§ 381.216 Procedure for judicial seizure, condemnation, and disposition.

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Title 9 CFR: Animals and Animal Products › Chapter III: FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Part 381: POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION REGULATIONS › Subpart U: Detention; Seizure and Condemnation; Criminal Offenses › § 381.216: § 381.216 Procedure for judicial seizure, condemnation, and disposition.

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Any poultry or other article subject to seizure and condemnation under this subpart is liable to be proceeded against and seized and condemned, and disposed of, at any time, on an appropriate pleading in any U.S. district court, or other proper court specified in section 21 of the Act, within the jurisdiction of which the article is found.

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