58:24-1. Inspection of beds and shellfish
The Department of Environmental Protection shall inspect as often as it may deem necessary, the various places within the jurisdiction of the State from which oysters, clams or other shellfish are taken to be distributed or sold for use as food, for the purpose of ascertaining the sanitary conditions of such oyster and clam beds and other places and the fitness of such shellfish therein or taken therefrom for use as food. L.1979, c. 321, s. 1, eff. Jan. 18, 1980.