Iowa · statute · Iowa Code ch. 137A · 6 active provisions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Department” means the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. 2. a. “Egg” means a food product that is the reproductive output of an agricultural food animal classified as a chicken. b. “Egg” includes albumen and yolk encased in a calcium-ba…
1. In conducting a routine inspection of the premises of a food processing plant licensed under chapter 137F, a regulatory authority is not required to determine if any food product located on the premises is misbranded as an egg product as provided in section 137A.3. 2. A regulatory authority shall inspect an inventor…
A food product is misbranded as an egg product if all of the following apply: 1. The food product is a fabricated-egg product or the food product contains a fabricated-egg product. 2. The food product is offered for sale or sold by a food processing plant. 3. a. A label that is part of or placed on the package or other…
A food processing plant shall not offer for sale or sell a food product that is misbranded as an egg product as provided in section 137A.3.
1. If a regulatory authority has reasonable cause to believe that a food processing plant is offering for sale or selling a food product that is misbranded as an egg product in violation of section 137A.4, the regulatory authority may issue a stop order. Upon being issued the stop order, the food processing plant shall…
1. A food processing plant shall not misbrand a food product as an egg product as provided in section 137A.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 ari…