2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 22-118r. Inspection of commercial feed facilities.

      Sec. 22-118r. Inspection of commercial feed facilities. (a) Any employee duly designated by the Commissioner of Agriculture, upon presenting appropriate credentials, and a written notice to the owner, operator or agent in charge, may (1) enter, during normal business hours, any factory, warehouse or establishment within this state in which commercial feeds are manufactured, processed, packed or held for distribution, or to enter any vehicle being used to transport or hold such feeds, and (2) inspect at reasonable times and within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner, such factory, warehouse, establishment or vehicle and all pertinent equipment, finished and unfinished materials, containers and labeling. The inspection may include the verification of only such records and production and control procedures as may be necessary to determine compliance with the regulations established under section 22-118o.

      (b) A separate notice shall be given for each such inspection but a notice shall not be required for each entry made during the period covered by the inspection. Each such inspection shall be commenced and completed with reasonable promptness. Upon completion of the inspection, the person in charge of the facility or vehicle shall be so notified.

      (c) If the officer or employee making such inspection of a factory, warehouse or other establishment has obtained a sample in the course of the inspection, upon completion of the inspection and prior to leaving the premises, he shall give to the owner, operator or agent in charge a receipt describing the samples obtained.

      (d) If the owner of any factory, warehouse or establishment described in subsection (a) of this section, or his agent, refuses to admit the commissioner or his designee to inspect in accordance with subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the commissioner may apply to the Superior Court for a warrant directing such owner or his agent to submit the premises described in such warrant.

      (e) The commissioner or his designee may enter upon any public or private premises including any vehicle of transport during regular business hours to have access to, and to obtain samples, and to examine records relating to distribution of commercial feeds.

      (f) Sampling and analysis shall be conducted in accordance with methods published by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists International, or in accordance with other generally recognized methods.

      (g) The results of all analyses of official samples shall be forwarded by the director to the person named on the label and to the purchaser. When the inspection and analysis of an official sample indicates a commercial feed has been adulterated or misbranded and upon request within thirty days following the receipt of the analysis the director shall furnish to the registrant a portion of the sample concerned.

      (h) The commissioner, in determining for administrative purposes whether a commercial feed is deficient in any component, shall be guided by the official sample, as defined in section 22-118k, and obtained and analyzed as provided in this section.

      (P.A. 98-69, S. 8, 14; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)

      History: P.A. 98-69 effective July 1, 1998; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.