Utah Code — 4
Browse 586 sections in division 4 of the Utah code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 4-1-102. Construction.
- § 4-1-103. Principles of law and equity applicable.
- § 4-1-104. Procedures -- Adjudicative proceedings.
- § 4-1-105. Code enforcement -- Inspection authorized -- Condemnation or seizure -- Injunctive relief -- Costs awarded -- County or district attorney to represent state -- Criminal actions -- Witness fee.
- § 4-1-106. Suspension or revocation of license or registration -- Judicial review -- Attorney general to represent department.
- § 4-1-107. Fees and late charges.
- § 4-1-108. Severability clause.
- § 4-1-109. General definitions.
- § 4-1-110. Growing or storing food for personal or family use.
- § 4-1-111. Exemptions from licensure.
- § 4-1-112. License by endorsement.
- § 4-2-102. Department created.
- § 4-2-103. Functions, powers, and duties of department -- Fees for services -- Marketing orders -- Procedure -- Purchasing and auditing.
- § 4-2-104. Administration by commissioner.
- § 4-2-105. Organization of divisions within department.
- § 4-2-106. Submission of department's budget.
- § 4-2-107. Official seal -- Authentication of records.
- § 4-2-108. Agricultural Advisory Board created -- Composition -- Responsibility -- Terms of office -- Compensation -- Executive committee.
- § 4-2-109. Temporary advisory committees -- Appointment -- Compensation.
- § 4-2-201. Appointment of the state chemist.
- § 4-2-202. State chemist responsibilities.
- § 4-2-203. Department of Agriculture and Food Laboratory Equipment Fund.
- § 4-2-301. Attorney general legal advisor for department -- County or district attorney may bring action upon request of department for violations of title.
- § 4-2-302. Notice of violation -- Order for corrective action.
- § 4-2-303. Violations unlawful.
- § 4-2-304. Civil and criminal penalties -- Costs -- Civil liability.
- § 4-2-305. Preemption.
- § 4-2-401. Appointment.
- § 4-2-402. State veterinarian responsibilities.
- § 4-2-502. Definitions.
- § 4-2-503. Event reporting requirements.
- § 4-2-701. Pollinator habitat program.
- § 4-2-801. Good manufacturing practices for cosmetics.
- § 4-2-901. Definitions.
- § 4-2-902. Veterinarian Education Loan Repayment Program.
- § 4-2-903. Animal care violations.
- § 4-2-1001. Definitions.
- § 4-2-1002. Agritourism registry.
- § 4-3-102. Definitions.
- § 4-3-201. Authority to make and enforce rules.
- § 4-3-202. Authority in local jurisdictions to regulate dairy products -- Department standards to govern -- Department evaluation permitted -- Local notice to cease inspection.
- § 4-3-203. Authority to inspect premises.
- § 4-3-204. Authority to collect samples -- Receipt -- Names of distributors.
- § 4-3-205. Condemnation, embargo, denaturization of unfit milk or dairy products -- Unfit equipment.
- § 4-3-206. Testing and measuring milk -- Standards prescribed -- Milk quality work in accordance with rules.
- § 4-3-301. Permits or certificates -- Application -- Fee -- Expiration -- Renewal.
- § 4-3-302. Permits and certificates -- Suspension or revocation -- Grounds.
- § 4-3-401. Unlawful acts specified.
- § 4-3-402. Processors, manufacturers, or distributors -- Unlawful to give money, equipment, or fixtures to retailer or consumer -- Exceptions -- Shelf space for dairy products.
- § 4-3-403. Injunctions -- Bond not required -- Standing to maintain private action -- Damages authorized.
- § 4-3-501. Cow share program notification.
- § 4-3-502. Exemption.
- § 4-3-601. Definitions.
- § 4-3-602. General operational requirements.
- § 4-3-603. Prohibited counts -- Pathogens.
- § 4-3-604. Labeling.
- § 4-3-605. Suspension of permit.
- § 4-3-606. Foodborne illness outbreak -- Cease and desist.
- § 4-3-607. Department rulemaking -- Fees -- Penalties and enforcement.
- § 4-3-608. Exemption for sales and deliveries from farm.
- § 4-3-609. Exemption for small producers.
- § 4-3-610. Severability.
