Nat Kagan Meat & Poultry, Inc. v. Gerace

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent which, inter alia, found petitioner in violation of Agriculture and Markets Law § 199-a (1) and § 201-a.

Petitioner was the subject of an investigation conducted by the State Department of Agriculture and Markets (Department) with the assistance of United States Department of Agriculture Compliance Officer Edward L. Payer. That investigation focused on the alleged sale by petitioner of nonkosher meat misbranded as…