SECTIONS 29731-29735

29731.  Any honey which is packed, stored, delivered for shipment,loaded, shipped, or being transported or sold in violation of anyprovision of this chapter, together with its containers, is a publicnuisance. The honey shall be held by the person in whose possessionit may be and shall not be moved from the place where it may be,except under the specific direction of an enforcement officer.29732.  The enforcement officer may affix a warning tag or notice tothe honey and its containers which are a public nuisance.29733.  If a packer or owner of honey, or the agent of either, afternotification to the packer, owner, or agent that the honey and itscontainers are a public nuisance, refuses, or fails within areasonable time, to recondition or remark the honey so as to complywith all requirements of this chapter, the honey and its containers: (a) May be seized by the director or any enforcement officer. (b) By order of the superior court of the county within which thehoney and its containers may be located, shall be condemned anddestroyed, or released upon conditions the court, in its discretion,may impose to ensure that it will not be packed, delivered forshipment, shipped, transported, or sold in violation of this chapter.A proceeding under this section is a limited civil case if the valueof the property in controversy is less than or equal to the maximumamount in controversy for a limited civil case under Section 85 ofthe Code of Civil Procedure.29734.  If an agent is found in possession of any honey which is apublic nuisance, notice of rejection or any order of the courtconcerning the honey may be served on such agent and need not beserved on the packer or owner.29735.  It is unlawful for any person to fail to comply with thedirections of any officer relating to the disposition of any honeywhich is a public nuisance, or with any order of court respecting it.