Food may be examined or sampled by authorized employees or agents of the city as often
as necessary for enforcement of this article. The building official may, upon written
notice to the owner or person in charge specifying with particularity the reasons
therefor, place a hold order on any food which he believes is in violation of any
section of this article. The building official or his agent shall tag, label, or otherwise
identify any food subject to the hold order. No food subject to a hold order shall
be used, served, or moved from the establishment. The building official shall permit
storage of the food under conditions specified in the hold order, unless storage is
not possible without risk to the public health, in which case immediate destruction
shall be ordered and accomplished. The hold order shall state that a request for hearing
may be filed within ten days and that if no hearing is requested the food shall be
destroyed. A hearing shall be held if so requested, and on the basis of evidence produced
at that hearing, the hold order may be vacated, or the owner or person in charge of
the food may be directed by written order to denature or destroy such food or to bring
it into compliance with the provisions of this article.
