In order to carry out the provisions of this chapter, any officer or agent of the commission or of a committee thereof authorized by the commission for the purpose, may at any hour during the day or night enter any factory, plant, car, or other place in which any commercial fertilizer or substance designed or intended for use as a fertilizer is stored, shipped, sold, or used, and may inspect and sample the contents and operation thereof; and it is hereby made a condition to the shipment or delivery for shipment of any fertilizer from any such factory, plant, car, or truck that such inspection and sampling be permitted by the owner or operator thereof.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-562; 1952 Code Section 3-562; 1942 Code Section 6372; 1939 (41) 360; 1954 (48) 1509; 1992 Act No. 388, Section 3, eff May 15, 1992.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Section 46-25-10. Short title.
Section 46-25-20. Definitions.
Section 46-25-30. Guaranteed analysis of certain plant nutrients.
Section 46-25-40. Rules and regulations.
Section 46-25-50. Sales between and to importers, registrants, and manipulators.
Section 46-25-70. Misbranding.
Section 46-25-75. Certain information to be published.
Section 46-25-80. Penalties for violations of chapter.
Section 46-25-210. Registration of fertilizer; application; fee.
Section 46-25-240. When registration and sale may be prohibited.
Section 46-25-250. Revocation or refusal of registration for fraud.
Section 46-25-260. Exclusive use of brand name or trademark.
Section 46-25-410. Information required on containers or with bulk shipments.
Section 46-25-510. Sale or distribution of certain superphosphate prohibited.
Section 46-25-520. Regulations concerning minimum standards for certain fertilizer material.
Section 46-25-570. Wet or bad mechanical condition.
Section 46-25-710. Analyses of official samples; inspectors, chemists and other personnel; reports.
Section 46-25-720. Entering premises; inspecting and sampling.
Section 46-25-810. Inspection tax and tonnage reports; collection fee.
Section 46-25-815. Fertilizer inspection fee.
Section 46-25-825. Registration of separately identified products.
Section 46-25-830. Reports of sales to nonregistrants.
Section 46-25-840. Financial statement or bond; records.
Section 46-25-850. Examination of registrant's records.
Section 46-25-860. Information confidential.
Section 46-25-870. Exemptions.
Section 46-25-1080. Penalty for shortage in weight.
Section 46-25-1100. Actions by State to recover fines and penalties; liens.
Section 46-25-1110. Seller deemed agent for service of process on out-of-state manufacturer.
Section 46-25-1120. Analysis of fertilizer ordered sold.
Section 46-25-1130. Remission of certain penalties.
Section 46-25-1140. "Stop sale, use, or removal" orders.
Section 46-25-1150. Distribution of adulterated fertilizer prohibited.
Section 46-25-1160. Use of regulated materials not meeting requirements prohibited; penalties.
Section 46-25-1170. Civil penalty in addition to other penalties.