North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 02 - AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › Chapter 43 - MARKETS › Subchapter C - INSPECTION OF FARM: HORTICULTURAL CROPS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS › Section .0100 - INSPECTION OF FARM: HORTICULTURAL CROPS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS › Section 43C .0105 - INSPECTION CERTIFICATES

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) The inspector
				  shall sign and issue a separate certificate for each lot of produce inspected
				  by him. In case two or more lots are loaded together, one certificate may be
				  used; provided, that in case of inspection for any branch of the federal
				  government or for a public institution such lots may be marked by proper stamps
				  to denote quality that conforms to the contract specifications.
(b) The original certificate shall
				  immediately upon its issuance be delivered or mailed to the applicant or a
				  person designated by him. Two additional copies may be furnished without extra
				  cost.
(c) Notifications of
				  inspections made shall be mailed or delivered to all parties who are entitled
				  to such information, provided the address of such parties is known.
(d) In case of cooperative agreements between
				  the state and federal authorities, one copy of each certificate shall be filed
				  with the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. and the
				  North Carolina Department of Agriculture, Division of Markets, Raleigh, North
				  Carolina.
(e) Extra copies may be
				  secured by any financially interested persons upon payment of fee determined by
				  the Commissioner of Agriculture. In case of small lots, temporary certificates
				  may be furnished the applicant and copies filed with the local inspection
				  office and later be forwarded to the Raleigh office.
(f) Requests for extra copies should be
				  directed to:
Commissioner of Agriculture
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Post Office Box 27647
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
(g) When approved by the Commissioner of
				  Agriculture or his agents, certificates of grade, quality or class of farm,
				  horticultural crops and animal products that have previously been graded may be
				  issued on such forms as may be approved.
(h) Authority to issue certificates of
				  quality shall be given only to applicants for grading or to vendors of products
				  previously graded who have made written application for the privilege and have
				  declared their intentions and willingness to conform to these instructions, and
				  furnish these certificates and keep records of the same and furnish information
				  regarding their use as may be required by the Commissioner of
				  Agriculture.
(i) Certificates of
				  quality and marked grades may be used only on quality products which have been
				  previously officially graded and solely for such purposes as may be considered
				  proper, ethical and legal in merchandising graded products.
(j) The privilege or authority to use
				  authorized certificates of quality, labels, seals or stamps of an official
				  grader may be withdrawn for disuse, unethical, deceptive, fraudulent, illegal
				  or unauthorized use.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 106-190;
					 106-192;
					 106-195;
Eff. August
					 1, 1982;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. September 23,
					 2017.