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Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
A person, who with intent to defraud:
1. Puts upon an article of merchandise, or upon a cask, bottle, stopper, vessel, case, cover, wrapper, package, band, ticket, label or other thing, containing or covering such an article, or with which such an article is intended to be sold, or is sold, any false description or other indication of or respecting the kind, number, quantity, weight or measure of such article, or any part thereof, or the place or country where it was manufactured or produced or the quality or grade of any such article, if the quality or grade thereof is required by law to be marked, branded or otherwise indicated on or with such articles; or
2. Sells or offers for sale an article, which to his knowledge is falsely described or indicated upon any such package, or vessel containing the same, or label thereupon, in any of the particulars specified; or
3. Sells or exposes for sale any goods in bulk to which no name or trademark shall be attached, and orally or otherwise represents that such goods are the manufacture or production of some other than the actual manufacturer or producer, in a case where the punishment for such offense is not specially provided for otherwise by statute, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New York Consolidated Laws, General Business Law - GBS § 392-b. False labels and misrepresentations - last updated January 01, 2026 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/general-business-law/gbs-sect-392-b/
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