184:97 Emergency Powers. –
In the event of a serious disaster, such as a conflagration, enemy attack, earthquake, flood, hurricane, tornado, drought, or other emergency, which shall result in an unusual nonseasonal shortage of milk or milk products, the milk sanitation board shall have power to suspend any part or all of the regulations made under the authority of this subdivision; to promulgate other or additional emergency regulations; to suspend part or all of the requirements of this subdivision pertaining to inspection and the requirement relating to the licensure of out-of-state milk plants from which milk or milk products are derived and pertaining to the inspection of all out-of-state milk producers and milk distributors; provided, however, that the milk sanitation board shall be satisfied that any such source of milk and milk products so admitted shall not constitute a public health threat to the people of this state. Any such suspension and any such emergency regulations shall be for the duration of the emergency.