196.080. Permits governing manufacture, processing or packing of certain foods--suspension and reinstatement. - Missouri Statutes

Permits governing manufacture, processing or packing of certainfoods--suspension and reinstatement.

196.080. 1. Whenever the department of health and senior services findsafter investigation that the distribution in Missouri of any class of foodmay, by reason of contamination with microorganisms during manufacture,processing, or packing thereof in any locality, be injurious to health, andthat such injurious nature cannot be adequately determined after such articleshave entered commerce, it then, and in such case only, shall promulgateregulations providing for the issuance, to manufacturers, processors, orpackers of such class of food in such locality, of permits to which shall beattached such conditions governing the manufacture, processing, or packing ofsuch class of food, for such temporary period of time, as may be necessary toprotect the public health; and after the effective date of such regulations,and during such temporary period, no person shall introduce or deliver forintroduction into commerce any such food manufactured, processed, or packed byany such food manufacturer, processor, or packer unless such manufacturer,processor or packer holds a permit issued by the department of health andsenior services as provided by such regulations.

2. The department of health and senior services is authorized to suspendimmediately upon notice any permit issued under authority of this section ifit is found that any of the conditions of the permit have been violated. Theholder of a permit so suspended shall be privileged at any time to apply forthe reinstatement of such permit, and the department of health and seniorservices shall, immediately after prompt hearing and an inspection of theestablishment, reinstate such permit if it is found that adequate measureshave been taken to comply with and maintain the conditions of the permit, asoriginally issued, or as amended.

3. Any officer or employee duly designated by the department of healthand senior services shall have access to any factory or establishment, theoperator of which holds a permit from the department of health and seniorservices for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the conditions of thepermit are being complied with, and denial of access for such inspection shallbe ground for suspension of the permit until such access is freely given bythe operator.

(L. 1943 p. 559 § 9867)