§ 3-58 Colored and Misleading Containers.
RCNY § 3-58
(a)No food product shall be sold, offered for sale or exposed for sale in a container so made, formed, colored or filled as to be misleading or which makes the food product appear better than it actually is.
(b)Transparent or semitransparent wrappings or coverings for use in packaging of cured, cured and smoked, or cured and cooked sausage products and sliced meat products must provide for at least 50 percent of the total product surface being visible through a wrapper or covering that is free of -color, print or graphic material to ensure that the actual color of the product is easily recognized.
(c)Processed meats and meat products, other than processed sausages and sliced meat products, packaged in wrappings or containers bearing an inspection legend of the United States Department of Agriculture or the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of subdivision (a).
(d)Processed meats and meat products, other than processed sausages and sliced meat products, packaged in wrappings or containers of a kind and type permitted by the United States Department of Agriculture or the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of subdivision (a).
