Section 25-B3522. ADMINISTRATIVE - CIVIL PENALTIES

 

3522.1Civil fines, penalties, or related costs may be imposed against any food processing operation, owner, licensee, or dealer for violation of any provision of this Code.

 

3522.2The Department may impose penalties for violations of any provision of this Code not to exceed $10,000 for each violation. Each day of any failure to comply with this Code shall constitute a separate offense and the penalties prescribed in this section shall apply to each separate offense in accordance with section 9(b) of An Act Relating to the adulteration of food and drugs in the District of Columbia, approved February 17, 1898 (30 Stat. 248; D.C. Official Code § 48-109(b)).

 

3522.3Civil fines or penalties imposed pursuant to section 3522.2 shall reflect the severity of the violation and the extent to which it creates an imminent threat to the public health. Maximum amounts shall be limited to egregious or flagrant violations involving gross negligence or carelessness, or violations involving the transmission of communicable diseases through foods, which do not meet the criminal penalty standards in section 3525.

 

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Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 5245 (July 3, 2009).