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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 19. Agriculture » Article 2. Marketing Agricultural Products

§19-2-1. Definitions

For the purpose of this article the following definitions shall prevail: (a) Person includes individual, partnership, corporation and association. (b) Agricultural products include livestock and livestock products, poultry and poultry products, fruits and fruit products, vegetables and vegetable products, grains and hays and the products derived therefrom, tobacco, syrups, honey, and other products derived from […]

§19-2-10. Commissioner to Enforce Article

The commissioner of agriculture shall be charged with the enforcement of this article and shall have authority to make and enforce rules and regulations for the administration of this article.

§19-2-11. Penalties

Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article, or who shall obstruct or hinder the commissioner or any officer or employee, in the performance of his duties under this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall, for the first offense, be fined not more than $100, […]

§19-2-12. Agriculture Development Fund; Administration; Purpose; Funding

(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special revenue account to be known as the Agriculture Development Fund. The fund shall be administered by the Department of Agriculture. The fund shall consist of all moneys deposited into the fund pursuant to 60-8A-3 of this code; any moneys that may be designated for […]

§19-2-13. Hard Cider Development Program; Purpose; Funding

The commissioner shall establish a program to foster the development and growth of the hard cider industry in the state. The purpose of the program shall be to assist in the development of fruit inputs necessary for the production of hard cider in the state. The program shall be funded using moneys deposited within the […]

§19-2-2. Duties and Powers of Commissioner

In order to develop and encourage home industry and to protect and promote the interests of producers and provide consumers with food products of uniform grade and quality at fair and reasonable prices, it shall be the duty of the commissioner and he shall have authority to promote, regulate, coordinate, establish and conduct a system […]

§19-2-3. Commissioner to Cooperate With Federal Department of Agriculture

In carrying out the provisions of this article the commissioner shall cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture and its several bureaus and divisions and the departments of the several states. The commissioner shall investigate the methods employed by the United States Department of Agriculture for the promotion of economical and efficient marketing of […]

§19-2-4. Quarantines

For the purpose of protecting the health of the state and to prevent the infection, contamination or reduction in the standards of products produced within the state, the commissioner of agriculture may, acting within the police power of the state, inspect and establish quarantines over all agricultural products and the means of their importation. In […]

§19-2-5. Inspection and Grading of Agricultural Products; Charges

The commissioner may comply with the request of any person for official inspection of agricultural products and he or his agents shall have authority to inspect and determine the grade and quality of agricultural products at public markets, concentration points, packing, grading, and processing plants and other places where agricultural products are assembled for distribution; […]

§19-2-6. Inspection and Quarantine Powers of Commissioner

The commissioner or his agents shall during business hours have access to any place, premises, or conveyances where agricultural products are produced, handled, stored, transported, distributed, or sold, and to examine the books and records of any person affected by the provisions of this article. They shall have the power and authority to detain, embargo, […]

§19-2-7. Prohibited Sales

It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer, or expose for sale, or exchange or have in his possession with intent to sell, offer or expose for sale or exchange any agricultural product in this state which is: (1) Infected with any contagious or communicable disease; or

§19-2-8. Market Bulletins

It shall be the duty of the commissioner to publish bulletins setting forth the quotations for agricultural products sold in the principal markets of the state. The bulletins shall also contain information concerning the available surplus of the principal agricultural products and the demand for such products in the markets of the state, and other […]

§19-2-9. Inspectors, Graders and Assistants

The commissioner may employ and he shall have authority to certify such inspectors, graders, and assistants as are necessary to enforce the provisions of this article. He shall prescribe their duties and fix their salaries. It shall be unlawful for any person to represent that he is an inspector, grader, or agent of the commissioner […]