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Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS
Chapter 500
Food Products
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Section 500.305, Florida Statutes 2000

500.305  Investigations; inspections.--For the purposes of ss. 500.301-500.306, the department is authorized to:

(1)  Take samples for analysis.

(2)  Conduct examinations and investigations.

(3)  Enter at reasonable times any factory, mill, bakery, warehouse, shop, or establishment where any wheat flour, cornmeal, corn grits, or rice, or any food containing any of these products, is manufactured, processed, packed, sold, or held or any vehicle being used for the transportation thereof.

(4)  Inspect any such place or vehicle; any such wheat flour, cornmeal, corn grits, rice, or food therein; and any and all pertinent equipment, materials, containers, and labeling.

History.--s. 6, ch. 74-41; s. 28, ch. 82-225; s. 25, ch. 87-388; s. 25, ch. 94-180.

Note.--Former s. 500.503.