Any lot of commercial feed or customer-formula feed not in compliance with the provisions of this article shall be subject to seizure upon complaint of the director to a court of competent jurisdiction in the area in which the feed is located. If the court finds the commercial feed or customer-formula feed is in violation of this article and orders the condemnation of the feed, it shall be disposed of in any manner consistent with the quality of the feed and the laws of the state, but the court shall not order the disposition of the feed without first giving the claimant an opportunity to apply to the court for release of the feed or for permission to process or relabel the feed to comply with the requirements of this article.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 3-2615

  • Commercial feed: means all materials, except whole seeds unmixed or physically altered entire unmixed seeds, that are distributed for use as feed or for mixing in feed. See Arizona Laws 3-2601
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Customer-formula feed: means a mixture of commercial feed or feed materials, or both, each batch of which is mixed according to the specific instructions of the final purchaser. See Arizona Laws 3-2601
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215