U.S. Code, Title 21, Food and Drugs

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Author: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel"

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§ 467a. Administrative Detention; Duration; Pending Judicial Proceedings; Notification of Government Authorities; Release; Removal of Official Marks

     Whenever any poultry product, or any product exempted from the definition of a poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased poultry is found by any authorized representative of the Secretary upon any premises where it is held for purposes of, or during or after distribution in, commerce or otherwise subject to this chapter, and there is reason to believe that any such article is adulterated or misbranded and is capable of use as human food, or that it has not been inspected, in violation of the provisions of this chapter or of any other Federal law or the laws of any State or Territory, or the District of Columbia, or that it has been or is intended to be, distributed in violation of any such provisions, it may be detained by such representative for a period not to exceed twenty days, pending action under section 467b of this title or notification of any Federal, State, or other governmental authorities having jurisdiction 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 such representative. All official marks may be required by such representative to be removed from such article or poultry before it is released unless it appears to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the article or poultry is eligible to retain such marks.

(Pub. L. 85–172, § 19, as added Pub. L. 90–492, § 17, Aug. 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 805.)

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     This section is referred to in sections 454, 467f of this title.

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Chicago: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", "§ 467a. Administrative Detention; Duration; Pending Judicial Proceedings; Notification of Government Authorities; Release; Removal of Official Marks," U.S. Code, Title 21, Food and Drugs in U.S. Code, Title 21, Food and Drugs (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2002), Original Sources, accessed October 4, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CYBTALENVYTGGZ9.

MLA: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel". "§ 467a. Administrative Detention; Duration; Pending Judicial Proceedings; Notification of Government Authorities; Release; Removal of Official Marks." U.S. Code, Title 21, Food and Drugs, in U.S. Code, Title 21, Food and Drugs, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 2002, Original Sources. 4 Oct. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CYBTALENVYTGGZ9.

Harvard: "U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", '§ 467a. Administrative Detention; Duration; Pending Judicial Proceedings; Notification of Government Authorities; Release; Removal of Official Marks' in U.S. Code, Title 21, Food and Drugs. cited in 2002, U.S. Code, Title 21, Food and Drugs, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.. Original Sources, retrieved 4 October 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CYBTALENVYTGGZ9.