§ 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.