2019 Vermont Statutes
Title 6 - Agriculture
Chapter 66 - Produce Inspection
§ 852 Authority
§ 852. Authority
(a) The Secretary may enforce in the State the requirements of:
(1) the rules adopted under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act, Standards for Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption, 21 C.F.R. part 112; and
(2) the rules adopted under this chapter.
(b) The Agency may collaborate with the Department of Health regarding application of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act, Standards for Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption, 21 C.F.R. part 112, and application of the rules adopted under this chapter.
(c) The Secretary shall carry out the provisions of this chapter using:
(1) monies appropriated to the Agency by the federal government for the purpose of administering the federal Food Safety Modernization Act and the rules adopted thereunder;
(2) monies appropriated to the Agency by the State for the purpose of administering this chapter; and
(3) other gifts, bequests, and donations by private entities for the purposes of administering this chapter. (Added 2015, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 12, 2016; amended 2017, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 28, 2018; 2017, No. 194 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. May 30, 2018.)
