§ 146-a. Inspection, sampling, analysis. a. It shall be the duty of
the commissioner, who may act through his authorized agent, to sample,
inspect, and analyze commercial fertilizers distributed within this
state at such time and place and to the extent he may deem necessary to
determine whether such commercial fertilizers are in compliance with the
provisions of this article. The methods of sampling and analysis shall
be those the commissioner may require by regulation and be based on
methods adopted by an agricultural and food analytical standards
association, as further defined in regulations by the commissioner.

b. The results of the analysis of such sample shall be reported to the
licensee within ninety days of the date of sampling and the commissioner
shall publish or cause to be published at least annually a summary of
all analyses made, together with such additional information as
circumstances advise.