Section 18873 Of Article 8. Products In Violation From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 9. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 8.
18873
. Any livestock product or poultry product or any dead, dying,
disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry that is being transported
in intrastate commerce, or is otherwise subject to this chapter, or
is held for sale in this state after such transportation shall be
liable to be proceeded against, seized, and condemned, at any time,
in any proper court within the jurisdiction of which such article or
animal is found, in any of the following cases:
(a) The product is or has been prepared, sold, transported, or
otherwise distributed or offered or received for distribution in
violation of this chapter.
(b) The product is capable of use as human food and is adulterated
or misbranded.
(c) In any other way is in violation of this chapter.
If such article or animal is condemned it shall, after entry of
the decree, be disposed of by destruction or sale as the court may
direct and if sold the proceeds, less the court costs and fees, and
storage and other proper expenses, shall be paid into the State
Treasury, but in no event shall the article or animal be sold
contrary to the provisions of this chapter, or the Federal Meat
Inspection Act or the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act, or the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The court may direct that such
article or animal be delivered to the owner upon the execution and
delivery of a good and sufficient bond upon the condition that the
article or animal shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary
to the provisions of this chapter, or the laws of the United States,
and subject to such supervision by an authorized representative of
the director as is deemed necessary to insure compliance with the
applicable laws. When a decree of condemnation is entered against the
article or animal and it is released under bond, or destroyed, court
costs and fees, and storage and other proper expenses shall be
awarded against the person, if any, intervening as claimant of such
article or animal.