2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 3 — Agriculture and forestry
RS 3:1398 — Inspection, sampling, and analysis

§1398. Inspection, sampling, and analysis

A. For the purpose of enforcement of this Part and in order to determine whether its provisions have been complied with including whether or not an operation may be subject to such provisions, officers or employees duly designated by the commissioner upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator, employee in charge, are authorized to enter, during normal business hours, any premises within the state in which commercial feeds are manufactured, processed, packed, held for distribution, or sold or to enter any vehicle being used to commercially transport or hold such feeds; and to obtain official samples and to inspect at reasonable times and within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner such premises or vehicle and all pertinent equipment, finished and unfinished materials, containers, and labeling thereof. The inspection may include the verification of such records and production and control procedures as may be necessary to determine compliance with the good manufacturing practice regulations for medicated feeds by regulation of the commission. 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 notified.

B. If the officer or employee making such inspection of a factory, warehouse, or other establishment has obtained an official 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.

C. For the purpose of the enforcement of this Part, the commissioner, or his duly designated agent, is authorized to enter upon any premises, including any vehicle of transport, during regular business hours to have access to and to examine records relating to distribution of commercial feeds.

D. If the owner of any premises or his agent refuses to admit the commissioner or his agent to inspect or sample, the commissioner is authorized to obtain from any state court of competent jurisdiction and venue an appropriate order to submit the premises described in such order to inspection.

E. Sampling and analysis shall be conducted in accordance with methods published by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists or in accordance with other generally recognized methods.

F. The results of all analyses of official samples shall be forwarded by the commissioner to the registrant and to the owner of record at the time of sampling. When the inspection and analysis of an official sample indicates a commercial feed has been adulterated or misbranded and upon request within ten days following receipt of the analysis, the commissioner shall furnish to the registrant a portion of the official sample analyzed.

Acts 2010, No. 579, §1.