ยง 142-gg. Sampling and analyzing. 1. It shall be the duty of the
commissioner or his or her duly authorized agent to sample and analyze
each different brand of agricultural liming material distributed within
the state, to such an extent as he or she may deem necessary to
determine compliance with the provisions of this article.
The methods of sampling and analysis shall be those the commissioner
may require by regulation and be based on methods adopted by an
agricultural and food analytical standards association.
2. The results of the analysis of each official sample shall be
promptly reported by the commissioner to the registrant. In the event an
official sample shall analyze below the guarantee, the registrant may
within twenty days submit evidence that the sample was
non-representative or erroneous. If no satisfactory evidence is so
submitted the report of analysis shall become official.
3. The commissioner shall maintain an annual record of, and make
available upon request, the results of all analyses with respect to the
information required to be shown on labels and statements pursuant to
section one hundred forty-two-cc of this article and such other
information as the commissioner shall deem advisable.