New York Laws
Article 17 - Adulteration, Packing, and Branding of Food and Food Products
198 - Definitions.

(a) a pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity: or
(b) a pesticide chemical to the extent that it is intended for use or
is used in the production, storage or transportation of any raw
agricultural commodity: or
(c) a color additive: or
(d) any substance used in accordance with a sanction or approval
granted prior to the enactment of this subdivision pursuant to the
federal food, drug, and cosmetic act, the federal poultry products
inspection act, or the federal meat inspection act.
8. The term "pesticide chemical" means any substance which, alone, in
chemical combination, or in formulation with one or more other
substances, is an "economic poison" within the meaning of the federal
insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act as now in force or as
hereafter amended, and which is used in the production, storage or
transportation of raw agricultural commodities.

9. The term "raw agricultural commodity" means any food in its raw or
natural state, including all fruits that are washed, colored or
otherwise treated in their unpeeled natural form prior to marketing.
10. (a) The term "color additive" means a material which (1) is a dye,
pigment or other substance made by a process of synthesis or similar
artifice, or extracted, isolated or otherwise derived, with or without
intermediate or final change of identity, from a vegetable, animal,
mineral or other source, and (2) when added or applied to a food is
capable (alone or through reaction with other substance) of imparting
color thereto: except that such term does not include any material which
the commissioner, by regulation, determines is used (or intended to be
used) solely for a purpose or purposes other than coloring.
(b) The term "color" includes black, white and intermediate grays.
(c) Nothing in paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall be construed to
apply to any pesticide chemical, soil or plant nutrient, or other
agricultural chemical solely because of its effect in aiding, retarding
or otherwise affecting, directly or indirectly, the growth or other
natural physiological processes of produce of the soil and thereby
affecting its color, whether before or after harvest.
11. "Game or wild game" means any deer or big game, or portions
thereof, as defined in section 11-0103 of the environmental conservation
law, taken by lawful hunting.

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