City of Yonkers, NY
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2022-12-13
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The Code
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Part IV: Business Regulations, Licensing and Consumer Protection
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Chapter 31 Consumer Protection Code
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Article VII Containers for Prepackaged Commodities
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch CA Charter Appendix
- The Code
- Part I: General Provisions
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Part II: Administration of City Government
- Ch 4 Departments, Boards and Commissions
- Ch 5 Officers and Employees
- Ch 6 Freedom of Information
- Ch 7 (Reserved)
- Ch 8 Continuity of Government
- Ch 9 Administration of Government
- Ch 10 Approval and Reimbursement Rate for Use of City Property
- Ch 11 Campaign Finance Reform Code
- Part III: Finance and Taxation
- Ch 12 Budgets, Capital and Current
- Ch 13 Contracting and Purchasing
- Ch 14 Service Charges for Handling of Funds
- Ch 15 Taxes
- Ch 16 Business Improvement Districts
- Part IV: Business Regulations, Licensing and Consumer Protection
- Ch 19 Enforcement Procedures
- Ch 20 Food Vendors, Hawking, Peddling, Transient Business and Home Solicitation
- Ch 21 Noncommercial Solicitation
- Ch 22 Billposting and Distribution
- Ch 23 Cabarets, Dance Halls and Sidewalk Cafes
- Ch 24 Theaters, Shows and Motion-Picture Film Storage
- Ch 25 Auctions, Auctioneers and Sales
- Ch 26 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 27 Amusements
- Ch 28 Bowling Alleys
- Ch 29 Locksmiths
- Ch 30 Laundromats and Currency-Operated Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 31 Consumer Protection Code
- Ch 31 Art VII Containers for Prepackaged Commodities
- § 31-67 Declaration of responsibility.
- § 31-68 Markings on prepackaged food.
- § 31-69 Colored and misleading containers.
- § 31-70 Sale of prepackaged meats.
- Ch 32 Garages
- Ch 33 Newsracks
- Ch 34 Games of Chance
- Ch 35 Bingo
- Ch 36 Parking Lots
- Ch 37 Plastic-Straw-Free Yonkers
- Ch 38 Third-Party Food Delivery Services
- Ch 39 Hotel Licensing
- Part V: Land Use
- Ch 43 Zoning
- Ch 44 Land Use Boards
- Ch 45 Historic and Landmarks Preservation
- Ch 46 Realty Subdivisions
- Ch 47 Outdoor Signs
- Ch 48 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 49 Greenway Compact Plan
- Ch 50 Green Buildings
- Ch 51 Energize New York Open C-Pace Financing Program
- Ch 52 Community Choice Aggregation (ENERGY) Program
- Part VI: Fire and Buildings
- Ch 55 Fire and Building Code
- Ch 56 Building and Electrical Code
- Ch 57 Plumbing and Drainage Code
- Ch 58 Housing and Building Maintenance Code
- Ch 59 Fire Code
- Ch 60 Steam Engineers
- Ch 61 Exterior Hoisting
- Part VII: Nuisances, Public Welfare and Criminal
- Ch 65 Animals and Dogs
- Ch 66 Noise
- Ch 67 Refrigerators, Abandoned and Discarded
- Ch 68 Smoking
- Ch 69 Weeds and Vacant Property
- Ch 70 Curfew for Minors
- Ch 71 Dangerous Substances
- Ch 72 Graffiti
- Ch 73 Exposure of Females
- Ch 74 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 75 Police
- Ch 76 Insects and Rodents
- Ch 77 Industrial Hygiene
- Ch 78 Emergency Reporting
- Ch 79 Insurance
- Ch 80 Shade Trees
- Ch 81 Imaging Privacy
- Ch 82 Bamboo
- Ch 83 Carnivals, Circuses and Fairs
- Ch 84 Video Camera Systems
- Ch 85 Forfeiture of Vehicles in Connection With Criminal Acts
- Ch 86 Aggressive Panhandling
- Ch 87 Intentional Balloon Release Ban
- Part VIII: Garbage, Landfills and Public Utilities
- Ch 91 Garbage and Refuse
- Ch 92 Recycling
- Ch 93 Littering
- Ch 94 Landfill Projects
- Ch 95 Water Supply
- Ch 96 Sewerage, Sewers and Liquid Waste
- Part IX: Public Property and Streets
- Ch 100 Parks and Public Places
- Ch 101 Conveyance of City Property
- Ch 102 Franchises
- Ch 103 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 104 Street Paving
- Ch 105 Right-Of-Way Management
- Ch 108 Snow Emergency
- Part X: Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 109 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 110 Taxicabs
- Ch 111 Tow Trucks and Immobilization Devices
- Ch 112 School Bus and Driver Licensing
- Part XI: Miscellaneous
- Ch 119 House Numbering
- Ch 120 Memorial Day Observance
- Ch 121 Reserve Fund for Cooperatives and Condominiums
- Ch 122 Wharves, Docks and Bulkheads
- Ch 123 Commissioners of Deeds
- Ch 124 Marriage Certificates
- Ch 125 Display of Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Flag
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Parallel Table
- Ch PT Parallel Table
- Table of Datelines
- Ch TOD Table of Datelines
Any commodity sold or offered for sale in a container shall
bear on the outside or top thereof a definite, plain and conspicuous
declaration of the name and place of business of the manufacturer,
packer or distributor.
All food and food products which are packaged or wrapped by
the retailer in advance of being exposed or offered for sale by the
retailer shall be accurately marked with:
A.
No food product shall be sold, offered for sale or exposed for sale
in a container so made, formed, colored or filled as to be misleading.
B.
Transparent or semitransparent wrappings or coverings for use in
packaging of cured, cured and smoked or cured and cooked sausage products
and sliced meat products must provide for at least 50% of the total
product surface being visible through a wrapper or covering that is
free of color, print or graphic material to ensure that the actual
color of the product is easily recognized.
C.
Processed meats and meat products, other than processed sausages and sliced meat products, packaged in wrappings or containers of a kind and type permitted and bearing an inspection legend of the United States Department of Agriculture or the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of Subsection A of this section.
[Amended 2-14-1995 by G.O. No. 2-1995]
It shall be unlawful for any owner, manager or supervisor of
a retail store, or any independently operated department within such
a store, to sell, offer or expose for sale at retail on the same premises
any prepackaged unprocessed or untreated fresh or frozen meat unless
such package provides complete visibility of the top of the product
through a wrapper or covering that is free of color, print or graphic
material to ensure that the actual color of the product is easily
recognized. The top wrapper or covering may be affixed with a label
which shall not cover more than 10% of the top of the product or five
square inches, whichever is greater. This section shall be applicable
solely in those cases where the packaging is performed on the premises
of the sale. This section shall not apply to the sale of ground meat.
