Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1405
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Embargo
Official statutory text
(a) Whenever a duly-authorized agent of the State Commissioner
of Health finds, or has probable cause to believe, that any drug,
device, or cosmetic is adulterated, or so misbranded as to be
dangerous or fraudulent, within the meaning of this article, he
shall, upon approval and authorization of the Commissioner, affix to
such article a tag or other appropriate marking, giving notice that
such article is, or is suspected of being, adulterated or misbranded
and has been detained or embargoed, and warning all persons not to
remove or dispose of such article by sale or otherwise until
permission for removal or disposal is given by such agent or the
court. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or dispose of
such detained or embargoed article by sale or otherwise without such
permission.
(b) The Commissioner shall have twenty (20) days from the time
an article is embargoed in which to make a final determination as to
its adulteration or misbranding. Failure to find the article to be
adulterated or misbranded within such time shall result in the
embargo being void and lifted. When the Commissioner has found an
article to be adulterated or misbranded as provided herein, he shall
immediately petition the district court in whose jurisdiction the
article is detained or embargoed for condemnation of such article.
When such agent has found that an article so detained or embargoed
is not adulterated or misbranded, he shall remove the tag or other
marking. Any person whose interest is affected adversely by an
embargo imposed under the terms of this article may appeal direct
from a ruling of the Commissioner to the district court in whose
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jurisdiction the article is embargoed, and a trial de novo shall be
had in such court on the question of adulteration or misbranding.
(c) If the court finds that a detained or embargoed article is
adulterated or misbranded, such article shall, after entry of the
decree, be destroyed at the expense of the claimant thereof, under
the supervision of such agent, and all court costs and fees, and
storage and other proper expenses shall be taxed against the
claimant of such article or his agent; provided, that when the
adulteration or misbranding can be corrected by proper labeling or
processing of the article, the court, after entry of the decree and
after such costs, fees, and expenses have been paid and a good and
sufficient bond, conditioned that such article shall be so labeled
or processed, has been executed, may by order direct that such
article be delivered to the claimant thereof for such labeling or
processing under the supervision of an agent of the Commissioner.
The expense of such supervision shall be paid by the claimant. Such
bond shall be returned to the claimant of the article on
representation to the court by the Commissioner that the article is
no longer in violation of this article, and that the expenses of
such supervision have been paid.
(d) Whenever the Commissioner or any of his authorized agents
shall find in any room, building, vehicle of transportation or other
structure any perishable drugs, devices or cosmetics which are
unsound, or contain any filthy, decomposed or putrid substance, or
that may be poisonous or deleterious to health or otherwise unsafe,
the same being hereby declared to be a nuisance, the Commissioner,
or his authorized agent, shall forthwith condemn or destroy the
same, or in any other manner render the same unsalable.
of Health finds, or has probable cause to believe, that any drug,
device, or cosmetic is adulterated, or so misbranded as to be
dangerous or fraudulent, within the meaning of this article, he
shall, upon approval and authorization of the Commissioner, affix to
such article a tag or other appropriate marking, giving notice that
such article is, or is suspected of being, adulterated or misbranded
and has been detained or embargoed, and warning all persons not to
remove or dispose of such article by sale or otherwise until
permission for removal or disposal is given by such agent or the
court. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or dispose of
such detained or embargoed article by sale or otherwise without such
permission.
(b) The Commissioner shall have twenty (20) days from the time
an article is embargoed in which to make a final determination as to
its adulteration or misbranding. Failure to find the article to be
adulterated or misbranded within such time shall result in the
embargo being void and lifted. When the Commissioner has found an
article to be adulterated or misbranded as provided herein, he shall
immediately petition the district court in whose jurisdiction the
article is detained or embargoed for condemnation of such article.
When such agent has found that an article so detained or embargoed
is not adulterated or misbranded, he shall remove the tag or other
marking. Any person whose interest is affected adversely by an
embargo imposed under the terms of this article may appeal direct
from a ruling of the Commissioner to the district court in whose
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 610
jurisdiction the article is embargoed, and a trial de novo shall be
had in such court on the question of adulteration or misbranding.
(c) If the court finds that a detained or embargoed article is
adulterated or misbranded, such article shall, after entry of the
decree, be destroyed at the expense of the claimant thereof, under
the supervision of such agent, and all court costs and fees, and
storage and other proper expenses shall be taxed against the
claimant of such article or his agent; provided, that when the
adulteration or misbranding can be corrected by proper labeling or
processing of the article, the court, after entry of the decree and
after such costs, fees, and expenses have been paid and a good and
sufficient bond, conditioned that such article shall be so labeled
or processed, has been executed, may by order direct that such
article be delivered to the claimant thereof for such labeling or
processing under the supervision of an agent of the Commissioner.
The expense of such supervision shall be paid by the claimant. Such
bond shall be returned to the claimant of the article on
representation to the court by the Commissioner that the article is
no longer in violation of this article, and that the expenses of
such supervision have been paid.
(d) Whenever the Commissioner or any of his authorized agents
shall find in any room, building, vehicle of transportation or other
structure any perishable drugs, devices or cosmetics which are
unsound, or contain any filthy, decomposed or putrid substance, or
that may be poisonous or deleterious to health or otherwise unsafe,
the same being hereby declared to be a nuisance, the Commissioner,
or his authorized agent, shall forthwith condemn or destroy the
same, or in any other manner render the same unsalable.
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