2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 106-549.61. Regulations authorized.

§ 106‑549.61.  Regulations authorized.

(a)       The Commissioner may by regulations prescribe conditions under which poultry products capable of use as human food shall be stored or otherwise handled by any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, freezing, storing, or transporting, in or for intrastate commerce, such articles, whenever the Commissioner deems such action necessary to assure that such articles will not be adulterated or misbranded when delivered to the consumer. Violation of any such regulation is prohibited.

(b)       The Board shall promulgate such other rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Article.

(c)       When opportunity is afforded for submission of comments by interested persons on proposed rules or regulations under this Article, it shall include opportunity for oral presentation of views. (1971, c. 677, s. 14.)