39-4-21. Seizure and condemnation of adulterated or misbranded food--Release on bond--Jury trial.
Any food product that is adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this chapter, and is being transported from one point within this state to another point within this state or, having been so transported, remains unloaded, unsold, or in the original unbroken packages, and any such adulterated or misbranded product which is sold, kept for sale, or offered for sale in this state, shall be liable to be proceeded against by an action in the circuit court for the county where the same is found and seized for condemnation; and if such product be condemned as adulterated or misbranded or of a poisonous or deleterious character, within the meaning of this chapter, the same shall be disposed of by destruction or sale as the circuit court may direct, and the proceeds thereof, if sold, less the legal costs and charges shall be paid into the state treasury for the use of the public schools; provided that upon the payment of the costs and charges of such action for condemnation and the execution and delivery of a good and sufficient bond to the effect that such product shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the laws of this state or the United States, or any state, territory, district, or insular possession of the United States, the court may direct that such product be delivered to the owner thereof. In any such action for condemnation either party may demand a trial by jury of any issue of fact joined in any such case, and all such actions shall be brought in the name of the State of South Dakota.
Source: SL 1909, ch 163, §8; SL 1917, ch 242, §8; RC 1919, §7811; SDC 1939, §22.0405.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 04 - Adulterated And Misbranded Foods
Section 39-4-1 - Food defined.
Section 39-4-2 - Conditions constituting adulteration of food .
Section 39-4-3 - Ingredients constituting adulteration of confectionery.
Section 39-4-4 - Unlawful food additives--Prohibited use as misdemeanor.
Section 39-4-5 - Labeling required for preservatives added--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 39-4-7 - False or misleading information in package or label constituting misbranding.
Section 39-4-8 - Imitation or unauthorized use of distinctive name as misbranding.
Section 39-4-9 - Deception as to place of origin as misbranding--Reuse of original package.
Section 39-4-10 - Failure to list narcotics in label as misbranding.
Section 39-4-11 - Quantity and packer to be shown in label--Variation and tolerances.
Section 39-4-13 - False labeling as to ingredients as misbranding.
Section 39-4-14 - Additional labeling required for special dietary foods.
Section 39-4-16 - Disclosure of trade formulas not required.
Section 39-4-17 - Exemption of articles intended for export.
Section 39-4-18 - Manufacture of adulterated or misbranded food as misdemeanor.
Section 39-4-19 - Transportation of adulterated or misbranded foods as misdemeanor.
Section 39-4-22 - Donation of food--Immunity from civil and criminal liability.
Section 39-4-24 - Food not readily marketable--Immunity provisions applicable--Regulation.
Section 39-4-25 - Definitions.
Section 39-4-26 - Misbranding as meat food product, meat by-product, or poultry.