- § 4-4-102. Department to establish egg grades and standards -- Authority to make and enforce rules.
- § 4-4-103. Definitions.
- § 4-4-104. Unlawful acts specified.
- § 4-4-105. Maintenance of candling records -- Inspection of records.
- § 4-4-106. Retailers exempt from prosecution -- Conditions for exemption.
- § 4-4-107. Exemptions from regulation.
- § 4-4-108. Packaging for small producer -- Display in grocery store.
- § 4a-102. Definitions.
- § 4a-103. Prohibitions.
- § 4a-104. Confinement exemptions.
- § 4a-105. De minimis exemptions for shell eggs.
- § 4a-106. Enforcement.
- § 4a-107. Report.
- § 4-5-102. Definitions.
- § 4-5-103. Adulterated food specified.
- § 4-5-104. Authority to make and enforce rules.
- § 4-5-105. Inspection of premises and records -- Authority to take samples -- Inspection results reported.
- § 4-5-106. Publication of reports and information.
- § 4-5-107. Food containing vaccine.
- § 4-5-201. Labeling requirements -- Misbranded food specified.
- § 4-5-202. Adulterated or misbranded articles -- Tagging -- Detention or embargo -- Court proceedings for condemnation -- Perishable food.
- § 4-5-203. Food processed, labeled, or repacked at another location -- Exemption from labeling requirements by rule.
- § 4-5-204. Substances considered unsafe -- Authority in department to regulate quantity and use.
- § 4-5-205. Consumer commodities -- Labeling and packaging.
- § 4-5-206. Food advertisement false or misleading.
- § 4-5-207. Definitions and standards of identity, quality, and fill of container -- Rules -- Temporary and special permits.
- § 4-5-301. Registration of food establishments -- Fee -- Suspension and reinstatement of registration -- Inspection for compliance.
- § 4-5-401. Unlawful acts specified.
- § 4-5-402. Defenses.
- § 4-5-501. Cottage food operations.
- § 4-5-502. Food designated as raw honey.
- § 5a-102. Definitions.
- § 5a-103. Regulation of a direct-to-sale farmers market.
- § 5a-104. Home producer direct sales -- Exempt from regulation.
- § 5a-105. Limitations.
- § 4-7-102. Purpose declaration.
- § 4-7-103. Definitions.
- § 4-7-104. Unlawful to act as an agent or dealer without license -- Exception.
- § 4-7-105. Exemptions.
- § 4-7-106. Licenses -- Applications.
- § 4-7-107. Issuance of dealer and agent licenses -- Fees -- Deposit of bond or trust agreement -- Renewal -- Refusal to issue or renew license.
- § 4-7-108. Applicant for dealer's license to post security -- Increase in amount of security posted -- Action on security authorized -- Duties of commissioner -- Option to require posting new security if action filed -- Effect of failure to post new security -- Commissioner's authority to call bond if not renewed.
- § 4-7-109. Dealers -- Records mandated -- Records subject to inspection.
- § 4-7-110. Livestock purchases.
- § 4-7-201. Department authority -- Examination and investigation of transactions -- Notice of agency action upon probable cause -- Settlement of disputes -- Cease and desist order -- Enforcement -- Review.
- § 4-7-202. Sale of livestock -- Prima facie evidence of fraud.
- § 4-7-203. Suspension or revocation -- Grounds -- Notice to producers.
- § 4-7-204. Suspension of license -- Opportunity for hearing.
- § 4-7-205. Prohibited acts.
- § 4-8-102. Purpose declaration.
- § 4-8-103. Definition.
- § 4-8-104. Department functions, powers, and duties.
- § 4-8-105. Unlawful acts specified.
- § 4-8-106. Procedure for enforcement -- Notice of agency action -- Cease and desist order -- Enforcement -- Judicial review.
- § 4-8-107. Defense to claim of illegal activity.
- § 4-9-102. Definitions.
- § 4-9-103. Authority to make rules.
- § 4-9-104. Weights and measures -- Systems used -- Basic units, tables, and equivalents as published by National Institute of Standards and Technology.
- § 4-9-105. Weights and measures -- Primary state standards -- Secondary state standards -- Verification.
- § 4-9-106. Weights and measures -- Specifications, tolerances, and technical data published in National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook govern.
- § 4-9-107. Adopting uniform packaging and labeling regulation.
