Sec. 13-2. Spoiled, diseased, adulterated or misbranded foodstuffs.
Whenever any health officer, sanitary officer, police officer
or other officer of the joint health board shall find in any
food establishment or other place any rotten, diseased, unwholesome,
adulterated or misbranded foodstuffs, substances
or articles intended for human food or drink, it shall
be the duty of such officer to notify the owner, manager or
person in charge of such articles to remove such foodstuffs
or articles to some proper place and destroy the same in the
presence of such officer, or such officer may seize such foodstuffs
or articles and destroy them; provided, that such officer
may retain any amount desired for examination or use
as evidence in any prosecution under this section. All containers
in which spoiled food has been placed shall be thoroughly
cleansed before a second use. (Code 1959, § 13-2.)
