260.036 Agricultural products grading program.
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(1)The Department of Agriculture may promote the sale of raw agricultural products
produced in the state by operating, maintaining, and administering a standard
grading program for evaluating raw agricultural products.
(2)The department may, after consultation with the University of Kentucky College of
Agriculture and associations actively involved in promoting the sale of agricultural
products within the state, promulgate standards for grading, marking, weighing,
storing, transporting, and harvesting these agricultural products. These standards
shall promote the sale of agricultural products by standardizing the quality and
quantity of the raw agricultural products produced by participants in the
department's standard grading program.
(3)The department may undertake appropriate measures to aid, encourage, foster, and
promote the sale, development, and improvement of raw agricultural products
produced in the state which have been graded by a department standard grading
program.
(4)The department may employ persons to carry out the provisions of this section.
(5)The department may administer the provisions of this section and adopt
administrative regulations to carry out the provisions of this section. The
department may conduct examinations, inspections, or hearings for the proper
administration of this standard grading program. All authorized hearings shall be
conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B.
(6)The department may collect a reasonable fee for grading services provided to a
participant in the standard grading program. However, the fee shall not exceed thirty
dollars ($30) per sample graded by the department's employees. All fees collected
under the provisions of this section shall be credited to the department for use in
carrying out the standard grading program.