Delaware § 8716 Detention of certain goods, products or animals

Delaware Statutes

§ 8716 — Detention of certain goods, products or animals

Delaware·Title 3·Part Meat and Poultry Inspection·Ch. 87 MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION

Whenever any livestock product or poultry product or any product exempted from the definition of a livestock product and from the definition of a poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry, is found by any authorized representative of the Secretary upon any premises where it is held for purposes of distribution, or during or after distribution, or is otherwise subject to the Interstate Commerce Act, and there is reason to believe that any such article is adulterated or misbranded and is capable of use as human food, or that it has not been inspected, in violation of the provisions of this chapter or of the Federal Meat Inspection Act [21 U.S.C. § 601 et seq.] or the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act [21 U.S.C. § 451 et seq.] or the Federal Food, D

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Whenever any livestock product or poultry product or any product exempted from the definition of a livestock product and from the definition of a poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry, is found by any authorized representative of the Secretary upon any premises where it is held for purposes of distribution, or during or after distribution, or is otherwise subject to the Interstate Commerce Act, and there is reason to believe that any such article is adulterated or misbranded and is capable of use as human food, or that it has not been inspected, in violation of the provisions of this chapter or of the Federal Meat Inspection Act [21 U.S.C. § 601 et seq.] or the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act [21 U.S.C. § 451 et seq.] or the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act [21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.], or that such article or animal has been or is intended to be distributed in violation of any such provisions, it may be detained by such representative for a period not to exceed 20 days, pending action under § 8717 of this title or notification of any federal authorities having jurisdiction over such article or animal, and shall not be moved by any person from the place at which it is located when so detained, until released by such representative. All official marks may be required by such representative to be removed from such article or animal before it is released unless it appears to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the article or animal is eligible to retain such marks.

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