Utah § 4-32-118 Detention of animals or meat or poultry products -- Removal of official marks.

Utah Statutes

§ 4-32-118 — Detention of animals or meat or poultry products -- Removal of official marks.

Utah § 4-32-118

Title 4Utah Agricultural Code

Ch. 4-32Utah Meat and Poultry Products Inspection and Licensing Act

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Utah Code Ann. § 4-32-118 (2026).

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(1)Whenever any meat or poultry product or any product exempted from the definition of a meat or poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animal, is found by any authorized representative of the commissioner, and there is reason to believe that it is adulterated or misbranded and is capable of use as human food, or that it has not been inspected and passed, or that it has been or is intended to be distributed in violation of this chapter, it may be detained by the representative pending action under Section 4-32-119, and may not be moved by any person from the place at which it is located when so detained, until released by such representative.

(2)All official marks may be required by the representative described in Subsection (1) to be removed from a product or animal

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(1) Whenever any meat or poultry product or any product exempted from the definition of a meat or poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animal, is found by any authorized representative of the commissioner, and there is reason to believe that it is adulterated or misbranded and is capable of use as human food, or that it has not been inspected and passed, or that it has been or is intended to be distributed in violation of this chapter, it may be detained by the representative pending action under Section 4-32-119, and may not be moved by any person from the place at which it is located when so detained, until released by such representative.
(2) All official marks may be required by the representative described in Subsection (1) to be removed from a product or animal described in Subsection (1) before the product is released.