§ 16-42-10-10 — Shortages of ingredients; exempting orders; hearings; rescinding orders

Indiana § 16-42-10-10

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 42: REGULATION OF FOOD, DRUGS, AND
• Ch. 10: Food: Manufacture and Sale of Flour, White Bread, and

Text

(a) If the state health commissioner finds
that:
(1) there is an existing or imminent shortage of any ingredient
required by section 7 or 8 of this chapter; and
(2) because of the existing or imminent shortage the sale and
distribution of flour or white bread or rolls may be impeded by the
enforcement of this chapter;
the state health commissioner shall issue an order, effective
immediately upon issuance, permitting the omission of that ingredient
from flour or white bread or rolls, and if the state health commissioner
finds it necessary or appropriate, excepting those foods from the
labeling requirements of this chapter until further order of the state
health commissioner.
(b) Findings of the state health commissioner under subsection (a)
may be made without a hearing on the basis of an order or of factual
information supplied by the appropriate officer. In the absence of an
order of the appropriate federal agency or factual information supplied
by the federal agency, the state health commissioner:
(1) may, upon the commissioner's own motion; or
(2) shall, within twenty (20) days after receiving the sworn
statements of at least ten (10) persons subject to this chapter that
a shortage exists or is imminent;
hold a public hearing on that topic at which any interested person may
present evidence. At the conclusion of the hearing, the state health
commissioner shall make findings based upon the evidence presented.
(c) The state health commissioner shall publish notice of a hearing
under subsection (b) at least ten (10) days before the hearing.
(d) Whenever the state health commissioner has reason to believe
that a shortage no longer exists, the state health commissioner shall
hold a public hearing, after giving at least ten (10) days notice at which
any interested person may present evidence. At the conclusion of the
hearing, the state health commissioner shall make findings based upon
the evidence presented at the hearing.
(e) If the state health commissioner finds that a shortage no longer
exists, the state health commissioner shall issue an order revoking the
previous order. An order revoking the previous order becomes effective
not less than thirty (30) days after publication of the revocation order.
However, undisposed flour stocks on hand at the effective date of the
revocation order or flour manufactured before the effective date of the
revocation order for sale in Indiana may subsequently be lawfully sold
or disposed of.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6-3-5(b).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.25.