§3225. State chemist
A. The director of the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station of the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center shall be the state chemist.
B. The state chemist, or his designee, shall perform the chemical and other analyses necessary to implement the provisions of this Part and the rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of this Part. Such analysis shall be performed according to the most reliable methods available.
C. The state chemist, or his designee, shall establish analytical tolerances for label claims or guarantees of chemical composition of pesticides and analytical tolerances for pesticide residues.
D. Each manufacturer who registers a pesticide shall make available to the commissioner, at no cost to the state, sufficient samples of the pesticides for the enforcement of this Part.
E. The commissioner shall publish, at least annually, a report of all analyses performed by the state chemist under the provisions of this Section. The commissioner may publish such other reports resulting from inspections and analyses by the state chemist as the commissioner deems appropriate.
F. In all civil and criminal actions, all reports by the state chemist, when certified and sworn to by him, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein and shall be admitted into evidence without further foundation.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 198, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.
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