Sec. 273.1. Standards

(a) For the purpose of the enforcement of article 17 of the Agriculture and Markets Law, the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Markets hereby adopts part 112 of title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (revised as of April 1, 2016; U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402), except that each reference therein to:

(1) FDA shall be deemed to be a reference to the Department of Agriculture and Markets;

(2) FDA District Director and to Director of the Office of Compliance in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition shall be deemed to be a reference to the Director of the Division of Food Safety and Inspection in the Department of Agriculture and Markets;

(3) Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall be deemed to be a reference to the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Markets.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a) of this section, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets:

(1) will not determine the eligibility of a farm for a qualified exemption; and

(2) does not adopt Subparts E, P, Q, and R of title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations part 112.

(c) Every term used in this section that is defined or given meaning in title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations part 112 shall be construed as set forth therein.

(d) A copy of title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations containing part 112 is maintained in a file at the Department of Agriculture and Markets, Division of Food Safety and Inspection, 10B Airline Drive, Albany, NY 12235, and at the Department of State, 99 Washington Avenue, Suite 650, Albany, NY 12231, and is available for public inspection and copying during regular business hours.