Montana Code Annotated
Part 4. Sanitation, Quality, and Labeling Requirements
81-22-404. Removal or destruction of products in case of potential health hazards

81-22-404. Removal or destruction of products in case of potential health hazards. (1) When epidemiological evidence indicates or the likelihood exists that a dairy or manufactured dairy products plant is producing, manufacturing, storing, handling, or offering for sale milk or a manufactured dairy product that is adulterated or that may be detrimental to the health or safety of the consumer, the department may request the department of public health and human services to remove the product from the market or to hold, dispose of, destroy, or treat the product so that it no longer constitutes a potential health hazard.
(2) It is unlawful for a person to violate an order that requires the product's removal from the market or its retention, disposal, destruction, or treatment. Violation is punishable as a misdemeanor, and each violation is subject to a fine of not less than $25 or more than $250 or to imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 30 days, or both fine and imprisonment.
History: En. Sec. 26, Ch. 413, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 3-24-113; amd. Sec. 356, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 554, Ch. 546, L. 1995.

Structure Montana Code Annotated

Montana Code Annotated

Title 81. Livestock

Chapter 22. Manufactured Dairy Products

Part 4. Sanitation, Quality, and Labeling Requirements

81-22-401. Grading of milk -- condemnation of unsafe milk

81-22-402. Employment of grader, weigher, and sampler -- revocation of operator's license

81-22-403. Plans for construction, remodeling, or relocation of manufacturing plant

81-22-404. Removal or destruction of products in case of potential health hazards

81-22-405. Labeling of cheese containers

81-22-406. Products to be kept at safe temperature

81-22-407. Sanitary regulation of imported products

81-22-408. Manufacturer's and wholesaler's or retailer's names to appear on package -- use of codes and numbers permitted

81-22-409. Adulterating milk or cream unlawful

81-22-410. Manufacture, sale, or importation of products containing extraneous fats

81-22-411. Filled dairy products unlawful -- exceptions

81-22-412. Manufactured products to conform to standards of identity

81-22-413. Pasteurization required

81-22-414. Pasteurization apparatus and records

81-22-415. Pasteurization labeling

81-22-416. Milk and manufactured dairy products to conform to standards

81-22-417. Making or selling products in violation of chapter prohibited -- penalty

81-22-418. Posting prices of butterfat required

81-22-419. Requirements for containers and equipment

81-22-420. Labeling of animal or vegetable fat contents on frozen desserts

81-22-421. Labeling on manufactured dairy products to conform to requirements