People v. Johnson Kosher Meat Products, Inc.

A seeming paradox is presented in this ease as to whether a person who has apparently complied *535with the law may, nevertheless, be in violation of the law for not proclaiming that he has in fact complied.

Defendant was charged with violations of sections 201-a and 201-c of the Agriculture and Markets Law, in failing to label properly certain meat products sold as kosher. Upon failure at the trial to adduce any evidence that the meat sold as kosher was not prepared wholly in accordance with Hebrew orthodox religious requirements, the charges of fraudulent misrepresentation under section 201-a…