2012 New York Consolidated Laws
AGM - Agriculture & Markets
Article 17 - (198 - 214-N) ADULTERATION, PACKING, AND BRANDING OF FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS
214-L - Sale of talc coated rice prohibited.

 
    § 214-l. Sale  of  talc  coated  rice  prohibited.  1. As used in this
  section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
    a. "Talc coated rice" shall mean milled rice which is coated in  whole
  or in part, with glucose and talc.
    b.  "Talc"  shall  mean the color additive which is a finely powdered,
  inactive,  hydrous  magnesium  silicate  sometimes  containing  a  small
  proportion of aluminum silicate.
    2.  No  person  shall sell, offer to sell, or expose for sale any rice
  which has been coated or treated in any manner with talc.
    3. A violation of this section shall be punishable by a civil fine not
  to exceed one thousand dollars on the first  offense  and  ten  thousand
  dollars on any subsequent offense.
    4.  It  shall be an affirmative defense to a violation of this section
  that the person did not know and could not reasonably  have  known  that
  the rice contained talc.