Section 287.527 - Inspecting, sampling, and analyzing commercial feed; laboratory; methods; forwarding results of official analysis; requesting portion of sample. - Michigan Statutes

MICHIGAN COMMERCIAL FEED LAW (EXCERPT)
Act 120 of 1975

287.527 Inspecting, sampling, and analyzing commercial feed; laboratory; methods; forwarding results of official analysis; requesting portion of sample.

Sec. 7.

(1) The director shall inspect, sample, and analyze commercial feed within this state to the extent necessary to determine whether that commercial feed is in compliance with this act and the rules promulgated under this act. The director may enter, during normal business hours, a factory, warehouse, conveyance, or establishment within this state in which commercial feeds are manufactured, processed, bagged, or held for distribution, and inspect at reasonable times and within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner, all pertinent equipment, finished and unfinished materials, containers, and labeling therein. The inspection may include the verification of only such records and production procedures as may be necessary to determine compliance with the good manufacturing practices regulations established under section 8(1)(f).

(2) The director shall maintain a laboratory with equipment and personnel necessary to effectively analyze, test, and examine commercial feeds subject to this act and the rules promulgated under this act. The methods of sampling and analysis shall be those prescribed by the director by rule.

(3) The results of official analysis of a sample of commercial feed found to be in violation of this act or the rules promulgated under this act shall be forwarded to the licensee. A licensee may request a portion of a sample if the request is made not more than 30 days after the date of receipt of the analysis report.

History: 1975, Act 120, Imd. Eff. June 26, 1975