196.230. The director of the department of health and senior servicesand his assistants or agents by him appointed, the state, county, city andtown health officers shall have full power at any time to enter and inspectevery building, room, basement or cellar, occupied or used, or suspected ofbeing used, for the production for sale, manufacture for sale, storage, sale,distribution or transportation of food and all utensils, fixtures, furnitureand machinery used as aforesaid, and if upon inspection any food producing ordistributing establishment, conveyance, employer, operative, employee, clerk,driver or other person is found to be violating any of the provisions ofsections 196.190 to 196.265, or if the production, cooking, preparation,manufacture, packing, storing, sale, distribution or transportation of food isbeing conducted in a manner detrimental to the health of the employees andoperatives and the character or quality of the food therein being produced,manufactured, packed, stored, sold, distributed or conveyed, the officer orinspector, making the examination or inspection, shall furnish evidence ofsaid violation to the prosecuting attorney of the county in which theviolation occurs, and it shall be the duty of all prosecuting attorneys torepresent and prosecute, in behalf of the people, when called upon by thedirector of the department of health and senior services to do so, all suchcases of offenses arising under the provisions of sections 196.190 to 196.265. When complaint is made by the said director of the department of health andsenior services, security for costs shall not be required of the complainantin any case at any time of the prosecution or trial.
196.230. The director of the department of health and senior servicesand his assistants or agents by him appointed, the state, county, city andtown health officers shall have full power at any time to enter and inspectevery building, room, basement or cellar, occupied or used, or suspected ofbeing used, for the production for sale, manufacture for sale, storage, sale,distribution or transportation of food and all utensils, fixtures, furnitureand machinery used as aforesaid, and if upon inspection any food producing ordistributing establishment, conveyance, employer, operative, employee, clerk,driver or other person is found to be violating any of the provisions ofsections 196.190 to 196.265, or if the production, cooking, preparation,manufacture, packing, storing, sale, distribution or transportation of food isbeing conducted in a manner detrimental to the health of the employees andoperatives and the character or quality of the food therein being produced,manufactured, packed, stored, sold, distributed or conveyed, the officer orinspector, making the examination or inspection, shall furnish evidence ofsaid violation to the prosecuting attorney of the county in which theviolation occurs, and it shall be the duty of all prosecuting attorneys torepresent and prosecute, in behalf of the people, when called upon by thedirector of the department of health and senior services to do so, all suchcases of offenses arising under the provisions of sections 196.190 to 196.265. When complaint is made by the said director of the department of health andsenior services, security for costs shall not be required of the complainantin any case at any time of the prosecution or trial.
196.230. The director of the department of health and senior servicesand his assistants or agents by him appointed, the state, county, city andtown health officers shall have full power at any time to enter and inspectevery building, room, basement or cellar, occupied or used, or suspected ofbeing used, for the production for sale, manufacture for sale, storage, sale,distribution or transportation of food and all utensils, fixtures, furnitureand machinery used as aforesaid, and if upon inspection any food producing ordistributing establishment, conveyance, employer, operative, employee, clerk,driver or other person is found to be violating any of the provisions ofsections 196.190 to 196.265, or if the production, cooking, preparation,manufacture, packing, storing, sale, distribution or transportation of food isbeing conducted in a manner detrimental to the health of the employees andoperatives and the character or quality of the food therein being produced,manufactured, packed, stored, sold, distributed or conveyed, the officer orinspector, making the examination or inspection, shall furnish evidence ofsaid violation to the prosecuting attorney of the county in which theviolation occurs, and it shall be the duty of all prosecuting attorneys torepresent and prosecute, in behalf of the people, when called upon by thedirector of the department of health and senior services to do so, all suchcases of offenses arising under the provisions of sections 196.190 to 196.265. When complaint is made by the said director of the department of health andsenior services, security for costs shall not be required of the complainantin any case at any time of the prosecution or trial.
