(1) The commissioner and the representatives of the department under the direction of the commissioner shall administer and enforce this article; and, in such administration, the commissioner has and may exercise any or all the administrative powers conferred upon him as head of the department.
(2) (a) The commissioner shall produce or cause to be produced a suitable design or drawing, which shall be known as the Colorado seal of quality, to be used in the marketing of Colorado agricultural products.
The title to the seal of quality shall at all times remain in and be reserved to thedepartment of agriculture.
The seal of quality, or any reproduction, copy, or facsimile thereof, may not be usedin any advertising, display, labeling, or identification without prior written permission from the department.
When any producer, packer, distributor, or retailer has complied with the provisionsof this article and the regulations pursuant thereto, he shall be permitted to use the seal of quality in advertising, labeling, or marketing his product.
The seal of quality may not be used on any agricultural product unless such productwas produced in the state of Colorado.
Source: L. 61: p. 174, § 3. CRS 53: § 7-18-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 7-16-3.