Section 6-113 - "Stop-sale orders"; condemnation and confiscation. - Maryland Statutes

§ 6-113. "Stop-sale orders"; condemnation and confiscation.
 

(a)  "Stop-sale" order.- The Secretary may issue and enforce a written stop-sale order to the owner, custodian, or distributor of any commercial feed that the Secretary finds is in violation of any provision of this subtitle or regulation under this subtitle, or has been found by federal or State authorities to cause unreasonable adverse effects to humans, animals, or the environment. 

(b)  Duration of order.- The order prohibits sale or distribution of the commercial feed until the Secretary has evidence that the feed is in compliance with the law and until the Secretary provides a written release from the stop-sale order. 

(c)  Condemnation and confiscation.- The Secretary may file a petition for condemnation in the circuit court of the county in which the commercial feed is located. If the court finds the commercial feed to be in violation of the provisions of this subtitle and orders the condemnation, the commercial feed shall be disposed of in any manner consistent with the quality of the commercial feed and the laws of the State. The court may not dispose of the commercial feed without first giving the claimant an opportunity to apply to the court for release of it or for permission to process or relabel the commercial feed so that it complies with the provisions of this subtitle. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 48, § 126; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 6, § 1; 1989, ch. 165; 1998, ch. 324, § 3; ch. 325, § 3.]