§ 4070. Inspection; examination of samples

(a) The Department or its duly authorized agent shall have free access at all reasonable hours to any factory, warehouse, or establishment in which food, drugs, devices, or cosmetics are manufactured, processed, packed, or held for introduction into commerce, or to enter any vehicle being used to transport or hold such food, drugs, devices, or cosmetics in commerce, for the purpose:

(1) of inspecting the factory, warehouse, establishment, or vehicle to determine if any of the provisions of this chapter are being violated; and

(2) to secure samples or specimens of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic after paying or offering to pay for the sample.

(b) It shall be the duty of the Department to make or cause to be made examinations of samples secured under the provisions of this section to determine whether any provision of this chapter is being violated. (Added 1959, No. 172, § 21, eff. May 12, 1959; amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. March 1, 1961; 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 74; 2023, No. 53, § 99, eff. June 8, 2023.)