Violation — misbranding — civil penalty.

1. A food processing plant shall not misbrand a food product as a meat product as provided in section 137E.3 as determined by the department. 2. A food processing plant violating subsection 1 is subject to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars, not to exceed ten thousand dollars total for violations arising out of the same transaction or occurrence. Each day that a violation continues constitutes a separate offense. 3. The department shall impose the civil penalty provided in subsection 2 . A food processing plant may contest the imposition of the civil penalty by initiating a contested case proceeding pursuant to chapter 17A . 4. Civil penalties collected under this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the state. 2024 Acts, ch 1158, §7