(1) Cooperate with and, as the Commissioner may deem necessary, enter into written agreements with any other agency of this state, another state, or the federal government or any other organization or entity that may be of assistance;

(2) Inspect or cause to be inspected by duly authorized employees any lands, facilities, equipment, materials, substances, or products used for preparation, distribution, or labeling of horticultural growing media. For this purpose, the Commissioner shall have the power to enter into or upon any place during regular business hours upon notice and to open and sample any bulk material, bundle, package, or other container containing or thought to contain any horticultural growing medium, or to inspect labels or labeling;

(3) Require every person registering any horticultural growing medium in this state to furnish on forms supplied by the Commissioner such information as the Commissioner may require to ascertain the accuracy and truthfulness of any label, labeling, or composition of any horticultural growing medium;

(4) Place a stop sale order on any horticultural growing medium if the composition thereof is inaccurately or untruthfully labeled;

(5) Adopt, in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act," such rules and regulations as the Commissioner deems necessary to ensure the accuracy or truthfulness of labels or labeling or content of horticultural growing media, including but not limited to:

(A) Requiring that all registrants of horticultural growing media register each product name with the Commissioner and supply the Commissioner with a complete label and labeling for each product name;

(B) Requiring that all registrants of horticultural growing media supply analyses of horticultural growing media they have distributed, upon request of the Commissioner;

(C) Specifying the contents of the label and the manner of expressing the contents required on each package or accompanying each shipment of horticultural growing media;

(D) Requiring an annual registration fee for each product registered of not more than $100.00 per product nor more than $1,500.00 per registrant;

(E) Establishing a stop sale procedure for horticultural growing media which do not meet the requirements of this article or the rules and regulations of the Commissioner;

(F) Determining the suitability of any horticultural growing medium for its intended purpose; and

(G) Requiring data and proof of usefulness from registrants of horticultural growing media in order to determine suitability for its intended purpose.