The commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed embargo order requiring the owner or custodian of any lot of regulated product to hold it at a designated place, when the commissioner finds the regulated product is being offered or exposed for sale in violation of any of the provisions of this article, until the law has been complied with and the regulated product is released in writing by the commissioner, or until the violation has been otherwise legally disposed of by written authority. The commissioner shall release the regulated product embargoed when the requirements of the provisions of this article have been complied with and all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the embargo have been paid.