(a) The State Board of Health is authorized as the administrative agency and is directed:
(1) To make, amend, and rescind such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter, including, but without being limited to, such orders, rules, and regulations as it is specifically authorized and directed to make;
(2) From time to time to adopt such regulations changing or adding to the required ingredients for flour or bread specified in ยงยง 20-57-302, 20-57-303, and 20-57-306 as shall be necessary to conform to the definitions and standard of identity of enriched flour and enriched bread from time to time promulgated by the appropriate federal agency pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
(b) All orders, rules, and regulations adopted by the board pursuant to this subchapter shall be published in the manner prescribed in subsection (c) of this section and, within the limits specified by this subchapter, shall become effective upon such date as the Director of the Department of Health shall fix.
(c) Whenever under this subchapter publication of any notice, order, rule, or regulation is required, the publication shall be made at least three (3) times in ten (10) days in newspapers of general circulation in three (3) different sections of the state.
(d) (1) The director is authorized to collect samples for analysis and to conduct examinations and investigations for the purposes of this subchapter through any officers or employees under his or her supervision.
(2) All officers and employees shall have authority to enter and inspect any factory, mill, warehouse, shop, or establishment where flour or bread is manufactured, processed, packed, sold, or held or any vehicle and any flour or bread therein, and all pertinent equipment, materials, containers, and labeling.
Section: Previous 20-57-302 20-57-303 20-57-304 20-57-305 20-57-306 20-57-307 20-57-308 20-57-309 NextLast modified: November 15, 2016