§ 5-58 Food in Damaged Containers.
RCNY § 5-58
(a)Definitions. Container. "Container" means an item which contains food or a food product, including cans, bottles, cartons, bags, boxes, wrappers and tubes. Food or food product. "Food or food product" means food, drink, confectionery or condiment, used or intended for use by humans or animals, including all substances or ingredients to be added to food for any purpose.
(b)No food product may be offered for sale if contained in: (1) a can with a body seam dent, a top or bottom rim dent, or a sharp body dent; (2) a can with any bulge other than small bulges due solely to small, smooth body dents; (3) a can which has leaked or is rusted; (4) a vacuum-sealed container of any sort on which the vacuum has been broken; (5) a container whose outer surface is punctured in any manner, whether or not the puncture has been repaired (except where the food or food product is contained in an inner, sealed container or containers, and the innermost container has not in any way been punctured or the food contents been in any other way exposed to the air).
