§ 2638 — Stop-use, stop-removal, and removal orders

The Secretary may issue stop-use orders, stop-removal orders, and removal orders with respect to weights and measures being, or susceptible of being, commercially used, and issue stop-removal orders and removal orders with respect to packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered, or exposed for sale, sold, or in process of delivery, whenever in the course of his or her enforcement of this chapter he or she deems it necessary or expedient to issue such orders. No person may use, remove from the premises specified, or fail to remove from the premises specified, any weight, measure, or package or amount of commodity contrary to the terms of a stop-use order, stop-removal order, or removal order issued under this section. (Added 1967, No. 102, § 13, eff. April 14, 1967; amended 1991, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)