According to the legislative history (http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A01999, http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S07204 andhttp://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S06425), the bill passed the NY Assembly and was passed over to the NY Senate where it was sent to their Consumer Protection committee. It doesn't look like any action has been taken since mid-March. Since the legislative process has not been finished, it can't be in effect (regardless of the planned start date of 1 Oct).
In related NY law, it already is illegal for anyone to remove or conceal a mark of origin. (General Business Statute Article 26 § 392-c) That's the only other reference I could find to origin marking. So you can label your honey and the retailer can't obscure or deface it but it doesn't look like NY law does anything yet to force the other guy to label.
Mike Rossander
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