KRS 217.390: Adulterated food found in food establishment to be tagged -- Disposition.

(1) When any duly authorized officer mentioned in KRS 217.380 finds any article of

food that is adulterated, or any other article or substance that is detrimental to public

health, the article shall be tagged or otherwise properly marked, giving notice tha t

the product is suspected of being adulterated or detrimental to public health and has

been quarantined, and warning all persons not to remove it until given permission

by the officer or the courts.

(2) No person shall remove or otherwise dispose of such article in violation of this

section.

(3) The officer shall then petition the judge of the District Court in the judicial circuit in

which the article is found, for the condemnation and destruction of the article. The

owner or defender of the article shall be given the right to a hearing, first before the

officer, if desired, and before the court. The notice of a hearing before the officer

shall state the length of time within which the hearing may be had.

(4) If the finding of the court is with the officer , the article shall be destroyed at the

expense of the owner, or by the owner under the supervision of the officer. The

costs shall be taxed against the owner or defender of the property, if he appears. If

no one appears, the costs shall be collected again st the owner or agent properly

ascertained.