PART VII. BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL FRAUDS
§708-870 Deceptive business practices. (1) A person commits the offense of deceptive business practices if in the course of engaging in a business, occupation, or profession the person knowingly or recklessly:
(2) "Adulterated" means varying from the standard of composition or quality prescribed by statute or lawfully promulgated administrative regulation, or if none, as set by established commercial usage.
(3) "Mislabeled" means:
(4) Deceptive business practices is a misdemeanor.
(5) This section does not apply to deceptive business practices, as defined in subsection (1), for which a specific penalty is provided by a statute other than this Code. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; gen ch 1993]