Section 119 – Quarantine authorized — Conditions giving rise to quarantine.

• (1) A meat or poultry product, or a dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animal that is being transported or is held for sale in this state, shall be seized and quarantined if it:
  • (a) is or has been prepared, sold, transported, or otherwise distributed or offered or received for distribution in violation of this chapter;
  • (b) is capable of use as human food and is adulterated or misbranded; or
  • (c) in any other way violates this chapter.

• (2) Quarantined animals or products shall be condemned and destroyed, except that the owner of the quarantined animals or products may request a hearing within five days, and the commissioner shall, within five days after the request, conduct a hearing to decide whether the quarantined animals or products shall be condemned.

• (3) The commissioner’s decision under Subsection (2) is final, and all condemned animals or products shall immediately be destroyed or denatured in the presence of the commissioner or an inspector.

• (4) This section does not limit the authority for condemnation or seizure conferred by other provisions of this chapter, or other laws.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session