N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law Section 206
Relative to selling a commodity in imitation or semblance of honey

No person or persons shall package, label, sell, keep for sale, expose or offer for sale, any article or product in imitation or semblance of honey depicting thereon a picture or drawing of a bee, beehive or honeycomb, or branded as “honey,” “liquid or extracted honey,” “strained honey” or “pure honey” which is not pure honey. No person or persons, firm, association, company or corporation, shall manufacture, sell, expose or offer for sale, any compound or mixture branded or labeled as and for honey which shall be made up of honey mixed with any other substance or ingredient. There may be printed on the package containing such compound or mixture a statement giving the ingredients of which it is made; if honey is one of such ingredients it shall be so stated in the same size type as are the other ingredients, but it shall not be packaged, sold, exposed for sale, or offered for sale as honey; nor shall such compound or mixture be branded or labeled with the word “honey” in any form other than as herein provided; nor shall any product in semblance of honey, whether a mixture or not, be sold, exposed or offered for sale as honey, or branded or labeled with the word “honey,” unless such article is pure honey. A product which is in semblance or imitation of liquid honey shall be labeled as “honey flavored syrup” or “artificially honey flavored syrup”, as is appropriate.

Source: Section 206 — Relative to selling a commodity in imitation or semblance of honey, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/AGM/206 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Nov. 1, 2025).

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Definitions 199
Application of article 199–A
Prohibition as to adulterated or misbranded food 199–B
Powers and duties of commissioner respecting food additives and color additives 199–C
Disposing of tainted food 199–D
Prohibition as to sulfites 199–E
Prohibition as to sale of irradiated foods 199–F
Food allergies and intolerances notice in food service establishments 200
Adulteration of food 201
Misbranding of food 201–A
Kosher food and food products 201–B
Retail sale of kosher food or food products 201–C
Persons certifying as kosher 201–D
Notice of violation 201–E
Halal food and food products 201–F
Retail sale of halal food or food products 201–G
Persons certifying as halal 201–H
Notice of violation 201–I
Misbranding of certain fish species 202
Unavoidable added poisonous or deleterious substances 202–A
False advertising 202–B
Seizure and quarantine 202–C
Proceedings to review, violations and remedies 203
Manufacture and sale of imitation maple, birch, walnut or beech sugar and syrup prohibited 204
Branding and labeling of maple, birch, walnut or beech sugar and syrup mixtures 204–A
Olive oil mixtures 204–B
Foods containing fats and/or oils 204–C
Prepared horseradish 204–D
Adulteration of natural fruit juices 205
Defining honey 206
Relative to selling a commodity in imitation or semblance of honey 207
Definition of vinegars and adulterated vinegars 208
Manufacture and sale of misbranded vinegar prohibited 209
Packages containing vinegar to be branded 210
Packaging in the shape of firearms 210–A
Pork processing 213
Repacking fruit and farm produce 214
Guaranty established 214–A
Samples 214–B
Regulations 214–C
No provisions contained in sections one hundred ninety-eight, one hundred ninety-nine, two hundred, two hundred one, two hundred two, two... 214–D
Legislative finding and declaration of policy 214–E
Temporary marketing and manufacturing permits 214–F
Temperature requirements for manufacture, transportation and storage of certain foods 214–G
Labeling of certain frozen foods 214–H
Unit pricing 214–J
Small quantities of fruits and vegetables 214–K
Sale and labeling of charcoal 214–L
Sale of talc coated rice prohibited 214–M
Labeling of certain food products 214–N
Treatment and sale of apple cider 214–O
Labeling requirements for fish wholesalers
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Nov. 1, 2025

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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