                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DETAINED COMMERCIAL FEEDS (§ 3.2-4813)

A. The Commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed stop sale, use,
removal, or seizure order to the owner or custodian of any lot of commercial
feed distributed in violation of this chapter. The Commissioner shall release
for distribution the commercial feed held under a stop sale, use, removal, or
seizure order when the requirements of this chapter have been satisfied. If the
Commissioner determines that the commercial feed cannot be brought into
compliance with this chapter, the Commissioner shall release the commercial feed
to be: (i) remanufactured, if possible; (ii) returned to the manufacturer; or
(iii) destroyed.

B. The Commissioner may seize any lot of commercial feed not in compliance with
this chapter. The Commissioner may make application for seizure to an
appropriate court in the city or county where the commercial feed is located. In
the event that the court finds the said commercial feed to be in violation of
this chapter, and orders the condemnation of said commercial feed, the owner of
the commercial feed shall dispose of the seized commercial feed in any manner
that, in the opinion of the Commissioner, is consistent with the quality of the
commercial feed, and that complies with the laws of the Commonwealth. In no
instance shall the court order the disposition of said commercial feed without
first giving the claimant an opportunity to apply to the court for release of
said commercial feed, or for permission to process or relabel said commercial
feed, to bring it into compliance with this chapter.

HISTORY: 1994, c. 743, § 3.1-828.14; 2008, c. 860.