Sec. 6. (a) Any dairy product, meat, meat product, seafood, poultry, confectionery, bakery product, vegetable, fruit, or other perishable article:
(1) that is unsound;
(2) that contains any filthy, decomposed, or putrid substance; or
(3) that may be poisonous or deleterious to health or otherwise unsafe;
constitutes a nuisance.
(b) Whenever the state health commissioner or the commissioner's authorized agent finds:
(1) in any room, building, vehicle of transportation, or other structure; or
(2) on any premises;
perishable food or a food product which constitutes a nuisance under this section, the state health commissioner or the commissioner's authorized agent shall condemn or destroy the food or food product or in any other manner make the food or food product unsaleable as human food.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-28-36.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.25.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 42. Regulation of Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics
Chapter 2. Uniform Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Adulteration or Misbranding of Foods
16-42-2-1.1. Duties of State Veterinarian and State Board of Animal Health
16-42-2-4. Food in Transit for Repackaging or Relabeling
16-42-2-5. Poisonous or Deleterious Substances; Regulations
16-42-2-6. Unfit Perishable Articles; Condemnation or Destruction
16-42-2-7. Pcb Contaminated Livestock and Poultry; Indemnification
16-42-2-8. Recipe or Teaching Adulteration or Imitation of Foods; Offense