Utah Code § 4-5-401
Unlawful acts specified
Utah · Utah Code Title 4 — Utah Agricultural Code · Status: effective
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- Utah Code § 4-5-401, Unlawful acts specified, Utah, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2323591
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(1) A person may not:
(a) manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale a food that is adulterated or misbranded;
(b) adulterate or misbrand food;
(c) except as provided in Subsection (2), distribute, in commerce, a consumer commodity inconsistent with the packaging and labeling requirements of this chapter, or the rules made under this chapter;
(d) sell, deliver for sale, hold for sale, or offer for sale an article in violation of Section 4-5-301;
(e) disseminate false advertising;
(f) remove or dispose of detained or embargoed food in violation of Section 4-5-202;
(g) adulterate, mutilate, destroy, obliterate, or remove the food label which results in the food being misbranded or adulterated while the food is for sale;
(h) forge, counterfeit, simulate, or misrepresent a label or information, by the unauthorized use of a mark, stamp, tag, label, or other identification device;
(i) use or reveal a method, process, or information which is protected as a trade secret;
(j) operate a food establishment without a valid registration issued by the department; and
(k) refuse entry to an authorized agent of the department in a food establishment as required under Section 4-5-105.
(2) Subsection (1)(c) does not apply to a person engaged in the wholesale or retail distribution of consumer commodities unless that person:
(a) is engaged in the packaging or labeling of consumer commodities; or
(b) prescribes or specifies the manner in which consumer commodities are packaged or labeled.