2012 New York Consolidated Laws
AGM - Agriculture & Markets
Article 17 - (198 - 214-N) ADULTERATION, PACKING, AND BRANDING OF FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS
201-C - Persons certifying as kosher; filing with department.

 
    §  201-c. Persons certifying as kosher; filing with department. 1. Any
  person who certifies any non-prepackaged meat, meat  preparations,  meat
  by-products  or poultry as kosher or kosher for Passover, and any person
  who certifies any non-prepackaged food or food  products  as  kosher  or
  kosher  for  Passover shall file with the department, in accordance with
  regulations set by  the  commissioner,  a  statement  of  such  person's
  qualifications for providing such certification.
    2.  No  person  shall  within  this state manufacture, compound, brew,
  distill,  produce,  process,  pack,  sell  or   offer   for   sale   any
  non-prepackaged  meat,  meat  preparations, meat by-products, poultry or
  food or food products that are represented or branded as  kosher  unless
  such person has, in accordance with regulations set by the commissioner,
  filed with the department the name, address, and telephone number of the
  person certifying such food or food product as kosher.
    3.  Any  food  establishment  or caterer that sells or offers for sale
  food or food products prepared on the premises or under its control that
  are represented as kosher, shall file  with  the  department  the  name,
  address,  and telephone number of the person certifying the food or food
  products as kosher. Food establishments and caterers selling or offering
  for sale food or food products prepared on the premises or  under  their
  control   that   are   represented   as  kosher  shall  post  a  "kosher
  certification form" in a location readily visible to the  consumer,  and
  shall  also  provide  a  copy of such form to the department. The kosher
  certification form shall contain the information and be in the form  set
  forth below, in not less than twelve point type:
                           KOSHER CERTIFICATION FORM
 
  Name of Establishment:_______________________________________________
  Address:_____________________________________________________________
  Name of Individual or Organization Certifying Food as
  Kosher:______________________________________________________________
  Address & Phone Number of Certifying Individual or
  Organization:________________________________________________________
  Affiliation & Education of Certifying
  Individual or Organization:__________________________________________
  The certifying individual or organization visits this establishment:
  ___time(s) daily  ___time(s) weekly ___time(s) monthly  ___time(s) yearly
  All meat sold or served by this establishment __is   __is not soaked
  and salted.
  Describe soaking and salting
  process:_____________________________________________________________
  We ___do  ___do not exclusively sell or serve kosher food.
  Establishment selling and serving both kosher and nonkosher food must
  complete the following:
  We __do  __do not use separate ovens and sinks for kosher and
  nonkosher foods. We __do  __do not use separate utensils, refrigerators,
  freezers and storage areas for kosher and nonkosher foods. All
  utensils and equipment __are  __are not clearly identified as kosher
  or nonkosher. Nonkosher products __are  __are not mixed with kosher
  products and then sold as kosher.
    4.  Any  food  establishment  or caterer that sells or offers for sale
  food or food products prepared on the premises or  under  their  control
  that  are  represented  as  kosher  shall  maintain  a permanently bound
  logbook that shall include for  each  inspection  visit  of  the  person
  certifying  their  food  or  food  products as kosher, the signature and
  printed name of the person performing the inspection and  the  date  and
  time  of  arrival  at the establishment. The logbook shall be maintained

  for a period of not less than two years after the final entry, and shall
  be made available to the department upon request.
    5. The department is authorized to inspect all food establishments and
  caterers  selling or offering for sale food or food products represented
  as kosher to ensure compliance with sections two hundred one-a  and  two
  hundred  one-b of this article and this section, and the accuracy of any
  information supplied in accordance with such sections. The  commissioner
  is  authorized  to  promulgate rules and regulations as are necessary to
  further implement the provisions of sections two hundred one-a  and  two
  hundred  one-b  of  this  article and this section. The department shall
  develop and maintain a website that makes available to consumers  copies
  of  all  forms  and  certification information that are required by this
  section.
    6. Failure to comply with the requirements  of  sections  two  hundred
  one-a  and  two  hundred  one-b  of this article and this section or the
  failure to conform sales practices to the information  provided  in  the
  kosher  certification  form pursuant to this section shall be punishable
  by a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars for a first
  violation; not more than seven  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  for  a
  second  violation;  and  not  more than ten thousand dollars for a third
  violation and each subsequent violation thereafter.