Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 40 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Chapter 40-4 - ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT INDUSTRY
Subject 40-4-21 - HORTICULTURAL GROWING MEDIA
Rule 40-4-21-.04 - Sampling and Analyses
Current through Rules and Regulations filed through September 23, 2024
(1) The Commissioner may enter in or upon any place used for preparation, distribution, or labeling of horticultural growing media during normal business hours and may inspect and sample any material, or inspect any label or labeling.
(2) The Commissioner may require the registrant to provide physical and chemical analyses of products if he has reason to believe the product does not conform with the label or labeling. The analyses shall include but not be limited to all information required by the label section of this Chapter, the Registration Document, the Suitability Document and any other supporting documentation.
(3) The Commissioner or his duly designated agent is authorized to collect samples of horticultural growing media upon demand without charge or cost from any public or private premises within this state in which horticultural growing media is manufactured, processed, packed, stored, distributed or held for distribution and from any vehicle used to transport or hold such horticultural growing media. Methods of sampling shall be those prescribed by the Commissioner.
O.C.G.A. § 2-12-100 et seq.