- § 4-9-108. Adopting uniform regulation for the method of sale of commodities.
- § 4-9-109. Adopting uniform regulation for the voluntary registration of servicepersons and service agencies for commercial weighing and measuring devices.
- § 4-9-110. Department duties -- Seizure of incorrect weights and measures.
- § 4-9-111. Enforcement powers of department -- Penalties.
- § 4-9-112. Sale of commodities in liquid form -- Sale of commodities in nonliquid form -- Requirements.
- § 4-9-113. Bulk sales -- Information furnished to purchaser.
- § 4-9-114. Packaged commodity sales -- Labeling information specified -- When price per single unit of weight to be displayed.
- § 4-9-115. Advertisement of packaged commodity sales -- Requirements.
- § 4-9-116. Unlawful acts specified.
- § 4-9-117. Weighing and measuring devices -- Presumption.
- § 4-9-118. Registration of commercial establishments using weights and measures.
- § 4-9-119. Weights and Measures Fund.
- § 4-10-102. Definitions.
- § 4-10-103. Authority to make and enforce rules.
- § 4-10-104. Manufacture, repair, or wholesale sale of bedding, upholstered furniture, quilted clothing, or filling material -- Permit required.
- § 4-10-105. Registration -- Permit -- Fees -- Expiration -- Renewal.
- § 4-10-106. Unlawful acts specified.
- § 4-10-107. Tagging requirements for bedding, upholstered furniture, and filling material.
- § 4-10-108. Seller's representation of a used mattress -- Bedding records required.
- § 4-10-109. Use of rubber stamp or stencil authorized -- Conditions for use.
- § 4-10-110. Sale of bedding, upholstered furniture, quilted clothing, or filling material -- Tag, stamp, or stencil required -- Secondhand material to bear tag -- Presumption -- Owner's own material to be tagged.
- § 4-10-111. Enforcement -- Inspection authorized -- Samples -- Reimbursement for samples -- Warrants.
- § 4-10-112. Stop sale, use, or removal order authorized -- Conditions for release specified -- Condemnation or seizure -- Procedure specified -- Award of costs authorized.
- § 4-10-113. Sterilization of filling material.
- § 4-10-114. Use of reclaimed or recycled material.
- § 4-11-102. Definitions.
- § 4-11-103. Department authorized to make and enforce rules.
- § 4-11-104. Bee raising -- Registration required -- Application -- Fees -- Renewal -- License required -- Application -- Fees -- Renewal.
- § 4-11-105. County bee inspector -- Appointment -- Termination -- Compensation.
- § 4-11-106. Hives to have removable frames -- Consent of county bee inspector to sell or transport diseased bees.
- § 4-11-107. Inspector -- Duties -- Diseased apiaries -- Examination of diseased bees by department -- Election to transport bees to wax-salvage plant.
- § 4-11-108. County bee inspector -- Disinfection required before leaving apiary with diseased bees.
- § 4-11-109. Inspection of apiaries where queen bees raised for sale -- Honey from apiaries where queen bees raised for sale not to be used for candy for mailing cages unless boiled.
- § 4-11-110. Enforcement -- Inspections authorized -- Warrants.
- § 4-11-111. Importation of bees or appliances into state -- Certification required -- Inspection discretionary -- Authority to require destruction or removal of diseased bees and appliances.
- § 4-11-112. Quarantine authorized.
- § 4-11-113. Unlawful acts specified.
- § 4-11-114. Maintenance of abandoned apiary, equipment, or appliance -- Nuisance.
- § 4-11-115. Maintaining gentle stock.
- § 4-11-116. Regulation of beekeeping reserved to state -- Exceptions -- Rulemaking authorized.
- § 4-12-102. Definitions.
- § 4-12-103. Department authorized to make and enforce rules -- Cooperation with state and federal agencies authorized.
- § 4-12-104. Distribution of commercial and customer-formula feed -- Registration or license required -- Application -- Fees -- Expiration -- Renewal.
- § 4-12-105. Labeling requirements for commercial and customer-formula feed specified.
- § 4-12-105.5. Labeling and registration requirements for home-produced pet treats specified.
- § 4-12-106. Enforcement -- Inspection and samples authorized -- Methods for sampling and analysis prescribed -- Results to be forwarded to registrant or licensee -- Warrants.
