A person, firm or association who purchases fruit or farm produce in barrels, boxes or other packages, and empties, or causes to be emptied, such barrels, boxes or other packages, and repacks, or causes to be repacked therein the same or other fruit or farm produce, shall before any such repacked barrel, box or other package is sold, or offered or exposed for sale, erase or otherwise obliterate the name of the grower or producer, if found thereon.
New York Legal Code