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260.036 Agricultural products grading program.
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The Department of Agriculture may promote the sale of raw agricultural
products produced in the state by operating, maintaining, and administering a
standard grading program for evaluating raw agricultural products.
The department may, after consultation with the University of Kentucky College
of Agriculture and associations actively involved in promoting the sale of
agricultural products within the state, promulgate standards for grading,
marking, weighing, storing, transporting, and harvesting these agricultural
products. These standards shall promote the sale of agricultural products by
standardizing the quality and quantity of the raw agricultural products produced
by participants in the department's standard grading program.
The department may undertake appropriate measures to aid, encourage,
foster, and promote the sale, development, and improvement of raw
agricultural products produced in the state which have been graded by a
department standard grading program.
The department may employ persons to carry out the provisions of this section.
The department may administer the provisions of this section and adopt
administrative regulations to carry out the provisions of this section. The
department may conduct examinations, inspections, or hearings for the proper
administration of this standard grading program. All authorized hearings shall
be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B.
The department may collect a reasonable fee for grading services provided to
a participant in the standard grading program. However, the fee shall not
exceed thirty dollars ($30) per sample graded by the department's employees.
All fees collected under the provisions of this section shall be credited to the
department for use in carrying out the standard grading program.
Effective:July 15, 1996
History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 318, sec. 185, effective July 15, 1996. -Created 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 160, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1988.
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