190C.24 - STOP SALE ORDER.
190C.24 STOP SALE ORDER.
Unless prohibited by the national organic program, the department
may issue a stop order to a person who sells, labels, or represents
an agricultural product as organic in violation of this chapter.
1. The department may issue a written order to stop the sale of
the agricultural product by a person in control of the agricultural
product. The person named in the order shall not sell, label, or
represent the agricultural product as organic until the department
determines that the agricultural product is in compliance with this
chapter.
2. The department may require that the product be held at a
designated place until released by the department.
3. The department or the attorney general may enforce the order
by petitioning the district court in the county where the
agricultural product is being sold.
4. The department shall release the agricultural product when the
department issues a release order upon satisfaction that legal
requirements compelling the issuance of the stop sale order are
satisfied. If the person is found to have violated this chapter, the
person shall pay all expenses incurred by the department in
connection with the agricultural product's removal. Section History: Recent Form
98 Acts, ch 1205, §14, 20; 2003 Acts, ch 104, §15, 16, 21