply that they are other than variable, unknown, or poor in quality; and all statement similarly misleading or false will be deemed in violation of this section of the law.

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