2020 New York Laws
AGM - Agriculture and Markets
Article 5-A - Licensing of Slaughterhouses
96-F - Denial, Revocation and Suspension of Licenses.

Universal Citation:
NY Agric & Mkts L § 96-F (2020)
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§ 96-f. Denial, revocation and suspension of licenses. 1. The exposure
of meat, fowl or meat food product to insects, live animals or injurious
contamination, or the slaughter, possession or sale of unwholesome meat,
or  the  slaughtering,  butchering, possession or sale of the fur, hair,
skin or flesh of a domesticated dog (canis familiaris)  or  domesticated
cat  (felis  catus  or  domesticus)  shall be cause for the denial of an
application for license, or the revocation or suspension  of  a  license
already  granted.  Any  such  denial,  revocation  or  suspension may be
reviewed by a proceeding instituted under article seventy-eight  of  the
civil practice law and rules.
  2. After due notice and opportunity to be heard, the license issued to
any  person,  firm,  partnership  or corporation to operate any place or
establishment where animals or fowls are slaughtered  or  butchered  for
food  pursuant  to subdivision one of this section shall be revoked upon
establishing failure of three consecutive inspections. Nothing  in  this
subdivision shall prohibit the commissioner from taking licensing action
prior to failure of three consecutive inspections.
  3. Each licensee shall post a copy of the date and results of its most
recent  sanitary  inspection by the department in a conspicuous location
near each public entrance,  as  prescribed  by  the  commissioner.  Such
copies  shall  also  be  made  available to the public upon request. Any
licensee that violates the  provisions  of  this  subdivision  shall  be
subject to a penalty of five hundred dollars for each day of violation.
  4.  In  addition  to any other grounds established by this article for
the denial, revocation and suspension of licenses, the commissioner  may
decline  to  grant a new license, may decline to renew a license, or may
suspend or revoke a license after due notice and opportunity for hearing
whenever he or she finds that:

(a) any statement contained in an application for license is or was false or misleading;

(b) the establishment does not have facilities or equipment sufficient to maintain adequate sanitation for the activities conducted;

(c) the establishment is not maintained in a clean and sanitary condition or is not operated in a sanitary or proper manner;

(d) the maintenance and operation of the establishment is such that the product produced therein is or may be adulterated;

(e) the establishment has failed or refused to produce any records or provide any information demanded by the commissioner reasonably related to the administration and enforcement of this article;

(f) the applicant or licensee, or an officer, director, partner, holder of ten percent of the voting stock, or any other person exercising any position of management or control has failed to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto; or

(g) any person including the applicant or licensee, or an officer, director, partner or any stockholder, exercising any position of management or control has been convicted of a felony in any court of the United States or any state or territory and that there is a direct relationship between that felony and the license sought or held by the individual.

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