Colorado § 35-60-111 Detained feeds

Colorado Statutes

§ 35-60-111 — Detained feeds

Colorado § 35-60-111

Title 35Agriculture

Art.Commercial Feeding Stuffs

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-60-111 (2026).

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(1)Stop distribution, manufacture, or use as feed. When the commissioner has reasonable cause to believe any feed is in violation of this article or any rules promulgated pursuant to this article, the commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed stop distribution, manufacture, or use as feed order, warning any distributor, manufacturer, or feeder of the feed not to distribute, use as feed, or dispose of such feed in any manner until written permission is given by the commissioner or the court. The commissioner shall release the feed subject to the order when the applicable provisions and rules have been complied with. If the distributor does not come into compliance within thirty days, the commissioner may begin, or upon request of the distributor, manufacturer, or fe

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(1) Stop distribution, manufacture, or use as
feed. When the commissioner has reasonable cause to believe any feed is in
violation of this article or any rules promulgated pursuant to this article, the
commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed stop distribution,
manufacture, or use as feed order, warning any distributor, manufacturer, or
feeder of the feed not to distribute, use as feed, or dispose of such feed in any
manner until written permission is given by the commissioner or the court. The
commissioner shall release the feed subject to the order when the applicable
provisions and rules have been complied with. If the distributor does not come into
compliance within thirty days, the commissioner may begin, or upon request of the
distributor, manufacturer, or feeder shall begin, proceedings for condemnation.

(2) Condemnation and confiscation. Any feed not in compliance with this
article or rules promulgated pursuant to this article are subject to seizure on
complaint of the commissioner to a court of competent jurisdiction in the district or
county where the feed is located. If the court finds the feed to be in noncompliance
with this article or rules promulgated pursuant to this article and orders the
condemnation of such feed, it must be disposed of in a manner consistent with the
quality of the feed and the laws of this state; except that the court shall not order
the disposal of the feed without first giving the distributor or other claimant an
opportunity to apply to the court for release of the feed or for permission to
process or relabel the feed to bring it into compliance with this article or rules
promulgated pursuant to this article.

Legislative History

Source: L. 99: Entire article R&RE, p. 576, � 1, effective January 1, 2000. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 998, � 12, effective May 22. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (HB 12-1158), ch. 13, p. 34, � 4, effective July 1.