200.10 - INSPECTION, SAMPLING, AND ANALYSIS.

        200.10  INSPECTION, SAMPLING, AND ANALYSIS.
         1.  It shall be the duty of the secretary, who may act through an
      authorized agent, to sample, inspect, make analysis of, and test
      commercial fertilizers or soil conditioners distributed within this
      state at time and place and to such an extent as the secretary may
      deem necessary, to determine whether such commercial fertilizers and
      soil conditioners are in compliance with the provisions of this
      chapter.  In the performance of the foregoing duty, the secretary
      shall counsel with the director of the Iowa agricultural experimental
      station in respect to the time, place and extent of sampling.  The
      secretary individually or through an agent is authorized to enter
      upon any public or private premises or conveyances during regular
      business hours in order to have access to commercial fertilizers or
      soil conditioners subject to the provisions of this chapter and the
      rules and regulations pertaining thereto.  It shall be the duty of
      the secretary to maintain a laboratory with the necessary equipment
      and to employ such employees as may be necessary to aid in the
      administration and enforcement of this chapter.
         2. a.  The methods of sampling and analysis shall be the
      official methods of the association of official agricultural chemists
      in all cases where methods have been adopted by the association.
         b.  The findings of the state chemist or the state chemist's
      deputy, as shown by the sworn statement of the results of analysis of
      official samples of any brand and grade of commercial fertilizer,
      fertilizer material or soil conditioner, shall constitute prima facie
      evidence of their correctness in the courts of this state, as to the
      particular lots sampled and analyzed.
         3.  The secretary, in determining for administrative purposes
      whether any commercial fertilizer is deficient in plant food, or soil
      conditioner deficient in guaranteed active ingredients, shall be
      guided by the official sample as defined in subsection 17 of section
      200.3, and obtained and analyzed as provided for in subsection 2 of
      this section.
         4.  The results of official analysis of any commercial fertilizer
      or soil conditioner which has been found to be in violation of any
      provision of this chapter, shall be forwarded by the secretary to the
      registrant.  Upon request, the secretary shall furnish to the
      registrant a portion of any sample.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C46, 50, 54, § 200.7--200.9; C58, 62, § 200.11; C66, 71, 73, 75,
      77, 79, 81, § 200.10] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         2009 Acts, ch 41, §263