Food may be examined or sampled by
the Health Authority as often as may be necessary to determine freedom
from adulteration or misbranding. The Health Authority may, upon written
notice to the owner or person in charge, place a hold order on any
food which they determine or have probable cause to believe to be
unwholesome or otherwise adulterated, or misbranded. Under a hold
order, food shall be permitted to be suitably stored. It shall be
unlawful for any person to remove or alter a hold order, notice or
tag placed on food by the Health Authority, and neither such food
nor the containers thereof shall be relabeled, repacked, reprocessed,
altered, disposed of, or destroyed without permission of the Health
Authority, except on order by court of competent jurisdiction. The
Health Authority may vacate the hold order, or may by written order
direct the owner or person in charge of the food which was placed
under the hold order to denature or destroy such or to bring it into
compliance with the provisions of this Chapter; provided, that such
order of the Health Authority to denature or destroy such food or
bring it into compliance with the provisions of this Chapter shall
be stayed if the order is appealed to a court of competent jurisdiction
within three (3) days.
