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LA Rev Stat § 3:4156 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4156. Powers and duties of the board

RS 4156 - Powers and duties of the board  The board may:  (1) Adopt rules and regulations for the administration of this Part. All rules shall be adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.  (2) Establish and impose assessments on the sale of milk solids, milk fats, and fluid milk components, subject to the limitations contained in R.S. 3:4159.  (3) Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 10, §2.  (4) Appoint advisory groups composed of representatives from organizations, institutions, government, or businesses related to or interested in the welfare of the dairy industry.  (5) Keep minutes, books, and records which accurately reflect all of its acts and transactions.  (6) Accept grants, donations, contributions, or gifts from any source, but only if the use of such resources is not restricted in any manner which is deemed inconsistent with the purposes of this Part.  (7) Prescribe forms and procedures for the reporting of purchases of milk solids, milk fats, and fluid milk components and the collection of assessments thereon.  (8) Develop and implement advertising, promotional, or educational programs for the promotion of milk and other dairy products. No advertising, promotional, or educational program shall be directed toward increasing the sale of milk or other dairy products with reference to any private brand or trade name used by any processor of milk or dairy products. No advertising, promotional, or educational program for milk or other dairy products shall make use of any false or unwarranted claims in behalf of any products, or disparage the quality, value, sale, or use of any other agricultural commodity.  (9) Enter into and execute advertising and other agreements which are necessary to promote the sale of Louisiana milk and other Louisiana dairy products on a state, regional, national, or foreign basis.  (10) Conduct investigations into violations and alleged violations of the provisions of this Part.  (11) Conduct hearings under the Administrative Procedure Act in order to make determinations with respect to any violation or alleged violation of this Part.  (12) Impose penalties for any violation of the provisions of this Part, or rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of this Part, on the basis of findings made in an adjudicatory proceeding conducted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.  (13) Confer and cooperate with and enter into agreements with any other state or federal agency or other organization whose activities may be deemed beneficial to the purposes of this Part.  Added by Acts 1983, No. 526, §1, eff. July 8, 1983; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8L, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 495, §1, eff. June 24, 2010; Acts 2016, No. 10, §§1, 2.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4157 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4157. Powers and duties of the commissioner

RS 4157 - Powers and duties of the commissioner A. The commissioner shall administer and enforce the provisions of this Part in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the board. In the administration and enforcement of this Part, the commissioner, or his duly authorized agent, may enter the premises of any dairy cooperative, processor, or distributor regulated under this Part and examine that person's books, accounts, and records for purposes of determining that the assessments required under this Part have been collected and transmitted to the commissioner. B. The commissioner, or his duly authorized agent, shall collect the assessments authorized under this Part. The commissioner may retain a portion not to exceed three percent of the total assessments collected by him to defray the costs of collection of the assessments. The commissioner shall transfer the balance of all assessments collected by him to the board on a monthly basis. C. The commissioner may sue on behalf of the board to collect any assessments or penalties for delinquent payment of assessments which are not paid over to the commissioner as required under this Part. D. The commissioner shall appoint and employ all personnel necessary for the efficient and proper administration of this Part, except as provided in R.S. 3:4155(B). Added by Acts 1983, No. 526, §1, eff. July 8, 1983; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8L, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 495, §1, eff. June 24, 2010.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4158 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4158. Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 10, §2.

RS 4158 - Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 10, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4159 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4159. Assessment

