(1) Each milk handler and laboratory shall, as required by the director, make and file reports for all matters of which a record is required to be kept.
(2) No information furnished to the director under this section shall be disclosed in a way to divulge the operation of any person.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person to use to his own advantage, or reveal to a person other than the director, officers of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, or the courts when relevant in any judicial proceedings, any information acquired under the authority of KRS § 260.775 to KRS § 260.845, concerning any method, records, formulations, processes, or financial information which as a trade secret is entitled to protection.
(4) This prohibition shall not be deemed as prohibiting the director, or his duly authorized agent, from exchanging information of a regulatory nature with duly appointed officials of the United States government, or of other states, who are similarly prohibited by law from revealing this information.
Effective: January 1, 2001
History: Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 229, sec. 15, effective January 1, 2001.