New York Consolidated Laws, Agriculture and Markets Law - AGM § 214-d. Legislative finding and declaration of policy

It is hereby recognized that appropriate investigations of potential advances in dairy and food technology sometime require the market testing of the advantages to, and acceptance by consumers, of variations in food from applicable definitions and standards of identity prescribed under this chapter.

It is therefore desirable from time to time for the commissioner to issue a temporary permit authorizing such market tests in order to provide useful marketing information and to continue to encourage technological advances in dairy and food processing.