RS 4159 - Assessment  A. The board is hereby authorized to levy an assessment not to exceed ten cents per hundredweight, or equivalent thereof, on all milk solids, milk fats, or fluid milk components sold. The assessment shall be due and payable at the first point of sale. The assessment shall be paid by each dairy producer who sells milk solids, milk fats, or fluid milk components to dairy cooperative associations, processors, or distributors.  B. The assessment shall be collected by dairy cooperative associations. Each dairy cooperative shall deduct the assessment from the amount owed to the producer on his sale of milk solids, milk fats, or fluid milk components. Each dairy cooperative shall remit all assessments collected during each month to the commissioner no later than the twentieth day of the following month, together with such reports of purchases of dairy products as may be required by the board.  C. Each dairy cooperative shall keep full and complete records of all milk solids, milk fats, or fluid milk components purchased from producers, which shall be in such form and contain such information as the board by rule may prescribe and shall be preserved for a period of two years following the date of each purchase.  D. If the producer selling milk solids, milk fats, or fluid milk components is not a member of a dairy cooperative, or otherwise fails to pay the assessment, the assessment shall be collected by the processor or distributor making the first purchase of milk solids, milk fats, or fluid milk components. All processors or distributors purchasing milk solids, milk fats, or fluid milk components on which no assessment has been collected from the producer shall be liable for payment of the required assessment. Those processors or distributors shall collect the assessments, transmit the revenues to the commissioner, maintain the same records, and in all other respects perform all duties imposed on dairy cooperative associations with respect to the collection of the assessments.  E. If the revenues resulting from the assessment are more than are reasonably required to meet the operational and promotional expenses of the board, the board, subject to the approval of the commissioner, may from time to time temporarily suspend collection of the assessments, in which event the commissioner shall notify all dairy cooperative associations, processors, and distributors of the period during which the suspension of the assessment shall be in effect. Upon the board's termination of any such suspension of assessment, the assessment shall be deducted, collected, and transmitted to the commissioner in the same manner as prior to the suspension.  Added by Acts 1983, No. 526, §1, eff. July 8, 1983; Acts 1995, No. 356, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8L, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 495, §1, eff. June 24, 2010; Acts 2016, No. 10, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4160 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4160. Failure to pay assessment; penalty

RS 4160 - Failure to pay assessment; penalty  A. Each dairy cooperative association, processor, or distributor who fails to file any report required by the board or to pay the assessment within the time prescribed by this Part shall forfeit to the commissioner the amount of the assessment plus a penalty of ten percent of the assessment due, plus one percent of the assessment due for each month, or fraction thereof, of delay after the due date for payment of the assessment.  B. The commissioner shall collect the penalties authorized by this Section, together with delinquent assessments, by any of the following methods:  (1) By voluntary payment by the person liable.  (2) By legal proceedings instituted in a court of competent jurisdiction.  (3) By seeking injunctive relief to enjoin any dairy cooperative association, processor, or distributor owing such assessment or penalties from operating his business or engaging in business as a buyer of milk solids, milk fats, or fluid milk components until the delinquent assessments or penalties have been paid.  C. Each person required to pay the assessments provided for in this Part who refuses to allow full inspection of his premises, or any books, records, or other documents relating to the liability of that person or who hinders in any way, delays or prevents an inspection shall be subject to penalties as provided in Subsection D of this Section.  D. The board may impose penalties not to exceed one thousand dollars per day for each day on which there occurs a violation of any of the provisions of this Part, or the rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of this Part. Penalties may be assessed only by a ruling of the board based on an adjudicatory hearing held in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.  Added by Acts 1983, No. 526, §1, eff. July 8, 1983; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8L, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 495, §1, eff. June 24, 2010; Acts 2016, No. 10, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4161 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4161. Disposition of assessments

RS 4161 - Disposition of assessments A. All funds derived from assessments imposed under this Part shall be used for the operational and promotional expenses of the board. The board shall control its own funds subject to the budgetary review of the commissioner. B. The board may select a bank for the deposit of its funds. C. The board shall invest any surplus funds which may be available in interest-bearing accounts, securities, or other similar investments as may, in its sole discretion, be deemed appropriate by the board. D. The board shall annually make a complete report of all of its expenditures during the preceding fiscal year to all organizations authorized to make nominations for appointments to the board. Added by Acts 1983, No. 526, §1, July 8, 1983; Acts 1995, No. 356, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8L, eff. June 12, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4162 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4162. Confidentiality of information

RS 4162 - Confidentiality of information Information which is obtained by any person pursuant to this Part is confidential and shall not be disclosed to any other person except to a person with the same right to obtain the information or any attorney employed to give legal advice upon it, or by any court order. Added by Acts 1983, No. 526, §1, eff. July 8, 1983; Acts 2009, No. 24, §8L, eff. June 12, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4202 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4202. Objective

