(1) The State Department of Agriculture may cause to be published from time to time reports summarizing all judgments and court orders which have been rendered under ORS 616.205 to 616.295, 616.305 to 616.315, and 616.992, including the nature of the charge and the disposition thereof.
(2) The department also may cause to be disseminated such information regarding food as the department deems necessary in the interest of public health and the protection of the consumer against fraud.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the department from collecting, reporting and illustrating the results of its investigations.