N.Y. General Business Law Section 233
Quality marks

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All quality marks applied to any article shall be equal in size and equally visible, legible, clear and distinct and no quality mark which is false, deceptive or misleading shall be applied to any article or to any descriptive device therefor. No more than one quality mark shall be applied to any article and such quality mark shall be applied to such article in only one place thereon except as elsewhere in this article specifically permitted. Wherever in this article provision is made for marking the number of parts or percentage of metals, such number or percentage shall refer to weight and not to volume, thickness or any other basis.

Source: Section 233 — Quality marks; description, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/GBS/233 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Feb. 21, 2026).

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Sep. 22, 2014

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