Section 67-B. Pasteurization of cheese

No person manufacturing cheese or
  cheese curd or handling cheese or cheese curd as a wholesaler, assembler
  or broker in the state of New York and no person obtaining  cheese  from
  outside  the state shall release any cheese or cheese curd to the retail
  trade or to consumers  unless  such  cheese  or  cheese  curd  has  been
  pasteurized  or  has been made from whole milk, skim milk or cream which
  has  been  pasteurized  in  accordance  with   rules   and   regulations
  promulgated by the commissioner after inquiry and public hearing; except
  that cheese cured for sixty days or longer after manufacture may be made
  from unpasteurized milk.