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Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-269: Seizure and condemnation

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A. Any poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or

diseased poultry, that is being transported in intrastate commerce,

subject to this act, or is held for sale in this state after such

transportation, and that

1. is or has been processed, sold, transported, or

otherwise distributed or offered or received for distribution in

violation of this act, or

2. is capable of use as human food and is adulterated or

misbranded, or

3. in any other way is in violation of this act, shall be

liable to be proceeded against and seized and condemned, at any

time, on a libel of information in any district court within the

jurisdiction of which the article or poultry is found. If the

article or poultry is condemned it shall, after entry of the decree,

be disposed of by destruction or sale as the court may direct and

the proceeds, if sold, less the court costs and fees, and storage

and other proper expenses, shall be paid into the treasury of this

state, but the article or poultry shall not be sold contrary to the

provisions of this act, or the Federal Poultry Products Inspection

Act or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; provided, that,

upon the execution and delivery of a good and sufficient bond

conditioned that the article or poultry shall not be sold or

otherwise disposed of contrary to the provisions of this act or the

laws of the United States, the court may direct that such article or

poultry be delivered to the owner thereof subject to such

supervision by authorized representatives of the Board as is

necessary to insure compliance with the applicable laws. When a

decree of condemnation is entered against the article or poultry and

it is released under bond, or destroyed, court costs and fees, and

storage and other proper expenses shall be awarded against the

person, if any, intervening as claimant of the article or poultry.

The proceedings in such libel cases shall conform, as nearly as may

be, to the proceedings in admiralty, except that either party may

demand trial by jury of any issue of fact joined in any case, and

all such proceedings shall be at the suit of and in the name of this

state.

B. The provisions of this section shall in no way derogate from

authority for condemnation or seizure conferred by other provisions

of this act, or other laws.

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