RS 4202 - Objective  It is the objective of this law to provide meat and poultry products inspection programs that will impose and enforce requirements with respect to intrastate operations and commerce that are at least equal to those imposed and enforced under the Federal Meat Inspection Act* and the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act** with respect to operations and transactions in interstate commerce; and the commissioner is directed to administer this law so as to accomplish this purpose in a reasonable manner. Added by Acts 1970, No. 615, §2; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1. *21 U.S.C.A. §71 ET SEQ. (TRANSFERRED; SEE NOW, 21 U.S.C.A. §601 ET SEQ.). **21 U.S.C.A. §451 ET SEQ.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4203 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4203. Antemortem inspection and humane methods of slaughter

RS 4203 - Antemortem inspection and humane methods of slaughter A. For the purpose of preventing the use in intrastate commerce, as hereinafter provided, of meat and meat food products which are adulterated, the commissioner shall cause to be made, by inspectors appointed for that purpose, an antemortem inspection of all cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines before they shall be allowed to enter into any slaughtering, packing, meat-canning, rendering or similar establishment, in this state in which slaughtering and preparation of meat and meat food products of such animals are conducted solely for intrastate commerce, and all cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines found on such inspection to show symptoms of disease shall be condemned if the diseased condition warrants such action, or shall be set apart and slaughtered separately from all other cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, horses, mules or other equines, and when so slaughtered, the carcasses of said cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines shall be subject to a careful examination, all as provided by the rules and regulations to be prescribed by the commissioner as herein provided for. B. For the purpose of preventing the inhumane slaughtering of livestock, the commissioner shall cause to be made, by inspectors appointed for that purpose, an examination and inspection of the method by which cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines are slaughtered and handled in connection with slaughter in the slaughtering establishments inspected in this state. The commissioner may refuse to provide inspection to a new slaughtering establishment or may temporarily suspend inspection at a slaughtering establishment if the commissioner finds that any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines have been slaughtered or handled in connection with slaughter by any method not in accordance with the Federal Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. §1901 et seq.). The refusal to inspect or suspension shall continue until the establishment furnishes assurances satisfactory to the commissioner that all slaughtering and handling in connection with slaughter of livestock is in accordance with such method. Acts 1968, No. 376, §2. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1; Acts 2010, No. 496, §1, eff. June 24, 2010.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4204 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4204. Postmortem inspection

RS 4204 - Postmortem inspection  For the purposes hereinbefore set forth the commissioner shall cause to be made by inspectors appointed for that purpose, as hereinafter provided, a postmortem examination and inspection of the carcasses and parts thereof of all cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines, capable of use as human food, to be prepared at any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering or similar establishment in this state in which such articles are prepared solely for intrastate commerce; and the carcasses and parts thereof of all such animals found to be not adulterated shall be marked, stamped, tagged or labeled as "Louisiana Inspected and Passed"; and said inspectors shall label, mark, stamp or tag as "Inspected and Condemned" all carcasses and parts thereof thus inspected and condemned and all carcasses and parts thereof condemned shall be destroyed for food purposes by the said establishment in the presence of an inspector. The commissioner may remove inspectors* from any such condemned carcass or part thereof, and said inspectors, after said first inspection shall, when they deem it necessary, reinspect said carcasses or parts thereof to determine whether since the first inspection the same have become adulterated and if any carcass or any part thereof shall, upon examination and inspection subsequent to the first examination and inspection, be found to be adulterated, it shall be destroyed for food purposes by the said establishment in the presence of an inspector. Acts 1968, No. 376, §3. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1. *NOTE: AS IT APPEARS IN ACTS 1970, NO. 615.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4205 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4205. Reinspection upon reentry

RS 4205 - Reinspection upon reentry  The foregoing provisions shall apply to all carcasses or parts of carcasses of cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines or the meat or meat products or poultry products thereof, capable of use as human food, which may be brought into any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment, where inspection under this Chapter is maintained, and such examination and inspection shall be made before the said carcasses or parts thereof shall be allowed to enter into any department wherein the same are to be treated and prepared for meat food products; and the foregoing provisions shall also apply to all such products which, after having been issued from any such slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering or similar establishment, shall be returned to the same or to any similar establishment where such inspection is maintained. The commissioner may limit the entry of carcasses, part of carcasses, meat, meat food products, poultry products and other materials into any establishment at which inspection under this Chapter is maintained, under such conditions as he may prescribe to assure that allowing the entry of such articles into such inspected establishments will be consistent with the purposes of this Chapter. Acts 1968, No. 376, §4. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4206 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4206. Inspected and passed or condemned

