Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Part V - Advertising, Marketing and Processing
Chapter 16 - Meat, Poultry and Seafood Grading and Certification Program
Section V-1617 - Enforcement
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A. The department or its authorized representative shall have the right to enter any place where any food product is kept to inspect the food product and to inspect any records pertaining to the sale, procurement, movement, distribution, preparation or serving of any food product subject to self-certification under these regulations.
B. If the department finds that a public entity authorized to inspect and certify food products under these regulations is not inspecting and certifying each delivery of food products received by the public entity or if the department finds that the public entity has, on three or more occasions, improperly inspected or certified food products then the department may, by written order, take over inspection and certification duties from the public entity until the department determines that the public entity will properly inspect and certify food products in accordance with these regulations.
C. If a vendor is found to be out-of-compliance more than three times during a given quarter, then that vendor's products must be inspected for compliance by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture before delivery of any product. Once the vendor has proven to the satisfaction of the department that his product will be in compliance, then the vendor may deliver directly to the institution for certification by the institution.
D. The department or its authorized representative may, while enforcing the provisions of these regulations, issue and enforce a written, printed or stamped stop order to prevent the purchase, procurement, movement, distribution, preparation or serving of any food product if:
E. Upon issuance of a stop order the department may cause the food product to:
F. The stop order may be released by the commissioner when:
G. Nothing in these regulations shall prevent the commissioner or the department from seizing, selling or destroying the food product if the department finds that the food product violates any other state law or regulation allowing any such action.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:405, 410, 413 and R.S. 39:2101.