Section 156-GG. Branding closed packages of potatoes  


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  • 1. No person shall
      sell, expose for  sale,  or  transport  for  sale,  potatoes  in  closed
      packages  which are not branded or marked with the grade of the potatoes
      contained therein in conformity with official standards and  grades  for
      potatoes  established  and  promulgated  by  the  commissioner under the
      provisions of this article, or,  with  the  official  standards  of  the
      United States commonly known as U.S. grades, except that potatoes packed
      in  consumer packages in retail stores containing fifteen pounds or less
      and exposed for sale therein need not be so  marked  provided  they  are
      exposed  for  sale  immediately  adjacent and conform in variety, grade,
      size and condition to a bulk display of such potatoes which includes  as
      a  part  thereof  a display sign conspicuously marked as to the grade of
      the potatoes in conformity  with  the  foregoing  requirements  of  this
      section.  Potatoes  in closed packages containing more than sixty pounds
      net not graded and classified as to  quality  in  accordance  with  such
      standards  and  grades,  nor  branded or marked in conformity therewith,
      shall be branded or marked "unclassified".
        2. For the purpose of this section, a closed package  shall  mean  any
      container  the  entire  contents of which cannot be adequately inspected
      without opening it.