{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-137a.6","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 137A.6","heading":"Violation — misbranding — civil penalty.","body":"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.\n2. 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.\n3. 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.\n4. Civil penalties collected under this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.","path":["Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH (Ch. 123 - 158)","Chapter 137A - FOOD PRODUCTS MISBRANDED AS EGG PRODUCTS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/137A.6.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:03Z","sha256":"c25b22a630e7796d795b7b03e8f547c0631227864cd18dba014c893bbb1f35c6","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-137a.5","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-137c.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}