Title V, AGRICULTURE (Ch. 159 - 215A)

Any person may keep articles specifically set apart in the person’s stock for sale in other states which do not comply with the provisions of this subtitle as to standards, purity, or labeling. [S13, §4999-a20, -a40; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3054; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §189.26; …

Every person who deals in or manufactures any of the articles dealt with in this subtitle shall make upon blanks furnished by the department such reports and furnish such statistics as may be required by the department and certify to the correctness of the same. [C97, §2522; S13,…

The department shall, for the purpose of examination or analysis, procure from time to time, or whenever the department has occasion to believe any of the provisions of this subtitle are being violated, samples of the articles dealt with in these provisions which have been shippe…

No action shall be maintained in any of the courts of the state upon any contract or sale made in violation of or with the intent to violate any provision of this subtitle by one who was knowingly a party thereto. [C97, §2520; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3056; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66,…

All fees collected under the provisions of this subtitle shall be paid into the state treasury. [C97, §2507; SS15, §2507, 2515-f, 3009-m; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3057; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §189.29; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189.31 ] 94 Acts, ch 1023, §40

The department shall have full access to all places, factories, buildings, stands, or premises, and to all wagons, auto trucks, vehicles, or cars used in the preparation, production, distribution, transportation, offering or exposing for sale, or sale of any article dealt with in…

Upon request and tender of the selling price by the department any person who prepares, manufactures, offers or exposes for sale, or delivers to a purchaser any article dealt with in this subtitle shall furnish, within business hours, a sample of the same, sufficient in quantity …

The department may, without the consent of the owner, examine or open any package containing, or believed to contain, any article or product which it suspects may be prepared, manufactured, offered, or exposed for sale, sold, or held in possession in violation of the provisions o…

After the sample is taken, it shall be carefully sealed and labeled with the name or brand of the article, the name of the party from whose stock it was taken, and the date and place of taking such sample. Upon request a duplicate sample, sealed and labeled in the same manner, sh…

In the enforcement of the provisions of this subtitle, the department shall have power to issue subpoenas for witnesses, enforce their attendance, and examine them under oath. The witnesses shall be allowed the same fees as witnesses in district court. The fees shall be paid out …

1. All articles in package or wrapped form which are required by this subtitle to be labeled, unless otherwise provided, shall be conspicuously marked in the English language in legible letters on the principal label with the following items: a. The true name, brand, or trademark…

This chapter shall be known as the “Meat and Poultry Inspection Act” . [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189A.1 ]

1. A person commits a fraudulent practice as defined in section 714.8 if the person does any of the following: a. Slaughters livestock or poultry or prepares an article produced from livestock or poultry which is capable of use as human food, at any establishment preparing the ar…

1. A person shall not deny access to any authorized inspectors upon the presentation of proper identification at any reasonable time to establishments and to all parts of such premises for the purposes of making inspections under this chapter . 2. When meat has been inspected and…

Whenever any livestock or poultry product or any product exempted from the definition of a livestock or poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry is found by any authorized representative of the secretary upon any premises where it is held fo…

The secretary shall promulgate such rules as may be necessary for the effective administration of this chapter . [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189A.13 ]

1. Judicial review of the action of the secretary may be sought in accordance with the terms of the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter 17A . 2. The district court in the county where the violation occurs may enjoin a person from violating this chapter or a regulation prom…

The secretary is hereby authorized to cooperate with all other agencies, federal and state, in order to carry out the effective administration of this chapter . [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189A.15 ]

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 a…

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, ex…

Every establishment subject to the provisions of this chapter engaged in the slaughter of bovine, porcine, caprine, or ovine animals or farm deer shall slaughter all such animals in an approved humane slaughtering method. For purposes of this section , an approved humane slaughte…

Any person who gives, pays, or offers, directly or indirectly, to any officer or employee of this state authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter or by the regulations of the secretary, any money or other thing of value, with intent to influence said offi…

