(1) The chief laboratory officer of the State Department of Agriculture may certify milk and dairy industry laboratories or other commercial laboratories capable of analyzing milk and dairy products to perform specified analyses of milk and dairy products. Certification shall be for those tests, analyses and methods specified by the department and may be limited by the department to one or more specific tests, methods or products.
(2) On or before July 1 of each year, a laboratory certified under subsection (1) of this section shall pay a fee established by the department not exceeding $100.