NORTH CAROLINA PRODUCTS

Where quality and availability allow, specifications are based on products grown or manufactured in North Carolina. This special interest in North Carolina products is intended to encourage and promote their use, but it is not exercised to the exclusion of other products or to prevent fair and open competition. History Note: Authority G.S. 143-49(2); 143-53; Eff. February 1, 1976; Readopted Eff. February 27, 1979; Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. July 23, 2016.