Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 50, December 11, 2024
Section 18.2 - Labeling of cheese and imitation cheese food, and of products containing imitation cheese and imitation cheese food(a) No person shall sell or offer for sale imitation cheese or imitation cheese food in a package upon which the brand name or product designation of the imitation cheese or imitation cheese food appears, unless the following information is set forth upon said package in the manner forth below:(1) Immediately preceding the brand name or product designation, whichever is larger, without intervening printed or graphic material, and on the same side or panel of the package of such food upon which the brand name or product designation appears, the words "imitation ________cheese" or "imitation ________ cheese food" (the blanks to be filled in with the variety of the cheese imitated).(2) The words which are required to appear, pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subdivision, shall be prominently displayed, in letters of equal size, the same color and design, and against the same contrasting background, as the words used to indicate the brand name or product designation, whichever is larger.(b) No person shall sell or offer for sale any product which contains imitation cheese or imitation cheese food, unless the label of the package which contains said product sets forth the following information in the manner set forth below: (1) Immediately preceding or following the product designation without intervening printed or graphic material, and on the same side or panel of the package upon which the product designation appears, the words "contains imitation cheese" or "contains imitation cheese food", as appropriate.(2) The words which are required to appear, pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subdivision, shall be prominently displayed in letters of at least equal size, the same color and design, and against the same contrasting background as the product designation of the product which contains imitation cheese or imitation cheese food.N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 1 § 18.2