Actions for enforcement

It shall be the duty of the department, or upon the request of the Commissioner of Agriculture, of the Attorney General to bring an action for the recovery of the penalties provided for in KRS 217B.990, and to bring an action for an injunction against any person violating or threatening to violate any provision of this chapter or violating or threatening to violate any administrative regulation, order, or determination of the department promulgated pursuant thereto. In any such action any finding of the department shall be prima facie evidence of the fact or facts found therein.