2020 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry
§1468. Testing; inspections

RS 1468 - Testing; inspections

A.(1) The department shall collect samples to test all industrial hemp crops prior to harvest to ensure the THC concentration does not exceed the federally defined THC level for hemp. The grower shall harvest his approved industrial hemp plants not more than fifteen days following the date of sample collection by the department, unless specifically authorized in writing by the department.

(2) The department may enter into contracts, cooperative endeavor agreements, memoranda of understanding, or other agreements with any public postsecondary education institution for the testing of THC levels in industrial hemp crops or industrial hemp products deemed necessary by the commissioner.

B. In addition to any scheduled testing, the department may randomly inspect any industrial hemp crop or industrial hemp product in the possession of any person or entity with a grower, processor, contract carrier, or industrial hemp seed producer license and take a representative composite sample for field analysis if the department has reason to believe a violation of this Part has occurred. If an industrial hemp crop or industrial hemp product contains a THC concentration that exceeds the federally defined THC level for hemp, the department may detain, seize, destroy, or embargo the industrial hemp crop or industrial hemp product.

C. Any facility processing industrial hemp products for consumption shall be subject to inspection by the Louisiana Department of Health as provided for in R.S. 40:631.

Acts 2019, No. 164, §1, eff. June 6, 2019; Acts 2020, No. 344, §1.