1. It is the objective of this chapter to provide for meat and poultry products inspection programs that will impose and enforce requirements with respect to intrastate operations and commerce that are at least equal to those imposed and enforced under the federal Meat Inspection…

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…

Inspection shall not be provided under this chapter at any establishment for the slaughter of livestock or poultry or the preparation of any livestock products or poultry products which are not intended for use as human food, but such articles shall, prior to their offer for sale…

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter . [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189A.21 ]

All federal grants to and the federal receipts of this department are hereby appropriated for the purpose set forth in such federal grants or receipts. [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189A.22 ]

1. a. A person shall not operate an establishment without first obtaining a license from the department. b. Paragraph “a” does not apply to any of the following: (1) A food establishment as defined in section 137F.1 . (2) A home food processing establishment as defined in section…

1. In order to accomplish the objective of this chapter , the secretary may exempt the following types of operations from inspection: a. Slaughtering and preparation by any person of livestock and poultry of the person’s own raising exclusively for use by the person and members o…

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 authoriz…

The operator of any establishment shall require all employees of such establishment to have a health examination by a physician or physician assistant and a certified health certificate for each employee shall be kept on file by the operator. The secretary may at any time require…

In order to accomplish the objective stated in section 189A.1A, the secretary may do any of the following: 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 in…

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 conspicu…

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 ins…

For the purpose of this subtitle, except chapters 192 , 203 , 203C , 203D , 207 , and 208 , the following definitions and standards of food are established: 1. Butter. Butter is the clean, nonrancid product made by gathering in any manner the fat of fresh or ripened milk or cream…

No person shall offer or expose for sale, sell, or deliver any article of food which is defined in this chapter under any other name than the one herein specified or offer or expose for sale, sell, or deliver any article of food which is not defined in this chapter under any othe…

Where any approved artificial sweetening product such as saccharin or sulfamate is used by any person in the manufacture or sale of any article of food intended for human consumption, the container in which any such food or beverage is sold or offered for sale to the public shall…

1. Frozen desserts and the pasteurized dairy ingredients used in the manufacture thereof, shall comply with the following standards: ____________________________________________________________ Milk, cream, and fluid Temperature Storage at dairy ingredient 45 degrees Fahrenheit. …

Notwithstanding any other labeling provision of the Code, frozen dessert of any kind or flavor may be dispensed and sold at retail in edible containers or as a part of any food preparation intended for consumption without further preparation, including but not limited to the prep…

1. The department shall administer this chapter consistent with the provisions of the “Grade ‘A’ Pasteurized Milk Ordinance”, as provided in section 192.102 . 2. The department, as provided in section 192.108 , may contract with a person qualified by the department to perform ins…

The department may restrain a person violating this chapter or a rule adopted by the department under this chapter by petitioning the district court where the violation occurs for injunctive relief. Each day that a violation continues constitutes a separate violation. 91 Acts, ch…

1. The department may establish and publish standards for foods when such standards are not fixed by law. The standards shall conform with standards for foods adopted by federal agencies including but not limited to the United States department of agriculture. 2. The department s…

1. For the purposes of this chapter , any food shall be deemed to be adulterated: a. If any substance has been mixed or packed with it so as to reduce or injuriously affect its quality. b. If any substance has been substituted to any extent. c. If any valuable constituent has bee…

In addition to the adulterations enumerated in section 190.3 , milk, cream, or skimmed milk shall be deemed to be adulterated: 1. If it contains visible dirt or is kept or placed at any time in an unclean container. 2. If obtained from a cow within fifteen days before or five day…

Any milk or milk product shall further be deemed to be adulterated: 1. If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance in a quantity which may render it injurious to health. 2. If it bears or contains any added poisonous or deleterious substance for which no safe t…

No milk, cream, skimmed milk, buttermilk, condensed or evaporated milk, powdered or desiccated milk, condensed skimmed milk, ice cream, or any fluid derivatives of any of them shall be made from or have added thereto any fat or oil other than milk fat, and no product so made or p…