TITLE 22

AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE

CHAPTER 8

FRUITS — MARKING AND INSPECTION

22-802.  Apple grades — Annual publication of regulations. It shall be unlawful for any grower thereof or association or organization of growers packing apples to mark the package with the grade of the contents unless such contents shall comply with the general rules and regulations made, adopted, issued and published from time to time by the director of the department of agriculture, which general rules and regulations shall govern the packing of apples and define and establish the standards for the several grades thereof; which general rules and regulations shall be adopted, issued and published within ninety (90) days after the taking effect of this chapter and the director of the department of agriculture is authorized and directed in the month of July of each year to make, adopt, issue and publish general rules and regulations governing the packing of apples and establishing and defining the grades thereof for the ensuing year and in adopting the same the director is authorized to consult and advise with fruit growers, the officers of associations or organizations of apple growers, or distributors or dealers in apples.

History:

[(22-802) 1919, ch. 192, sec. 2, p. 275; C.S., sec. 2039; I.C.A., sec. 22-802; am. 1957, ch. 85, sec. 1, p. 135; am. 1974, ch. 18, sec. 12, p. 364; am. 1976, ch. 70, sec. 1, p. 238.]