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2020 New York Laws
AGM - Agriculture and Markets
Article 17 - Adulteration, Packing, and Branding of Food and Food Products
203 - Manufacture and Sale of Imitation Maple, Birch or Walnut Sugar and Syrup Prohibited.

Universal Citation: NY Agric & Mkts L § 203 (2020)
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§ 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.
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