2016 New York Laws
AGM - Agriculture & Markets
Article 17 - (Agriculture & Markets) ADULTERATION, PACKING, AND BRANDING OF FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS
214 - Guaranty established.

 214. Guaranty  established.   1. No dealer shall be prosecuted under
  the provisions of this article when he can establish a  guaranty  signed
  by  the  wholesaler,  jobber,  manufacturer  or  other party residing or
  having a place of business within the state from whom he  purchased  the
  articles  to  the effect that the same are not adulterated or misbranded
  within the meaning of this article. Said guaranty to  afford  protection
  shall contain the name and address of the guarantor and in such case the
  guarantor  shall  be  amenable  to  the  prosecutions,  fines  and other
  penalties which would attach in due  course  to  the  dealer  under  the
  provisions of this article.
2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of the commissioner immediately upon the
  discovery of evidence  that  any  article  of  food  is  adulterated  or
  misbranded  within the meaning of this chapter, to notify in writing the
  dealer selling the same and no guaranty shall  exempt  any  dealer  from
  prosecution  if  he  shall  continue  to  sell such article after having
  received such written notice.