Section 256-A. Audits of books and accounts of milk dealers and cooperatives

It shall be the duty of the commissioner  to  examine  and  audit from time to time, as the commissioner deems necessary and proper,
  the  books  and  accounts  of  milk dealers and cooperatives licensed or
  subject to license under this article, for the  purpose  of  determining
  how payments to producers for the milk handled are computed, whether the
  amounts  of  such  payments are fair, and whether any provisions of this
  chapter affecting such payments, directly or indirectly,  have  been  or
  are  being violated, and for the purpose of determining the costs of the
  handling, distribution and marketing of milk and milk products, and  for
  the purpose of determining the manner of disposition of the total income
  of  each and every milk dealer and cooperative. For the purposes hereof,
  the commissioner or any employee designated for that purpose shall  have
  access to and may enter at all reasonable hours all places where milk is
  being  stored,  bottled  or manufactured or where milk and milk products
  are being bought, sold or handled, and where books, papers,  records  or
  documents  relating  to  such  purchase or sale are kept, and shall have
  power to inspect and copy and audit all of said books and accounts.   No
  person  or corporation shall in any way hinder or delay the commissioner
  or  any  employee  in  conducting  such  examination   or   audit.   The
  commissioner may reveal any of the findings of such examination or audit
  to  the  producers interested therein, or may publish all or any part of
  such findings, as in his judgment will best serve  the  public  interest
  and accomplish the purposes of this chapter.