Montana § 81-22-404 Removal Or Destruction Of Products In Case Of Potential Health Hazards

Montana Statutes

§ 81-22-404 — Removal Or Destruction Of Products In Case Of Potential Health Hazards

Montana § 81-22-404

Title 81LIVESTOCK

Ch. 22MANUFACTURED DAIRY PRODUCTS

Part 4Sanitation, Quality, and Labeling Requirements

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 81-22-404 (2026).

Text

81-22-404 . Removal or destruction of products in case of potential health hazards.

(1)When epidemiological evidence indicates or the likelihood exists that a dairy or manufactured dairy products plant is producing, manufacturing, storing, handling, or offering for sale milk or a manufactured dairy product that is adulterated or that may be detrimental to the health or safety of the consumer, the department may request the department of public health and human services to remove the product from the market or to hold, dispose of, destroy, or treat the product so that it no longer constitutes a potential health hazard.

(2)It is unlawful for a person to violate an order that requires the product's removal from the market or its retention, disposal, destruction, or treatment. Violation is p

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81-22-404 . Removal or destruction of products in case of potential health hazards. (1) When epidemiological evidence indicates or the likelihood exists that a dairy or manufactured dairy products plant is producing, manufacturing, storing, handling, or offering for sale milk or a manufactured dairy product that is adulterated or that may be detrimental to the health or safety of the consumer, the department may request the department of public health and human services to remove the product from the market or to hold, dispose of, destroy, or treat the product so that it no longer constitutes a potential health hazard.
(2) It is unlawful for a person to violate an order that requires the product's removal from the market or its retention, disposal, destruction, or treatment. Violation is punishable as a misdemeanor, and each violation is subject to a fine of not less than $25 or more than $250 or to imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 30 days, or both fine and imprisonment.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 26, Ch. 413, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 3-24-113 ; amd. Sec. 356, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 554, Ch. 546, L. 1995.