Section 25-A4702. ADMINISTRATIVE - EMBARGO ORDER, JUSTIFYING CONDITIONS AND REMOVAL OF FOOD

 

4702.1The Department may embargo, forbid the sale of, or cause to be destroyed, any food that:

 

(a)May be unsafe, adulterated, or not honestly presented;

 

(b)Is not prepared, processed and handled, packaged, transported, or stored in  compliance with this Code;

 

(c)Originated from an unapproved source;

 

(d)Is not labeled according to law, or if raw molluscan shellfish, is not tagged  or labeled as specified in §§ 713.2 and 714.4; or

 

(e)Is otherwise not in compliance with this Code. 

 

authority

Sections 4 and 10 of An Act Relating to the adulteration of foods and drugs in the District of Columbia, approved February 17, 1898 (30 Stat. 246; D.C. Official Code §§ 48-104 and 48-110 (2009 Repl.)); Section 7 of An Act Making Appropriations to provide for the expenses for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes (32 Stat.627; D.C. Official Code § 47-2834(a)(1), (a)(2), and (b) (2005 Repl.)); and Mayor’s Order 98-139, dated August 20, 1998, and Mayor’s Order 2002-103, dated June 18, 2002.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 4394 (June 6, 2003), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 6184, 6363 (July 5, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).