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IA Code § 189.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189 - AGRICULTURE — GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 189.16 - Possession and control of adulterated and improperly labeled articles.

189.16 Possession and control of adulterated and improperly labeled articles.   1. Except as provided in subsection 2, a person in possession or having control of an article which is adulterated or which is improperly labeled according to the provisions of this subtitle shall be presumed to know that the article is adulterated or improperly labeled. A person’s possession of an adulterated or improperly labeled article shall be prima facie evidence that the person intends to violate the provisions of this subtitle.   2. This section does not apply to the possession or control of any of the following:   a. Grain by a person regulated under chapter 203, 203C, or 203D.   b. Mining materials including coal by a person regulated under chapter 207 or 208.   c. A controlled substance as provided in chapter 124.  [C97, §2519, 2521; S13, §4999-a24, -a40; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3044; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189.16]  94 Acts, ch 1023, §28; 99 Acts, ch 12, §7; 2003 Acts, ch 69, §36  Referred to in §210.18
IA Code § 189.17 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189 - AGRICULTURE — GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 189.17 - Confiscation or condemnation.

189.17 Confiscation or condemnation.   Unless a procedure or method of seizure and confiscation or condemnation is otherwise provided, the secretary is hereby authorized to prohibit the entrance into channels of commerce or possession of any article found to be adulterated or improperly labeled according to the provisions of this subchapter or rules established hereunder. Any articles found in channels of commerce or in possession by an inspector which are not in compliance with the adulteration or labeling provisions of this subchapter shall be subject to immediate seizure by the department. Seized articles shall be condemned unless of such character that the articles can be made to conform with the provisions of this subchapter by methods approved by the secretary. Condemned articles shall be effectively destroyed for the purpose for which they were intended by the owner of the article, or the owner’s agent, under the supervision of an inspector in such manner as the secretary may prescribe.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189.17]  2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121
IA Code § 189.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189 - AGRICULTURE — GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 189.18 - Wrongful condemnation — restitution.

189.18 Wrongful condemnation — restitution.   A party whose article, item, commodity or product is wrongfully condemned or seized shall be entitled to maintain a cause of action against the state of Iowa, for the damage proximately caused by the wrongful condemnation or seizure. Such cause of action shall be a claim as defined in chapter 669 and shall be subject to the provisions of said chapter, notwithstanding the provisions of section 669.14.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189.18]
IA Code § 189.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189 - AGRICULTURE — GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 189.19 - Licenses.

189.19 Licenses.   The following provisions apply to all licenses issued or authorized under this subtitle:   1. Applications. Applications for licenses shall be made upon blanks furnished by the department and shall conform to the prescribed rules of the department.   2. Refusal and revocation. For good and sufficient grounds the department may refuse to grant a license to any applicant; and the department may revoke a license for a violation of any provision of this subtitle or for the refusal or failure of any licensee to obey the lawful directions of the department.   3. Expiration. Unless otherwise provided all licenses shall expire one year from the date of issue.  [C97, §2525; S13, §2515-a; SS15, §2515-f, 3009-m; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3045; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §189.17; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189.19]  94 Acts, ch 1023, §29; 2003 Acts, ch 69, §37, 38; 2012 Acts, ch 1095, §76, 77
IA Code § 189.20 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189 - AGRICULTURE — GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 189.20 - Injunction.

189.20 Injunction.   Any person engaging in any business for which a license is required by this subtitle, without obtaining such license, may be restrained by injunction, and shall pay all costs made necessary by such procedure.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3046; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §189.18; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189.20]  94 Acts, ch 1023, §30; 2003 Acts, ch 69, §39; 2012 Acts, ch 1095, §78
IA Code § 189.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189 - AGRICULTURE — GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 189.21 - Penalty.

189.21 Penalty.   Unless otherwise provided, any person violating any provision of this subtitle or any rule adopted by the department pursuant to such a provision, is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.  [C73, §2068, 3901; C97, §2508, 2527, 2592, 2594, 3029, 5070; S13, §2508, 2510-2a, -h, -j, -u, -v5, 2515-g, 2522, 2528-c, -f3, 2596-b, 4989-b, 4999-a25, -a39, 5070-a, 5077-a23; SS15, §2505, 2506, 3009-j, -r; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3047; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §189.19; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189.21]  94 Acts, ch 1023, §31; 2003 Acts, ch 69, §40; 2012 Acts, ch 1095, §79
IA Code § 189.22 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189 - AGRICULTURE — GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 189.22 - May charge more than one offense.

189.22 May charge more than one offense.   In any criminal proceeding brought for violation of this subtitle, an information or indictment may charge as many offenses as it appears have been committed, and the defendant may be convicted of any or all of the offenses.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3048; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §189.20; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189.22]  94 Acts, ch 1023, §32
IA Code § 189.23 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189 - AGRICULTURE — GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 189.23 - Common carrier.

