Examination of samples

(a) For the purpose of this section the term "examination," as applied to samples collected, includes analyses or tests or other examinations. (b) When an officer or employee of the commissioner of consumer protection collects a sample of a food, drug or cosmetic for examination under the act, he shall collect at least twice the quantity estimated by him to be sufficient for examination, unless (1) the amount of the article available and reasonably accessible for sampling is less than twice the quantity so estimated; (2) the cost of twice the quantity so estimated exceeds five dollars; (3) the article is perishable; (4) the examination consists principally of rapid analytical procedures, organoleptic examination, or other field inspection examinations or tests, made at the place where the sample is collected or in a mobile or temporary laboratory. (c) The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station or the state department of health is authorized to destroy (1) any sample when they determine that no examination of such sample will be made; (2) any sample or part thereof when the commissioner determines that no notice under subsection (b) of section 21a-97 of the general statutes, and no case under the act, is or will be based on such sample; (3) any sample or part thereof when the sample was the basis of a notice under said subsection (b) of section 21a-97 and when, after opportunity for presentation of views following such notice, the commissioner determines that no other such notice, and no case under the act, is or will be based on such sample; (4) any sample or part thereof when the sample was the basis of a case under the act which has gone to final judgment, and when the commissioner determines that no other such case is or will be based on such sample; (5) any sample or part thereof if the article is perishable; (6) any sample or part thereof when, after collection, such sample or part has become decomposed or otherwise unfit for examination. (See G.S. § 21a-116.)