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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 3 Pa.C.S.A. Agriculture § 5704. Inspection, sampling and analysis

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Inspection.--For purposes of enforcement of this subchapter, a licensor is authorized, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the person in charge:

(1) To enter at reasonable times any retail food facility.

(2) To inspect at reasonable times, within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner, the retail food facility.

(3) To obtain a sample of any food at a retail food facility for analysis as may be necessary to determine compliance with this subchapter if the licensor, upon completion of the inspection and prior to leaving the facility, provides the person in charge a receipt describing the sample obtained.

(b) Billing.--A retail food facility from which a sample was collected may bill the licensor for the fair market value of the sample.

(c) Report.--Upon completion of an inspection of a retail food facility and prior to leaving the premises, a licensor shall give to the person in charge a written report of the findings of the inspection. Results from the analysis of any samples taken shall be provided to the person in charge within 30 days of receipt.

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