§ 96-h. Application of article. Notwithstanding any other provisions
of this article, the knowing sale, exposure for sale, exchange or
transportation at any and all places within the state of the fur, hair,
skin or flesh of domesticated dog (canis familiaris) or domesticated cat
(felis catus or domesticus) as food, meat, custom slaughtered meat, farm
dressed meat, meat by-product or meat food product edible by humans or
animals is hereby prohibited. A violation of this section shall subject
the offender to a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars for an
individual and up to five thousand dollars for a corporation for the
first violation. Any subsequent violation shall be subject to a civil
penalty of up to twenty-five thousand dollars. Any civil penalties
collected pursuant to this section shall be paid to the animal
population control fund established by section ninety-seven-xx of the
state finance law. Any authorization given by or pursuant to the
provisions of this article to handle, sell, expose for sale, exchange or
transport the carcasses of animals, parts thereof, meat, meat
by-products and meat food products within the state and any exclusion
from the application of this article applicable to custom slaughtered
meat or contained in section ninety-six-j or another provision of this
article shall not apply to the knowing sale, exposure for sale, exchange
or transportation of the fur, hair, skin or flesh of domesticated dog or
domesticated cat as food, meat, custom slaughtered meat, farm dressed
meat, meat by-product or meat food product edible by humans or animals
which is prohibited by the provisions of this section. In the case of
any conflict with another provision of this article, the provisions of
this section shall prevail over such other provision of this article.