2016 New York Laws
AGM - Agriculture & Markets
Article 17 - (Agriculture & Markets) ADULTERATION, PACKING, AND BRANDING OF FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS
214-M - Labeling of certain food products.

 214-m. Labeling  of  certain  food  products.  If  any person, firm,
  corporation, partnership, association or any other business  association
  which  processes,  manufactures or imports food products has placed upon
  or accompanying the shipping container, shipping case, pallet or invoice
  of such food  products,  any  information,  whether  in  coded  form  or
  otherwise,  which  specifies  the  expiration,  "use by" date or similar
  date; or the lot, batch, date of  manufacture  or  processing  or  other
  information  regarding  the  identity  of  the food product; it shall be
  unlawful to willfully alter, mutilate,  destroy,  obliterate  or  remove
  such  information  other  than in connection with the destruction of the
  entire  shipping  container,  shipping  case,  pallet  or  invoice.  The
  provisions  of  this  section  and any regulations promulgated hereunder
  shall not be deemed to require any manufacturer, processor  or  importer
  of  food  products to so label any food product prior to distribution in
  the state or to prevent a manufacturer, processor or  importer  of  food
  products  from  correcting  or  causing  to  be  corrected  any  of  the
  information accompanying the shipping container, shipping  case,  pallet
  or  invoice.  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  affect any
  provision of federal, state or local law, ordinance, rule or  regulation
  regarding  the  placing  of an expiration or "use by" date on the retail
  container of any food product.