(1) Each milk handler and laboratory shall, as required by the director, make and file reports for all matters of which a record is required to be kept.
(2) No information furnished to the director under this section shall be disclosed in a way to divulge the operation of any person.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person to use to his own advantage, or reveal to a person other than the director, officers of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, or the courts when relevant in any judicial proceedings, any information acquired under the authority of KRS 260.775 to 260.845, concerning any method, records, formulations, processes, or financial information which as a trade secret is entitled to protection.
(4) This prohibition shall not be deemed as prohibiting the director, or his duly authorized agent, from exchanging information of a regulatory nature with duly appointed officials of the United States government, or of other states, who are similarly prohibited by law from revealing this information.