Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:612 – Contaminated food; permit control
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:612
- Department: means the Louisiana Department of Health and "secretary" means the secretary thereof. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:602
- Food: includes all substances and preparations used for or entering into the composition of food, drink, confectionery, chewing gum, or condiment for man or beast. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:602
Whenever the department finds, after investigation, that the distribution of any class of food may, by reason of contamination with microorganism during the manufacture, processing, or packing thereof, is injurious to health, and such injurious nature cannot be adequately determined after the articles have entered state commerce, it may then, and in that case only, promulgate regulations, governing the conditions of manufacture, processing, or packing for such temporary periods of time as may be necessary to protect the public health. Thereafter, no manufacturer, processor, or packer of that class of articles shall introduce into state commerce any such food unless he holds an unsuspended, valid permit issued by the department as provided by the regulations.
Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978.