Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Part V - Advertising, Marketing and Processing
Chapter 16 - Meat, Poultry and Seafood Grading and Certification Program
Section V-1615 - Fees and Costs

A. The commission may collect fees for the inspection and certification of food products. The fees shall not exceed the actual cost necessary to provide for the proper inspection, grading, classification and certification of the food products.

B. Any vendor delivering a food product inspected and certified by the department, under these regulations, shall pay an inspection fee of $0.025 per pound for each such meat, poultry or seafood product, or in the case of eggs, a fee of $0.025 per dozen. All fees and costs shall be immediately due and payable to the department upon presentation to the vendor by the department of the statement for services rendered.

C. If any product received by the public entity is in noncompliance with these regulations or purchase order requirements, but is accepted by the public entity because the product is needed for immediate consumption by either students, residents, patients or inmates then the vendor delivering such products shall pay to the department an inspection fee of $0.025 per pound for each such meat, poultry or seafood product, or in the case of eggs, a fee of $0.025 per dozen. Any public entity accepting a product that is in noncompliance with these regulations or purchase order requirements will immediately notify the department of any such acceptance and will provide the department with all necessary information to allow the department to bill the vendor for payment under this Subsection.

D. Any vendor, state agency, state institution, local school district or person needing certification services from the department and failing to notify the department at least 24 hours in advance of need shall be subject to a penalty of $50, regardless of the time required for the services or the fees assessed by the department.

E. Fees charged and collected by the department under any other grading or certification program operated by the department shall not be affected by these regulations.