4-32-17. Quarantine authorized -- Conditions giving rise to quarantine.
(1) Any livestock or poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock
or poultry that is being transported or is held for sale in this state, and that (a) is or has been
prepared, sold, transported, or otherwise distributed or offered or received for distribution in
violation of this chapter, or (b) is capable of use as human food and is adulterated or misbranded,
or (c) in any other way is in violation of this chapter, shall be seized and quarantined. Quarantined
animals or products shall be condemned and destroyed, except that the owner of such animals or
products may request a hearing within five days, and the commissioner shall, within five days
after such request, conduct a hearing to decide whether quarantined animals or products shall be
condemned. The commissioner's decision shall be final, and all condemned animals or products
shall forthwith be destroyed or denatured in the presence of the commissioner or an inspector.
(2) This section shall in no way derogate from authority for condemnation or seizure
conferred by other provisions of this chapter, or other laws.
Enacted by Chapter 2, 1979 General Session
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