All meat, poultry and fish shall be sold, advertised or offered
for sale by avoirdupois net weight and shall not be sold or offered
for sale by the head or piece. Except for immediate consumption on
the premises where sold or as one of several elements comprising a
ready-to-eat meal sold as a unit for consumption elsewhere than on
the premises where sold, all meat, meat food products, poultry (whole
or parts) and all seafood, except shellfish, offered or exposed for
sale or sold as food shall be offered or exposed for sale by net weight.
It shall be unlawful for any person to have in or upon any vehicle
transporting meat and meat products within the City of Yonkers any
hypodermic, syringe, pump or other device that can be used for the
injection or pumping of any fluid or other substance into the meat.
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale
at retail or at wholesale any pickled, pumped, cured or otherwise
processed meat or meat products which shall contain added curing solution
or any other liquid more than 10% by weight of the total weight of
the meat, except that pickled, pumped, cured or otherwise processed
beef brisket shall not contain more than 20% by weight of added curing
solution or any other liquid.
All pickled, pumped and cured meat products shall be labeled
as to net weight and shall specify the percentage by weight of added
curing solution.
A.
Standard for hamburger. No person shall sell or offer for sale meat
as hamburger unless it shall consist of chopped fresh beef, with or
without the addition of beef fat or of seasoning, and in no case shall
it contain more than 25% of fat.
B.
Labeling of chopped meat. No person shall sell, offer or expose for
sale as chopped meat any meat chopped in advance of sale unless it
is labeled specifically to state the type of meat which it contains,
and in no case shall chopped meat contain more than 25% of fat.
A.
All meats purchased, whether prepackaged or cut to order and then
requested by the customer to be ground on the premises, shall be ground
in a meat grinder which shall be so placed as to be in clear and unobstructed
view of the public.
B.
At no time between the purchase of the meat to be ground and the
delivery of the ground meat shall the meat be removed from the clear
and unobstructed view of the customer.
C.
Meat grinders used for custom grinding shall be so situated that
the customer can have a clear and unobstructed view of the grinding
from a position not more than 10 feet from the meat grinder.
There shall be no colored lights or spotlights in, on, near
or above the meat display case or showcase which make the food products
contained therein appear better than they actually are.
A.
Any person selling eggs to a retailer shall furnish to him an invoice,
prior to or accompanying the delivery, specifying the grade and size
according to the New York Retail Egg Grades.
B.
Invoice. This shall be understood to mean a statement bearing the
name and address of the wholesaler or jobber, and the name and address
of the retailer, the date of delivery and the grade and size of each
lot of eggs.
C.
Each lot of eggs covered by an invoice must be listed separately
and the grade and size stated.
Any person exposing for sale or offering for sale eggs to a
consumer shall give notice of the exact grade and size of the eggs
in the following manner:
A.
If the eggs are offered or exposed for sale in cartons or other containers, by plainly and conspicuously printing or writing on each carton or container an exact grade and size. In addition, the size and weight per dozen of the eggs must be displayed on a placard exhibited among or closely adjacent to the eggs in accordance with the listing as set forth in § 31-46B of this article.
An advertisement of eggs for sale at a given price shall plainly
and conspicuously indicate the grade and size.
A.
The marking of the grade and size upon any placard as to eggs offered
or displayed for sale in bulk, or upon any carton, bag or other container
in which eggs are exposed for sale or delivered to the purchaser,
shall be in legible printing or writing in letters not less than 3/8
inch in height, and the size designation shall not be abbreviated.
B.
The use of the term "fresh" or any other term of similar import shall
not be deemed to be a substitute for grade designation.
