When an article detained or embargoed under AS 17.20.230 has been found by the commissioner of environmental conservation or the commissioner of health , as the case may be, to be adulterated or misbranded, the appropriate commissioner shall petition the superior court for a libel for condemnation of the article. When that commissioner finds that a detained or embargoed article is not adulterated or misbranded, the commissioner shall remove the tag or other marking.
AS 17.20.240