Section 189A.16 – Forgery or counterfeiting.
189A.16 Forgery or counterfeiting. 1. No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person shall cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make any device containing any official mark or simulation thereof, or any label bearing any such mark or simulation, or any form of official certificate or simulation thereof, except as authorized by the secretary. 2. No person […]
Section 189A.17 – Penalties.
189A.17 Penalties. 1. Any person who violates any provisions of this chapter for which no other criminal penalty is provided shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor; but if such violation involves intent to defraud, or any distribution or attempted distribution of an article that is adulterated, except as defined in section 189A.2, subsection 1, […]
Section 189A.2 – Definitions.
189A.2 Definitions. As used in this chapter except as otherwise specified: 1. “Adulterated” shall apply to any livestock product or poultry product under any one or more of the following circumstances: a. If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health; but in case the substance is […]
Section 189A.3 – License — fee.
189A.3 License — fee. 1. No person shall operate an establishment other than a food establishment as defined in section 137F.1 without first obtaining a license from the department. The license fee for each establishment per year or any part of a year shall be: a. For all meat and poultry slaughtered or otherwise prepared […]
Section 189A.4 – Exemptions.
189A.4 Exemptions. In order to accomplish the objectives of this chapter, the secretary may exempt the following types of operations from inspection: 1. Slaughtering and preparation by any person of livestock and poultry of the person’s own raising exclusively for use by the person and members of the person’s household, and the person’s nonpaying guests […]
Section 189A.5 – Veterinarians and inspectors.
189A.5 Veterinarians and inspectors. 1. The secretary shall administer this chapter and may appoint a person to act as the secretary’s designee in the administration of this chapter. a. The secretary shall employ veterinarians licensed in the state of Iowa as veterinary inspectors. b. The secretary is also authorized to employ as meat inspectors other […]
Section 189A.6 – Health examination of employees.
189A.6 Health examination of employees. The operator of any establishment shall require all employees of such establishment to have a health examination by a physician and a certified health certificate for each employee shall be kept on file by the operator. The secretary may at any time require an employee of an establishment to submit […]
Section 189A.7 – Powers of secretary of agriculture.
189A.7 Powers of secretary of agriculture. In order to accomplish the objective stated in section 189A.3 the secretary may: 1. Remove inspectors from any establishment that fails to destroy condemned products as required under section 189A.5, subsection 2, paragraph “b”. 2. Refuse to provide inspection service under this chapter with respect to any establishment for […]
Section 189A.8 – Prohibited acts.
189A.8 Prohibited acts. 1. No person shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation in intrastate commerce, any carcasses of horses, mules, or other equines or parts of such carcasses, or the meat or meat food products thereof, unless they are plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as […]
Section 189A.9 – Hours of operation.
189A.9 Hours of operation. 1. The secretary may require operations at licensed establishments to be conducted during reasonable hours. The owner or operator of each licensed establishment shall keep the secretary informed in advance of intended hours of operation. 2. A charge shall be made for overtime inspection in excess of eight hours per day […]