189.23 Common carrier.   The penalties provided in this subtitle shall not be imposed upon any common carrier for introducing into the state, or having in its possession, any article which is adulterated or improperly labeled according to the provisions of this subtitle, when the same was received by the carrier for transportation in the ordinary course of its business and without actual knowledge of its true character.  [C97, §2516; S13, §4999-a20; SS15, §4999-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3049; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §189.21; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189.23]  94 Acts, ch 1023, §33; 2003 Acts, ch 69, §41; 2012 Acts, ch 1095, §80
IA Code § 189.24 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189 - AGRICULTURE — GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 189.24 - Report of violations.

189.24 Report of violations.   When it appears that any of the provisions of this subtitle have been violated, the department may certify the facts to the proper county attorney. The certification shall be accompanied with a copy of the results of any analysis, examination, or inspection the department may have made, duly authenticated by the proper person under oath, and with any additional evidence which may be in possession of the department.  [C97, §4998; S13, §4999-a19; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3050; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §189.22; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189.24]  94 Acts, ch 1023, §34; 2003 Acts, ch 69, §42; 2012 Acts, ch 1095, §81
IA Code § 189.25 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189 - AGRICULTURE — GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 189.25 - County attorney.

189.25 County attorney.   The county attorney may at once institute the proper proceedings for the enforcement of the penalties provided in this subtitle for the violations.  [C97, §4998; S13, §2596-c, 4999-a19; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3051; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §189.23; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189.25]  94 Acts, ch 1023, §35
IA Code § 189.26 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189 - AGRICULTURE — GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 189.26 - Refusal to act.

189.26 Refusal to act.   If the county attorney refuses to act, the governor may, in the governor’s discretion, appoint an attorney to represent the state.  [S13, §4999-a19; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3052; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §189.24; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189.26]
IA Code § 189.27 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189 - AGRICULTURE — GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 189.27 - Institution of proceedings.

189.27 Institution of proceedings.   In any case when it appears that any of the provisions of this subtitle have been violated, the inspector having the investigation in charge shall, when instructed by the department, file an information against the suspected party.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3053; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §189.25; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189.27]  94 Acts, ch 1023, §36
IA Code § 189.28 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189 - AGRICULTURE — GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 189.28 - Goods for sale in other states.

189.28 Goods for sale in other states.   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; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189.28]  94 Acts, ch 1023, §37; 2003 Acts, ch 69, §43; 2012 Acts, ch 1095, §82  Referred to in §196.11
IA Code § 189.29 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189 - AGRICULTURE — GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 189.29 - Reports by dealers.

189.29 Reports by dealers.   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, §2522; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3055; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §189.27; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189.29]  94 Acts, ch 1023, §38; 2003 Acts, ch 69, §44; 2012 Acts, ch 1095, §83
IA Code § 189.30 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189 - AGRICULTURE — GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 189.30 - Contracts invalid.

189.30 Contracts invalid.   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, §189.28; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189.30]  94 Acts, ch 1023, §39
IA Code § 189.31 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189 - AGRICULTURE — GENERAL PROVISIONS|Section 189.31 - Fees paid into state treasury.

189.31 Fees paid into state treasury.   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
IA Code § 189A.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189A - MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION|Section 189A.1 - Title.

189A.1 Title.   This chapter shall be known as the “Meat and Poultry Inspection Act”.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189A.1]
IA Code § 189A.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189A - MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION|Section 189A.3 - License — fee.

189A.3 License — fee.   1. No person shall operate an establishment other than a food establishment as defined in section 137F.1 without first obtaining a license from the department. The license fee for each establishment per year or any part of a year shall be:   a. For all meat and poultry slaughtered or otherwise prepared not exceeding twenty thousand pounds per year for sale, resale, or custom, twenty-five dollars.   b. For all meat and poultry slaughtered or otherwise prepared in excess of twenty thousand pounds per year for sale, resale, or custom, fifty dollars.   2. The funds shall be deposited with the department. The license year shall be from July 1 to June 30. Applications for licenses shall be in writing on forms prescribed by the department.   3. 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 Act and the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act with respect to operations and transactions in interstate commerce; and the secretary is directed to administer this chapter so as to accomplish this purpose. A director of the meat and poultry inspection service shall be designated as the secretary’s delegate to be the appropriate state official to cooperate with the secretary of agriculture of the United States in administration of this chapter.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189A.3]  98 Acts, ch 1162, §26, 30; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263  Referred to in §137F.1, 189A.5, 189A.7
IA Code § 189A.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189A - MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION|Section 189A.4 - Exemptions.

189A.4 Exemptions.   In order to accomplish the objectives of this chapter, the secretary may exempt the following types of operations from inspection:   1. Slaughtering and preparation by any person of livestock and poultry of the person’s own raising exclusively for use by the person and members of the person’s household, and the person’s nonpaying guests and employees.   2. Any other operations which the secretary may determine would best be exempted to further the purposes of this chapter, to the extent such exemptions conform to the federal Meat Inspection Act and the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act and the regulations thereunder.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189A.4]  Referred to in §189A.5
IA Code § 189A.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189A - MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION|Section 189A.6 - Health examination of employees.

