71 Pa. Stat. § 450
The Department of Agriculture shall have authority, and its duty shall be, to furnish information to citizens of the Commonwealth concerning the control of harmful insects, other arthropods, and rodents, which attack man and other animals, birds or stored products of any kind, or which invade buildings or property, and by their presence constitute a nuisance; also to make studies to determine the value of beneficial insects and other arthropods. The Department of Agriculture may also make investigations, undertake, and carry out control measures against said insects, other arthropods, and rodents; publish and disseminate literature, and otherwise advise and cooperate with the citizens of the Commonwealth in suppressing all such pests.
71 P.S. § 450