2013 New York Consolidated Laws
AGM - Agriculture & Markets
Article 4 - (46 - 71) Dairy Products.
46 - Declaration of policy.

 
    § 46. Declaration  of  policy.    It is hereby declared that the dairy
  industry is a paramount  industry  of  the  state  and  the  production,
  processing, packaging, distribution and sale of milk products has become
  an  enterprise  of  vast  economic  importance to the state and of vital
  importance to the consuming public of the state,  and  which  should  be
  encouraged  and  promoted in the public interest. It is further declared
  that milk and milk products have long been  accepted  by  the  consuming
  public  as  wholesome  and nutritious articles of food. Advances in food
  technology have resulted in the development of a variety of products for
  similar usage including dairy  foods  with  different  composition  than
  products  now  defined  as well as products made with vegetable oils and
  proteins from sources other than  dairy  products,  products  which  are
  similar  in  appearance, odor, or taste to dairy products, and which are
  difficult to differentiate from dairy products. It is  further  declared
  to  be in the interest of the dairy industry and the consuming public to
  promote and  encourage  the  development  of  new  and  different  dairy
  products  with varying proportions of fat, solids and other ingredients,
  including wholesome ingredients not now permitted in dairy products  but
  which  may  be  used without restriction in non-dairy products which are
  similar in appearance, odor or taste  to  dairy  products.  It  is  also
  declared to be in the interest of the dairy industry and particularly in
  the  interest  of  the  consuming  public,  that  to  the fullest extent
  possible, there be uniformity of definitions and standards for milk  and
  milk  products and in the labeling of milk and milk products between the
  various states to the end that there may be free movement  of  milk  and
  milk   products  between  states,  and  further  to  the  end  that  the
  inefficiency, needless expense, and confusion caused by  differences  in
  products  sold  under  the  same  name,  and  differences in labeling of
  identical products may be eliminated.