189.14 Mislabeled articles.
1. A person shall not knowingly introduce into this state, solicit orders for, deliver, transport, or have in possession with intent to sell, any article which is labeled in any other manner than that prescribed by this subtitle for the label of the article when offered or exposed for sale, or sold in package or wrapped form in this state.
2. No person shall package any liquid or semisolid product or label any such product as honey, imitation honey or honey blend, or use the word “honey” in any prominent location on the label of such product or sell or offer for sale any such product which is labeled as honey, imitation honey or honey blend or which contains a label with the word “honey” prominently displayed thereon, unless the entire product is honey as defined in section 190.1, subsection 4.
3. A person shall not package a liquid or semisolid product, or label the product, as sorghum, imitation sorghum, or sorghum blend, or use the word “sorghum” in a prominent location on the label of the product or sell or offer for sale a product labeled as sorghum, imitation sorghum, or sorghum blend or which contains a label with the word “sorghum” prominently displayed, unless the product label states that the product is sorghum syrup as defined in section 190.1, imitation sorghum, or a sorghum blend. As used in this subsection, “imitation sorghum” means a product that has the flavor of sorghum but contains no sorghum syrup as defined in section 190.1. “Sorghum blend” means a product that is not entirely sorghum syrup as defined in section 190.1.
[C73, §4042; C97, §2516, 2517, 2519, 4989 – 4991, 5070; S13, §2510-b, -q, -r, -v1, -v2, 2515-b – d, 2528-f, 4999-a20, 5070-a; SS15, §4999-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3042; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189.14]
89 Acts, ch 151, §1; 94 Acts, ch 1023, §26; 2003 Acts, ch 69, §34; 2012 Acts, ch 1095, §74
Referred to in §210.18
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 189 - AGRICULTURE — GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 189.3 - Procuring samples.
Section 189.4 - Access to factories and buildings.
Section 189.5 - Dealer to furnish samples.
Section 189.6 - Taking of samples.
Section 189.7 - Preservation of sample.
Section 189.10 - Packages excepted.
Section 189.11 - Labeling of mixtures — federal requirements.
Section 189.12 - Trade formulas.
Section 189.13 - False labels — defacement.
Section 189.14 - Mislabeled articles.
Section 189.15 - Adulterated articles.
Section 189.16 - Possession and control of adulterated and improperly labeled articles.
Section 189.17 - Confiscation or condemnation.
Section 189.18 - Wrongful condemnation — restitution.
Section 189.22 - May charge more than one offense.
Section 189.23 - Common carrier.
Section 189.24 - Report of violations.
Section 189.25 - County attorney.
Section 189.26 - Refusal to act.
Section 189.27 - Institution of proceedings.
Section 189.28 - Goods for sale in other states.
Section 189.29 - Reports by dealers.