(a) The Secretary may investigate and gather, and compile information concerning the organization, business, conduct, practices, and management of any person engaged in intrastate commerce, and his relation to other persons.
(b) The Secretary, by general or special order, may require any person or class of persons engaged in intrastate commerce to file, on forms the Secretary prescribes, annual or special reports or answers in writing to specific questions, furnishing to the Secretary information he requires concerning the organization, business, conduct, practices, management, and relation to any person filing. Every report and answer shall be made under oath, or otherwise as the Secretary prescribes, within a reasonable period set by him, unless additional time is granted.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 4 - Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs
Subtitle 2 - Maryland Poultry Products Inspection Act
Section 4-202 - Legislative Declarations
Section 4-203 - Applicability of Subtitle
Section 4-205 - Inspection of Official Poultry Processing Establishments; Condemnation
Section 4-207 - Payment of Cost of Inspection
Section 4-208 - Sanitary Practices at Official Establishments
Section 4-209 - Labeling, Marking, and Container
Section 4-210 - Entry of Products Into Official Establishment
Section 4-211 - False or Misleading Name, Marking, or Labeling; Misleading Container
Section 4-212 - Refusal or Withdrawal of Inspection
Section 4-213 - Registration of Certain Persons
Section 4-214 - Sale, Purchase, or Transportation of Dead, Disabled, or Diseased Poultry
Section 4-215 - Records; Access to Premises; Samples
Section 4-216 - Rules and Regulations Governing Storage and Handling of Poultry Products
Section 4-217 - Exemptions From Subtitle
Section 4-218 - Prohibited Acts
Section 4-219 - Detention of Poultry Products
Section 4-220 - Seizure and Condemnation
Section 4-221 - Investigation of Persons Engaged in Intrastate Commerce; Reports and Answers
Section 4-223 - Responsibility of Business Unit for Acts of Agent or Employee
Section 4-224 - Report of Violations for Criminal Prosecution
Section 4-225 - Jurisdiction of Courts; Proceedings in Name of State
Section 4-227 - Liability of Carrier
Section 4-229 - Penalty for Failure to File Reports
Section 4-230.1 - Application of Provisions to Rabbits and Rabbit Products; Inspections