1. The department of health and senior services may cause to be published from time to time reports summarizing all judgments, decrees, and court orders which have been rendered under sections 196.010 to 196.120, including the nature of the charge and the disposition thereof.

2. The department may also cause to be disseminated such information regarding foods, drugs, devices, and cosmetics as the department deems necessary in the interest of public health and the protection of the consumer against fraud. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the department from collecting, reporting, and illustrating the results of the investigations of the said department.