| | Sec. 20. 7 MRSA §485, as amended by PL 1975, c. 382, §1, is | repealed. |
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| | Sec. 21. 7 MRSA §486, as amended by PL 1979, c. 672, Pt. A, §18, is | repealed. |
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| | Sec. 22. 7 MRSA §487 is repealed. |
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| | Sec. 23. 7 MRSA §488-A, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. B, | §3 and affected by Pt. X, §2, is amended to read: |
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| | 1. Violation. A person may not adulterate or misbrand, | within the meaning of this Title chapter or chapter 103, any | commercial feeding stuff, commercial fertilizer, drug, food or | vinegar or manufacture, sell, distribute, transport, offer or | expose for sale, distribution or transportation any article of | commercial feeding stuff, commercial fertilizer, drug, food or | vinegar in violation of this Title chapter or chapter 103. |
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| | Sec. 24. 7 MRSA §489, first ¶, as amended by PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. B, §4 | and affected by Pt. X, §2, is further amended to read: |
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| | A person may not be prosecuted under chapter 401, and sections | 481 482 to 488-A, 490 and 640 to 643, when that person can | establish proof of purchase, and a guaranty signed by the person | residing in the United States from whom the purchase was made, to | the effect that the article in question is not adulterated or | misbranded within the meaning of this Title chapter or chapter | 103. |
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| | Sec. 25. 7 MRSA §490 is enacted to read: |
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| §490.__Sampling and analysis of seed, commercial feed, |
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| commercial fertilizer and food |
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| | 1.__Right of entry.__ For the purposes of administering and | enforcing this subchapter, the commissioner and agents authorized | by the commissioner have rights of access, ingress and egress at | reasonable hours to any place or building where seeds, commercial | feed, commercial fertilizer or food is sold or offered for sale | or where those items are stored, manufactured or transported | prior to sale or being offered for sale. |
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| | 2.__Taking of samples.__For the purposes of administering and | enforcing this subchapter, the commissioner and agents authorized | by the commissioner may open any case, package or other container | of seeds, commercial feed, commercial fertilizer or food.__Upon | receipt of a written request for payment, the |
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