AS 17.20.336: Exceptions.

Nothing in AS 17.20.332 — 17.20.338

(1) prevents the Department of Environmental Conservation from

(A) conducting inspections necessary to investigate reports of

(i) foodborne illness or food-caused injury or death;

(ii) unsafe sanitary practices; or

(iii) misbranded or adulterated food;

(B) condemning and ordering the destruction of misbranded or adulterated food;

(C) ordering the cessation of a practice or procedure of a producer that is unsafe, unsanitary, or otherwise a risk to public health;

(D) regulating food or an establishment that is not exempt under AS 17.20.332 — 17.20.338; or

(E) providing assistance, consultation, or inspection at the request of a producer;

(2) exempts a person from

(A) applicable federal and local laws, regulations, and ordinances regarding food; or

(B) brand inspection requirements under AS 03.40.250 or animal inspection requirements under AS 03.05.040.