Title: Prohibits Misbranding of Certain Food Products
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits the misbranding of certain food products and provides penalties in the state of Iowa.
Authorizes regulatory authorities to inspect any complaints of credibility regarding plant based food products that are misbranded (Sec. 3)
Specifies that if all the following apply a meat product is considered“misbranded” (Sec. 4):
The food product contains a manufactured-protein food product;
Its offered for sale by a food processing plant; and
A label that is part of the package includes an identifying meat term.
Authorizes a regulatory authority who has reasonable cause to believe that a product is misbranded may issue a stop order (Sec. 6).
Establishes the penalties for misbranding a meat product to be a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars (Sec. 7).
Prohibits any person from operating a food establishment or food processing plant without the appropriate license issued from a regulatory authority (Sec. 10).
Prohibits a regulatory authority from suspending or revoking a license issued to a food processing plant for offering a misbranded meat product (Sec. 10).
Title: Prohibits Misbranding of Certain Food Products
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits the misbranding of certain food products and provides penalties in the state of Iowa.
Authorizes regulatory authorities to inspect any complaints of credibility regarding plant based food products that are misbranded (Sec. 3)
Specifies that if all the following apply a meat product is considered“misbranded” (Sec. 4):
The food product contains a manufactured-protein food product;
Its offered for sale by a food processing plant; and
A label that is part of the package includes an identifying meat term.
Authorizes a regulatory authority who has reasonable cause to believe that a product is misbranded may issue a stop order (Sec. 6).
Establishes the penalties for misbranding a meat product to be a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars (Sec. 7).
Prohibits any person from operating a food establishment or food processing plant without the appropriate license issued from a regulatory authority (Sec. 10).
Prohibits a regulatory authority from suspending or revoking a license issued to a food processing plant for offering a misbranded meat product (Sec. 10).
Title: Prohibits Misbranding of Certain Food Products