- § 4-12-107. Suspension or revocation authorized -- Refusal to register or issue license authorized -- Grounds -- Stop sale, use, or removal order authorized -- Court action -- Procedure -- Costs.
- § 4-12-108. Unlawful acts specified.
- § 4-13-102. Definitions.
- § 4-13-103. Distribution of plant food -- Registration required -- Application -- Fees -- Expiration -- Renewal -- Exemptions specified -- Blenders and mixers.
- § 4-13-104. Labeling requirements for fertilizer and soil amendments specified.
- § 4-13-105. Enforcement -- Inspection and samples authorized -- Methods for sampling and analysis prescribed -- Warrants.
- § 4-13-106. Distribution of plant food not complying with labeling requirements prohibited -- Penalty assessed -- Court action to vacate or amend finding authorized -- Adulterated plant food.
- § 4-13-108. Denial, suspension, or revocation authorized -- Grounds -- Stop sale, use, or removal order authorized -- Court action -- Procedure -- Costs.
- § 4-13-109. Sales or exchanges of plant food between manufacturers, importers, or manipulators permitted.
- § 4-13-110. Department may make and enforce rules -- Cooperation with state and federal agencies authorized.
- § 4-14-102. Definitions.
- § 4-14-103. Registration required for distribution -- Application -- Fees -- Renewal -- Local needs registration -- Distributor or applicator license -- Fees -- Renewal.
- § 4-14-104. Labeling requirement for pesticides specified.
- § 4-14-105. Issuance of experimental use permits -- Application -- Terms and conditions for issuance.
- § 4-14-106. Department authorized to make and enforce rules.
- § 4-14-107. Enforcement -- Inspection and sampling authorized -- Notice of deficiency to be given registrant -- Objects of inspection delineated -- Warrants.
- § 4-14-108. Suspension or revocation -- Stop sale, use, or removal order authorized -- Court action -- Award of costs authorized -- Fines.
- § 4-14-109. Examination requirements for license to act as applicator may be waived through reciprocal agreement.
- § 4-14-110. Defenses.
- § 4-14-111. Registration required for a pesticide applicator business.
- § 4-14-112. Ornamental and turf technician -- Salesperson.
- § 4-15-102. Background and purpose.
- § 4-15-103. Definitions.
- § 4-15-104. Department authorized to make and enforce rules.
- § 4-15-105. Unlawful to offer nursery stock for sale or to solicit orders for nursery stock without license.
- § 4-15-106. License -- Application -- Fees -- Expiration -- Renewal.
- § 4-15-107. Nursery stock for wholesale or retail sale -- Graded and sized -- Labels and tags -- Information to appear on label or tag.
- § 4-15-108. Inspection -- Issuance of certificate -- Destruction of infested or diseased stock.
- § 4-15-109. Transport of out-of-state nursery stock to Utah -- Certificate of inspection to be filed with department by out-of-state nurseries -- Option in department to accept exchange list in lieu of certificate of inspection -- Imported stock to be tagged -- Treatment of stock not tagged.
- § 4-15-110. Nursery stock offered or advertised for sale -- Unlawful to misrepresent name, origin, grade, variety, quality, or vitality -- Information required in advertisements.
- § 4-15-111. Infested or diseased stock not to be offered for sale -- Identification of "nonestablished container stock" -- Requirements for container stock -- Inspected and certified stock only to be offered for sale -- Prohibition against coating aerial plant surfaces.
- § 4-15-112. Enforcement -- Inspection -- Stop sale order -- Procedure -- Warrants.
- § 4-15-113. Suspension or revocation -- Grounds -- Notice and hearing.
- § 4-15-114. Compliance agreements.
- § 4-16-102. Definitions.
- § 4-16-103. Department authorized to make and enforce rules -- Cooperation with state and federal agencies authorized.
- § 4-16-201. Labeling requirements.
- § 4-16-202. Distribution of seeds -- Germination tests required -- Date to appear on label -- Seed to be free of noxious weed seed -- Special requirements for treated seeds -- Prohibitions.
- § 4-16-203. Inspection -- Samples -- Analysis -- Seed testing facilities to be maintained -- Rules to control offensive seeds -- Notice of offending seeds -- Warrants.
