28A.13 POWER TO SUSPEND OR REVOKE LICENSES.
Whenever the commissioner has reason to believe that any provision of law relating to
the manufacturing, processing, distribution, handling and sale of food, or rule issued by the
commissioner thereunder, has been violated, the commissioner may suspend or revoke a license
or permit granted under section 28A.04, or may limit the permission of the license or permit to
only those aspects of the licensee's or permittee's business which are in conformity with the law
and rules. Any person may be restrained by injunction from engaging in any business operation or
category thereof for which that person is not validly licensed or for which a permit has not been
issued. This suspension or revocation shall be made only after notice to the licensee or permittee
and an opportunity to be heard with reference to the grounds for suspension or revocation, and
this action by the commissioner shall in no way exempt such licensee or permittee from the
penalties otherwise imposed in this chapter. The commissioner shall serve upon the licensee or
permittee by registered letter containing a copy thereof, an order to show cause why the license or
permit should not be permanently revoked, stating the grounds thereof, and the time and place of
hearing, which time shall not be less than ten days after the date of mailing of the order. At the
appointed time and place, and at such times as the matter may be adjourned to, the commissioner,
or an appointed hearing officer, shall hear all proper evidence relating to the cause of the proposed
revocation and, within a reasonable time thereafter, shall make and file a decision of the matter
and forthwith mail to the licensee or permittee a copy thereof.
History: 1971 c 339 s 13; 1977 c 160 s 3; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444