2016 New York Laws
AGM - Agriculture & Markets
Article 17 - (Agriculture & Markets) ADULTERATION, PACKING, AND BRANDING OF FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS
203 - Manufacture and sale of imitation maple, birch or walnut sugar and syrup prohibited.

 203. Manufacture  and sale of imitation maple, birch or walnut sugar
  and syrup prohibited. (a) 1. No person shall manufacture for sale,  keep
  for  sale,  or  offer  or  expose  for  sale,  any sugar in imitation or
  semblance of maple sugar which is not pure maple sugar, nor any syrup in
  imitation or semblance of maple syrup, which is not  pure  maple  syrup,
  nor  shall any person manufacture, offer or expose for sale any sugar as
  and for maple sugar which is not pure maple sugar, nor any syrup as  and
  for maple syrup which is not pure maple syrup.
2.  For  the  purpose  of this article the term "maple sugar" shall be
  deemed to mean sugar made from pure maple sap or pure maple  syrup,  and
  the  term  "maple  syrup"  shall  be deemed to mean syrup made from pure
  maple sap.
(b) 1. No person shall manufacture for sale, keep for sale,  or  offer
  or  expose  for sale, any sugar in imitation or semblance of birch sugar
  which is not pure birch sugar, nor any syrup in imitation  or  semblance
  of  birch  syrup,  which  is  not  birch  syrup,  nor  shall  any person
  manufacture, offer or expose for sale any sugar as and for  birch  sugar
  which  is  not  pure  birch  sugar, nor any syrup as and for birch syrup
  which is not pure birch syrup.
2. For the purpose of this article the term  "birch  sugar"  shall  be
  deemed  to  mean sugar made from pure birch sap or pure birch syrup, and
  the term "birch syrup" shall be deemed to  mean  syrup  made  from  pure
  birch sap.
(c)  1.  No person shall manufacture for sale, keep for sale, or offer
  or expose for sale, any sugar in imitation or semblance of walnut  sugar
  which  is not pure walnut sugar, nor any syrup in imitation or semblance
  of walnut syrup, which is not pure walnut syrup, nor  shall  any  person
  manufacture,  offer or expose for sale any sugar as and for walnut sugar
  which is not pure walnut sugar, nor any syrup as and  for  walnut  syrup
  which is not walnut syrup.
2.  For  the  purpose of this article the term "walnut sugar" shall be
  deemed to mean sugar made from pure walnut sap or pure walnut syrup, and
  the term "walnut syrup" shall be deemed to mean  syrup  made  from  pure
  walnut sap.