(A) It is unlawful for any person to sell through any food establishment any food which is unwholesome, adulterated, or misbranded.
(B) The Health Officer may take and examine samples of food from any food establishment as often as may be necessary, in the Health Officer's sole and absolute discretion, to determine that such food is free from contamination, adulteration, or misbranding. The Health Officer may remove, impound, and/or forbid the sale of any food determined by the Health Officer to be unwholesome, adulterated, or misbranded, or which the Health Officer has probable cause to believe is unfit for human consumption, unwholesome, adulterated, or misbranded. However, in the event of misbranding of food which the Health Officer determines to be correctable by proper labeling, such food may be released to the operator of the food establishment for correct labeling under the supervision of the Health Officer. The Health Officer may also cause to be removed or destroyed any dairy product, meat, meat product, seafood, poultry, poultry product, confectionery, bakery product, vegetable, fruit, or other perishable articles which the Health Officer, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines to be unsound or contain any filthy, decomposed, or putrid substance, or that may be poisonous or deleterious to health or otherwise be unsafe.
(BC Ord. 2023-09, passed 4-24-23)