Cox v. Louisiana Department of Agriculture

CARTER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a trial court judgment on a petition for judicial review.

FACTS

Petitioner, Henry Cox, Sr., operates a meat market in Reserve, Louisiana, under the name of Cox’s Meat Market. On December 5, 1988, the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (Department) allegedly seized approximately 900 pounds of meat from petitioner’s business establishment. Thereafter, by letter dated December 14, 1988, petitioner was charged by the Department with ten violations of the Louisiana Meat Inspection Laws in that he allegedly manufactured, transported, and sold…