69-24-15 - Sampling, inspection and analysis.
§ 69-24-15. Sampling, inspection and analysis.
(1) It is the duty of the commissioner and State Chemist, who may act through their duly authorized agents, to sample, inspect, make analyses of, and test soil or plant amendments distributed within the State of Mississippi at any time and place, and to such an extent they may deem necessary to determine whether such soil or plant amendments are in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. The commissioner, individually or through his agents, is authorized to enter upon any public or private premises of carriers during regular business hours in order to have access to soil or plant amendments subject to provisions of the chapter and the rules and regulations pertaining thereto, and to the records relating to their distribution.
(2) The methods of analysis and sampling shall be those adopted by the State Chemist from sources such as the Association of Official Analytical Chemists, or other sources acceptable to the State Chemist.
(3) The results of official analyses of soil or plant amendments and portions of official samples shall be distributed by the State Chemist as provided by regulation.
Sources: Laws, 1978, ch. 322, § 8, eff from and after July 1, 1978.