Utah Code 4-3-203. Authority to inspect premises

4-3-203. Authority to inspect premises.

(1)	The department may inspect any premises where dairy products are produced, manufactured, processed, stored, or held for distribution, at reasonable times and places, to determine whether the premises are in compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted according to it.

Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Food created in Chapter 2, Administration. See Utah Code 4-1-109
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Permit: means a document allowing a person or plant, as designated in the permit, to:

(a)	process, manufacture, supply, test, haul, or pasteurize milk or milk products; or

(b)	repair equipment used to conduct the activities described in Subsection (13)(a). See Utah Code 4-3-102
(2)	If the department is denied access, it may proceed immediately to the nearest court of competent jurisdiction to seek an ex parte warrant or its equivalent to permit inspection of the premises.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session