6 V.S.A. § 913: Powers of Secretary

The Secretary may, after opportunity for a hearing:

(1) declare as a pest any form of plant or animal life or virus that is injurious to plants, humans, domestic animals, articles, or substances;

(2) determine whether economic poisons are highly toxic to humans; and

(3) determine standards of coloring or discoloring for economic poisons and subject economic poisons to the requirements of subdivision 919(4) of this title.