192.118 - CERTIFIED LABORATORIES.

        192.118  CERTIFIED LABORATORIES.
         To insure uniformity in the tests and reporting, an employee
      certified by the United States public health service of the
      bacteriological laboratory of the department shall annually certify,
      in accordance with the United States food and drug administration
      publication "Evaluation of Milk Laboratories" (1995 revision), all
      laboratories doing work in the sanitary quality of milk and dairy
      products for public report.  The approval by the department shall be
      based on the evaluation of these laboratories as to personnel
      training, laboratory methods used, and reporting.  The results on
      tests made by approved laboratories shall be reported to the
      department on request, on forms prescribed by the secretary of
      agriculture, and such reports may be used by the department.
         The department shall annually certify, in accordance with the
      United States food and drug administration publication "Evaluation of
      Milk Laboratories" (1995 revision), every laboratory in the state
      doing work in the sanitary quality of milk and dairy products for
      public report.  The certifying officer may enter any such place at
      any reasonable hour to make the survey.  The management of the
      laboratory shall afford free access to every part of the premises and
      render all aid and assistance necessary to enable the certifying
      officer to make a thorough and complete examination.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C54, 58, 62, 66, § 192.40; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 192.63] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         CS91, §192.118
         91 Acts, ch 74, §21; 97 Acts, ch 94, § 8