189A.6 Health examination of employees.   The operator of any establishment shall require all employees of such establishment to have a health examination by a physician and a certified health certificate for each employee shall be kept on file by the operator. The secretary may at any time require an employee of an establishment to submit to a health examination by a physician. No person suffering from any communicable disease, including any communicable skin disease, and no person with infected wounds, and no person who is a “carrier” of a communicable disease shall be employed in any capacity in an establishment. No person shall work or be employed in or about any establishment during the time in which a communicable disease exists in the home in which such person resides unless such person has obtained a certificate from a physician to the effect that no danger of public contagion or infection will result from the employment of such person in such establishment. Every person employed by an establishment and engaged in direct physical contact with meat or poultry products during its preparation, processing, or storage, shall be clean in person, wear clean washable outer garments and a suitable cap or other head covering used exclusively in such work. Only persons specifically designated by the operator of an establishment shall be permitted to touch meat or poultry products with their hands, and the persons so designated shall keep their hands scrupulously clean.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189A.6]
IA Code § 189A.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189A - MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION|Section 189A.8 - Prohibited acts.

189A.8 Prohibited acts.   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 conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as required by regulations prescribed by the secretary to show the kinds of animals from which they were derived.   2. No person shall buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any livestock products or poultry products which are not intended for use as human food unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the regulations of the secretary or are naturally inedible by humans.   3. No person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting in intrastate commerce, dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals, or any parts of the carcasses of any animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, shall buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation in such commerce, any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry or the products of any such animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless such transaction or transportation is made in accordance with such regulations as the secretary may prescribe to assure that such animals, or the unwholesome parts or products thereof, will be prevented from being used for human food purposes.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189A.8]
IA Code § 189A.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189A - MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION|Section 189A.9 - Hours of operation.

189A.9 Hours of operation.   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 inspection in excess of eight hours per day or outside assigned work schedules and also on state legal holidays.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189A.9]
IA Code § 189A.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189A - MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION|Section 189A.10 - Fraudulent practices.

189A.10 Fraudulent practices.   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 article solely for intrastate commerce, except in compliance with the requirements of this chapter.   b. Sells, transports, offers for sale or transportation, or receives for transportation in intrastate commerce, any article produced from livestock or poultry which is both of the following:   (1) Capable of use as human food.   (2) Adulterated or misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation; or required to be inspected under this chapter unless the article has passed inspection.   c. Commits any act which is intended to cause or has the effect of causing an article produced from livestock or poultry to be adulterated or misbranded, if the article is capable of use as human food and is being transported or held for sale after being transported in intrastate commerce.   2. A person commits a fraudulent practice as defined in section 714.8, if the person sells, transports, offers for sale or transportation, or receives for transportation in intrastate commerce, or receives from an official establishment, any slaughtered poultry from which the blood, feathers, feet, head, or viscera have not been removed in accordance with regulations promulgated by the secretary.   3. No person shall violate any provision of the regulations or orders of the secretary under section 189A.5, subsection 2, paragraph “g”, or section 189A.7.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189A.10]  88 Acts, ch 1036, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §208
IA Code § 189A.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189A - MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION|Section 189A.11 - Access by inspectors — acceptance by state agencies.

189A.11 Access by inspectors — acceptance by state agencies.   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 approved by the department, such inspection will be equal to federal inspection and therefore may be accepted by state agencies and political subdivisions of the state and no other inspection can be required.   a. An inspection of products placed in any container at any official establishment shall not be deemed to be complete until the products are sealed or enclosed therein under the supervision of an inspector.   b. For purposes of any inspection of products required by this chapter, inspectors authorized by the secretary shall have access at all times by day or night to every part of every establishment required to have inspection under this chapter, whether the establishment is operated or not.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189A.11]  2013 Acts, ch 30, §40
IA Code § 189A.13 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189A - MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION|Section 189A.13 - Rules.

189A.13 Rules.   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]
IA Code § 189A.14 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189A - MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION|Section 189A.14 - Injunctive relief.

189A.14 Injunctive relief.   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 promulgated by the secretary pursuant to this chapter. The department may apply to the district court for the injunction. In order to obtain injunctive relief the department shall not be required to post a bond or prove the absence of an adequate remedy at law, unless the court for good cause otherwise orders. The court may order any form of prohibitory or mandatory relief that is appropriate under principles of equity, including but not limited to issuing a temporary or permanent restraining order.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §189A.14]  88 Acts, ch 1036, §2; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §114
IA Code § 189A.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title V - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 189A - MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION|Section 189A.15 - Cooperation with other agencies.

189A.15 Cooperation with other agencies.   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]