- § 4-16-301. Enforcement -- Stop sale, use, or removal authorized -- Court action -- Procedures -- Costs.
- § 4-16-302. False or misleading advertising with respect to seed quality prohibited.
- § 4-16-303. Distributors of seed to keep record of each lot of seed distributed.
- § 4-16-401. Designation of official testing agency for certification of seed.
- § 4-16-501. Chapter does not apply to seed not intended for sowing, to seed at seed processing plant, or to seed transported or delivered for transportation in the ordinary course of business.
- § 4-17-102. Definitions.
- § 4-17-103. Commissioner -- Functions, powers, and duties.
- § 4-17-104. Creation of State Weed Committee -- Membership -- Powers and duties -- Expenses.
- § 4-17-105. County weed control board -- Appointment -- Composition -- Terms -- Removal -- Compensation.
- § 4-17-106. Commissioner may require county weed control board to justify failure to enforce provisions.
- § 4-17-107. County weed control board responsible for control of noxious weeds -- Cooperation with other county boards -- Authority to designate noxious weed -- Public hearing before removal of noxious weed from state list.
- § 4-17-108. Weed control supervisor -- Qualification -- Appointment -- Duties.
- § 4-17-109. Notice of noxious weeds to be published annually in county -- Notice to particular property owners to control noxious weeds -- Methods of prevention or control specified -- Failure to control noxious weeds considered public nuisance.
- § 4-17-110. Noxious weeds -- Failure to control after notice of nuisance -- Notice and hearing -- Control at county expense -- Owner liable for county costs -- Charges lien against property.
- § 4-17-111. Hearing before county weed control board -- Appeal of decision to the county legislative body -- Judicial review.
- § 4-17-112. Jurisdiction of state and local agencies to control weeds.
- § 4-17-113. County noxious weed control fund authorized.
- § 4-17-115. Cooperative agreements and grants to rehabilitate areas infested with or threatened by invasive species.
- § 4-18-102. Findings and declarations -- Duties.
- § 4-18-103. Definitions.
- § 4-18-104. Conservation Commission created -- Composition -- Appointment -- Terms -- Compensation -- Attorney general to provide legal assistance.
- § 4-18-105. Conservation Commission -- Functions and duties.
- § 4-18-106. Agriculture Resource Development Fund -- Contents -- Use of fund money -- Advisory board.
- § 4-18-108. Grants for environmental improvement projects -- Criteria for award -- Duties of commission.
- § 4-18-201. Definitions.
- § 4-18-202. Salinity Offset Fund.
- § 4-18-302. Definitions.
- § 4-18-303. Creates Utah Soil Health Program -- Program and purposes.
- § 4-18-304. Program development.
- § 4-18-305. Powers and duties.
- § 4-18-306. Soil Health Advisory Committee.
- § 4-18-307. Producer and landowner information - confidentiality.
- § 4-18-308. Reporting requirement.
- § 4-19-102. Department responsible for conduct and administration of rural rehabilitation program.
- § 4-19-103. Department authorized to approve and make grants and loans, acquire property, and lease or operate property.
- § 4-19-104. Loans -- Not to exceed period of 10 years -- Agricultural Advisory Board executive committee to approve loans and renewals, methods of payments, and interest rates -- Guidelines in fixing interest rates declared.
- § 4-19-105. Utah Rural Rehabilitation Fund.
- § 4-20-102. Definitions.
- § 4-20-103. Utah Grazing Improvement Program Advisory Board -- Duties.
- § 4-20-104. Regional grazing advisory boards -- Duties.
- § 4-20-105. Rangeland Improvement Account -- Administered by department.
- § 4-20-106. Rangeland Improvement Account distribution.
- § 4-20-107. Audit of grazing districts -- State auditor to coordinate with Department of Interior in conduct of audit.
- § 4-20-108. Commissioner to supervise distribution of undistributed funds if United States alters or discontinues funding leaving funds or resources available.
- § 4-20-109. Promotion of multiple use of rangeland resources.
- § 4-21-102. Definitions.
- § 4-21-103. Utah Beef Council created -- Composition -- Nomination and selection of appointed members -- Terms of appointed members -- Qualifications for nomination.
- § 4-21-104. Council -- Organization -- Quorum to transact business -- Removal for cause -- Vacancies -- Ineligibility to serve -- Compensation.
