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N.Y. DEA Law § 44

This is the official text of N.Y. DEA Law § 44, part of New York’s DEA Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "DEA Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Emergency measures to protect milk supply

Official statutory text

§ 44. Emergency measures to protect milk supply. When in the opinion\nof the commissioner of health a milk or cream supply has been so\ncontaminated as to be potentially dangerous to health or serious\ncurtailment of such a supply is threatened as a result of accident,\nsabotage or enemy action, he is hereby authorized to embargo any part of\nany such milk or cream supply pending investigation and, notwithstanding\nany contrary provisions of law, to authorize the transfer of milk and\ncream from one plant to another or from one political subdivision to\nanother for pasteurization, bottling or sale, and to waive or modify any\nrequirements, regulations or standards pertaining to or affecting the\nproduction, processing, handling, storage, transportation, sale, resale\nor distribution of milk and cream, or any operations or procedures\nincident thereto until conditions warrant normal operation.\n

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