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Home » US Law » 2022 Rhode Island General Laws » Title 21 - Food and Drugs » Chapter 21-9 - Frozen Desserts » Section 21-9-19. – Inspection of establishments.

§ 21-9-19. Inspection of establishments.

(a) The director of health or any of the director’s duly authorized agents shall have free access at all reasonable hours to any frozen dessert plant in which frozen desserts and/or frozen dessert mixes are manufactured or held for introduction into commerce, or to enter any vehicle being used to manufacture, transport, or hold frozen desserts and/or frozen dessert mixes in commerce, for the purpose:

(1) Of inspecting the frozen dessert plant or vehicle to determine if any of the provisions of this chapter are being violated, and

(2) To secure samples or specimens of any frozen dessert and/or frozen dessert mix after paying or offering to pay for the sample. It shall be the duty of the director of health to make or cause to be made examination of samples secured under the provisions of this section to determine whether or not any provision of this chapter is being violated.

(b) The director of health or any of the director’s duly authorized agents shall make the inspections and secure the samples or specimens at least once during each license year.

History of Section.
P.L. 1962, ch. 129, § 1.