Section 16-42-2-6 - Unfit perishable articles; condemnation or destruction(a) Any dairy product, meat, meat product, seafood, poultry, confectionery, bakery product, vegetable, fruit, or other perishable article:(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.