§ 106-549.65. Product detained if in violation. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 106‑549.65. Product detained if in violation.

Whenever any poultry product, or any product exempted from thedefinition of a poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseasedpoultry is found by any inspector of the Meat and Poultry Inspection Service ofthe Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services upon any premises where itis held for purposes of, or during or after distribution in intrastatecommerce, and there is reason to believe that any such article is adulteratedor misbranded and is capable of use as human food, or that it has not beeninspected, in violation of the provisions of this Article or of any other Stateor federal law or that it has been or is intended to be, distributed inviolation of any such provisions, it may be detained by such representative fora period not to exceed 20 days, pending action under G.S. 106‑549.66 ornotification of any federal, State, or other governmental authorities havingjurisdiction over such article or poultry, and shall not be moved by any person,from the place at which it is located when so detained, until released by suchrepresentative. All official marks may be required by such representative to beremoved from such article or poultry before it is released unless it appears tothe satisfaction of the area supervisor of the Department of Agriculture andConsumer Services Poultry Inspection Service that the article or poultry iseligible to retain such marks. (1971, c. 677, s. 18; 1997‑261, s. 109.)