(a) The commissioner or the commissioner’s designee shall sample, inspect, make analyses of and test agricultural liming materials distributed within this state at any time and place to such extent as is deemed necessary to determine whether such materials are in compliance with the provisions of sections 22-111nn to 22-111xx, inclusive. The commissioner or the commissioner’s designee may enter upon any public or private premises or carriers during regular business hours in order to have access to (1) such materials subject to the provisions of sections 22-111nn to 22-111xx, inclusive, and any regulations adopted under said sections 22-111nn to 22-111xx, inclusive, and (2) any records relating to the distribution of such materials.

(b) The methods of analysis and sampling shall be those approved by the director and derived from authoritative sources including, but not limited to, the Association of Official Analytical Chemists International.

(c) The results of official analyses of agricultural liming materials shall be distributed by the director.