1. The director, at the request of interested producers, may designate any competent employee or agent of the department of agriculture and may license any other competent person and collect a reasonable fee for such license, to inspect and classify agricultural products in accordance with regulations established for the protection of the consuming public. The director may revoke any license for cause after a hearing or suspend any license temporarily without a hearing.

2. The director may determine the amount needed and collect from the producers sufficient money to defray the shipping point inspection costs, and the general assembly may appropriate funds from general revenue to be used for supervisory costs of the inspection service.