- § 4-21-105. Council powers, duties, and functions -- Reporting requirements.
- § 4-21-106. Exemption from certain operational requirements.
- § 4-21-107. Council may require crime insurance -- Payment of premium.
- § 4-21-201. Beef promotion fee -- Deposit of revenue.
- § 4-21-202. Refund of fees allowed -- Claim for refund to be filed with department -- Payment of refunds.
- § 4-21-203. Revenue from fees to be used to promote beef industry -- Payment of revenue monthly to Utah Beef Council -- Deduction of costs of administration and processing funds -- Annual audit of books, records, and accounts -- Financial statement of audit published.
- § 4-21-301. State disclaimer of liability.
- § 4-21-302. Council not eligible for coverage under Risk Management Fund.
- § 4-21-303. Representation by the attorney general.
- § 4-22-102. Definitions.
- § 4-22-103. Utah Dairy Commission created.
- § 4-22-104. Commission -- Organization -- Quorum to transact business -- Vacancies -- Ineligibility to serve -- Compensation.
- § 4-22-105. Commission to conduct elections -- Nomination of candidates -- Expenses of election paid by commission.
- § 4-22-106. Commission powers, duties, and functions.
- § 4-22-107. Exemption from certain operational requirements.
- § 4-22-108. Commission may require crime insurance -- Payment of premium.
- § 4-22-201. Assessment imposed on sale of milk or cream produced, sold, or contracted for sale in state -- Time of assessment -- Collection by dealer or producer-handler -- Penalty for delinquent payment or collection -- Statement to be given to producer.
- § 4-22-202. Revenue from assessment used to promote dairy industry -- Deposit of money -- Annual audit of books, records, and accounts -- Annual financial report to producers.
- § 4-22-203. Additional assessment for government liaison and industry relations programs -- Exemption from the assessment.
- § 4-22-301. State disclaimer of liability.
- § 4-22-302. Commission not eligible for coverage under Risk Management Fund.
- § 4-22-303. Enforcement -- Inspection of books and records of dealer or producer-handler.
- § 4-23-102. Purpose declaration.
- § 4-23-103. Definitions.
- § 4-23-104. Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board created -- Composition -- Appointment -- Terms -- Vacancies -- Compensation.
- § 4-23-105. Board responsibilities -- Damage prevention policy -- Rules -- Methods to control predators and depredating birds and animals.
- § 4-23-106. Department to issue licenses and permits -- Department to issue aircraft use permits -- Aerial hunting.
- § 4-23-107. Annual fees on sheep, goats, cattle, and turkeys -- Determination by board -- Collection methods.
- § 4-23-108. Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Account.
- § 4-23-109. Proceeds of sheep fee -- Refund of sheep fees -- Annual audit of books, records, and accounts.
- § 4-23-110. Applicability of chapter.
- § 4-23-111. Holding a raccoon or coyote in captivity prohibited -- Penalty.
- § 4-24-102. Definitions.
- § 4-24-103. Department authorized to make and enforce rules.
- § 4-24-104. Livestock Brand Board created -- Composition -- Terms -- Removal -- Quorum for transaction of business -- Compensation -- Duties. (Sunsets 7/1/2035)
- § 4-24-105. Commission to appoint supervisor for brand inspection -- Appointment subject to approval -- Salary.
- § 4-24-201. Central Brand Registry -- Division of state into brand districts -- Identical or confusingly similar brands -- Publication of registered brands.
- § 4-24-202. Recordation of brand.
- § 4-24-203. Fees for recordation, transfer, renewal, and certified copies of brands.
- § 4-24-204. Effect of recorded brand -- Transfer -- Reservation of certain brands.
- § 4-24-205. Livestock on open range or outside enclosure to be branded -- Cattle upon transfer of ownership to be branded -- Exceptions.
- § 4-24-301. State may be divided into brand inspection districts -- Description filed with county clerk and sheriff.
- § 4-24-302. Certificate of brand inspection necessary to carry out change of ownership -- Exception.
- § 4-24-303. Livestock -- Verification of ownership through brand inspection -- Issuance of certificate of brand inspection -- Brand inspector may demand evidence of ownership -- Brand inspection of livestock seized by the federal government prohibited -- Exception.