§ 16-42-2-6 — Unfit perishable articles; condemnation or destruction

Indiana § 16-42-2-6

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 42: REGULATION OF FOOD, DRUGS, AND
• Ch. 2: Uniform Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Adulteration or

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(a) Any dairy product, meat, meat product,
seafood, poultry, confectionery, bakery product, vegetable, fruit, or
other perishable article:
(1) that is unsound;
(2) that contains any filthy, decomposed, or putrid substance; or
(3) that may be poisonous or deleterious to health or otherwise
unsafe;
constitutes a nuisance.
(b) Whenever the state health commissioner or the commissioner's
authorized agent finds:
(1) in any room, building, vehicle of transportation, or other
structure; or
(2) on any premises;
perishable food or a food product which constitutes a nuisance under
this section, the state health commissioner or the commissioner's
authorized agent shall condemn or destroy the food or food product or
in any other manner make the food or food product unsaleable as
human food.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-28-36.]

Legislative History

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