Where cattle are imported into the State contrary to this article the department shall immediately place a quarantine on the farm where the imported cattle shall be held at the owner's expense, and no animals nor dairy products shall be moved from such farm, pending the return of such imported cattle to the State of origin on a permit issued by the regulatory official of the State of origin, or until such cattle have been sent to slaughter under written permit from the department.
N.J.S. § 4:5-67