North Dakota Code § 4.1-31-03

Access by inspectors - Penalty
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1. For purposes of enforcement of this chapter, the commissioner may enter and inspect:
a. Any place where food or any other product, the manufacture, sale, use, or 
transportation of which is restricted, regulated, or prohibited by a law of this state, 
is or may be manufactured, prepared, stored, sold, used, transported, offered for 
sale or transportation, or possessed with intent to use, sell, or transport;
b. Any place where an animal is pastured or stabled;
c. Any vehicle used to transport a meat food product or an animal;
d. Any place where food is or may be cooked, prepared, sold, or kept for sale to or 
for the public or distributed as a part of the compensation of an employee or 
agent; and
e. Any place where a meat food product may be manufactured, sold, used, offered 
for sale or transportation, or possessed with intent to use, sell, or transport.
2. The commissioner may inspect any container believed to hold food, a food ingredient, 
or some other product, the manufacture, use, sale, or transportation of which is 
restricted, regulated, or forbidden by state law, and may take samples from it for 
analysis.
3. It is a class A misdemeanor for any person to obstruct entry or inspection under this 
chapter or to fail, upon request, to assist in an inspection authorized by this chapter.

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