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2018 Louisiana Laws
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TITLE 40 - Public Health and Safety
RS 40:635 - Condemnation or destruction of perishables in certain cases
Universal Citation: LA Rev Stat § 40:635 (2018)
§635. Condemnation or destruction of perishables in certain cases
Whenever the department or its duly authorized officer or employee finds in any factory, establishment, structure, or vehicle of transportation any meat, seafood, poultry, vegetables, fruit, or other perishable articles which are unsound or contain any filthy, decomposed, or putrid substance or that may be poisonous or deleterious to health or otherwise unsafe for human consumption, the officer or employee of the department designated by it shall immediately condemn or destroy it or in any other manner render it unconsumable as human food.
Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978.
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