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Meat, seafood, poultry, vegetable, fruit, or other perishable article in any room, building, vehicle of transportation, or other structure which is unsound, or contains filthy, decomposed, or putrid substance, or a substance that may be poisonous or deleterious to health or otherwise unsafe, is a nuisance. Whenever the commissioner of environmental conservation finds such an article, the commissioner shall immediately condemn or destroy it or in any other manner render it unsalable as human food.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Alaska Statutes Title 17. Food and Drugs § 17.20.270. Immediate destruction of contaminated food - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ak/title-17-food-and-drugs/ak-st-sect-17-20-270/
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