Document Citation: K.S.A. § 74-592

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KANSAS ANNOTATED STATUTES
Chapter 74. STATE BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND AUTHORITIES
Article 5. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOOD SAFETY PROGRAMS
K.S.A. § 74-592 (2011)

Date:
08/31/2009

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74-592. Same; communication between departments; cooperation.

The secretary of agriculture and the secretary of health and environment shall provide for a mechanism for ongoing communication and access between the division of food safety, as established by K.S.A. 2011 Supp. 74-593, and amendments thereto, and the division of health at the department of health and environment. The department of health and environment shall be the lead agency for public health matters when human illness or disease occurs. The division of food safety and the division of health shall cooperate in the investigation of a food borne illness. Such cooperation includes regular and special inspections of establishments, timely notification of potential outbreaks, interview of facility personnel, food and ingredient sample collection and processing, records sharing, training and dissemination of information.