(1) If the director finds any adulterated food that the director declares to be a nuisance, the director shall immediately condemn, destroy, or in any other manner render the food unsaleable as human food.
  (2) If adulterated or misbranded food is a nuisance, is dangerous to the public health, or is fraudulent and requires the director’s supervision, or if the food establishment requests the supervision of the director for sorting, destruction, reconditioning, or other disposition, the food establishment that is in possession of the food at the time of the seizure or embargo is liable for the costs of such supervision.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 289.2107

  • Adulterated: means food to which any of the following apply:
  (i) It bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render it injurious to health unless the substance is not an added substance and the quantity of that substance in the food does not ordinarily render it injurious to health. See Michigan Laws 289.1105
  • Director: means the director of the department or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 289.1107
  • Food: means articles used for food or drink for humans or other animals, chewing gum, and articles used for components of any such article. See Michigan Laws 289.1107
  • Food establishment: means an operation where food is processed, packed, canned, preserved, frozen, fabricated, stored, prepared, served, vended, sold, or offered for sale. See Michigan Laws 289.1107
  • Misbranded: means food to which any of the following apply:
    •   (i) Its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. See Michigan Laws 289.1109
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