(a) The Secretary shall sample, inspect, test and make analyses of commercial feed distributed in the State at any time and place and to the extent the Secretary considers necessary to ensure compliance with this subtitle.
(b) The Secretary shall adopt the methods of sampling and analysis from sources, such as the journal of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists, or methods that insure representative sampling and accurate examination.
(c) In determining for administrative purposes whether a commercial feed is deficient in any component, the Secretary shall be guided solely by the official sample obtained and analyzed as provided by this section.
(d) When inspection and analysis of an official sample indicates a commercial feed is adulterated, misbranded, or does not contain an enzyme or other additive in accordance with § 6-107.1 of this subtitle, the Secretary shall forward the results of the analysis to the person who registers the product and the person from whom the sample is taken. The Secretary shall furnish the distributor with a portion of the sample concerned within 30 days if he requests it.
(e) The Secretary may enter on any public or private premises, including any transportation vehicle, during regular business hours to obtain access to commercial feeds or to records relating to their distribution.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 6 - Commercial Feed and Fertilizer and Agricultural Liming Materials
Subtitle 1 - Maryland Commercial Feed Law
Section 6-102 - Administration
Section 6-104 - Rules and Regulations
Section 6-105 - Publication of Information Concerning Commercial Feed
Section 6-106 - Inspection, Sampling, Testing, and Analyses of Commercial Feed
Section 6-107.1 - Reduction of Phosphorus in Poultry Waste
Section 6-107.2 - Assessments on Commercial Equine Feed
Section 6-107.3 - Sale of Commercial Feed for Use as Poultry Feed
Section 6-109 - Commercial Feed to Be Labeled; Contents of Label; Placement
Section 6-110 - Labeling of Customer-Formula or Contract Feed; Information Required on Invoice
Section 6-111 - Labeling of Feed Containing Poisonous, Deleterious, or Nonnutritive Substance
Section 6-112 - Distribution of Adulterated or Misbranded Feed
Section 6-112.1 - Commercial Feed
Section 6-113 - "Stop-Sale Orders"; Condemnation and Confiscation
Section 6-114 - Official Analysis Prima Facie Evidence of Composition
Section 6-115 - Report of Violations for Criminal Prosecution; Minor Violations