RS 4206 - Inspected and passed or condemned  For the purposes hereinbefore set forth the commissioner shall cause to be made by inspectors appointed for that purpose an examination and inspection of all meat food products and poultry products prepared in any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment, where such articles are prepared solely for intrastate commerce and for the purposes of any examination and inspection said inspectors shall have access at all times, by day or night, whether the establishment be operated or not, to every part of said establishment; and said inspectors shall assure that said establishment shall label, mark, stamp or tag as "Louisiana Inspected and Passed" all such products found to be unadulterated; and said inspectors shall label, mark, stamp or tag as "Inspected and Condemned" all such products found adulterated, and all such condemned meat, food products and poultry products shall be destroyed for food purposes, as hereinbefore provided, and the commissioner may remove inspectors from any establishment which fails to so destroy such condemned food products. Acts 1968, No. 376, §5. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4208 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4208. Sanitation

RS 4208 - Sanitation  The commissioner shall cause to be made, by experts in sanitation, or other competent inspectors, such inspection of all slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering or similar establishments in which cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines are slaughtered and the meat and meat food products thereof are prepared solely for intrastate commerce as may be necessary to inform himself concerning the sanitary conditions of the same, and to prescribe the rules and regulations of sanitation under which such establishments shall be maintained; and where the sanitary conditions of any such establishment are such that the meat, meat food products or poultry products are rendered adulterated, he shall refuse to allow said meat, meat food products or poultry products to be labeled, marked, stamped or tagged as "Louisiana Inspected and Passed". Acts 1968, No. 376, §7. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4209 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4209. Daytime or nighttime

RS 4209 - Daytime or nighttime  The commissioner shall cause an examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines, slaughtered and the meat and meat food products prepared in the establishments hereinbefore described for the purposes of intrastate commerce to be made during the nighttime as well as during the daytime when the slaughtering of said cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines, or the preparation of said meat, meat food products and poultry products is conducted during the nighttime. Acts 1968, No. 376, §8. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4210 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4210. Prohibitions

RS 4210 - Prohibitions  No person, firm or corporation shall, with respect to any cattle, sheep, poultry, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat products of any such animals:  (1) Slaughter any such animals or prepare any such articles which are capable of use as human food at any establishment preparing such articles solely for intrastate commerce, except in compliance with the requirements of this Chapter;  (2) Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, (a) are capable of use as human food,* and (b) are adulterated or misbranded at the time of sale or transportation;* or (c) any articles required to be inspected under this Chapter unless they have been so inspected and passed;  (3) Do, with respect to any such articles which are capable of use as human food, any act while they are being transported in intrastate commerce or held for sale after such transportation, which is intended to cause or has the effect of causing such articles to be adulterated or misbranded. Acts 1968, No. 376, §9. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 615, §1; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1. *NOTE: AS IT APPEARS IN ACTS 1970, No. 615.
LA Rev Stat § 3:4211 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry|§4211. Prohibits

RS 4211 - Prohibits  A. No brand manufacturer, printer or other person, firm or corporation shall cast, print, lithograph or otherwise make any device containing any official mark or simulation thereof, or any label bearing any such mark or simulation, or any form of official certificate or simulation thereof, except as authorized by the commissioner. B. No person, firm or corporation shall:  (1) Forge any official device, mark or certificate;  (2) Without authorization from the commissioner, use any official device, mark or certificate, or simulation thereof, or alter, detach, deface or destroy any official device, mark or certificate;  (3) Contrary to the regulations prescribed by the commissioner, fail to use, or to detach, deface or destroy any official device, mark or certificate;  (4) Knowingly possess, without promptly notifying the commissioner or his representative, any official device or any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official certificate or any device or label or any carcass of any animal, or part or product thereof, bearing any counterfeit, simulated, forged or improperly altered official mark;  (5) Knowingly make any false statement in any shippers' certificate or other official or nonofficial certificate provided for in the regulations prescribed by the commissioner; or  (6) Knowingly represent that any article has been inspected and passed, or exempted, under this Chapter when, in fact, it has, respectively, not been so inspected and passed, or exempted. Acts 1968, No. 376, §10; Acts 1985, No. 73, §1.