{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-137e.6","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 137E.6","heading":"Violation — misbranding — civil penalty.","body":"1. A food processing plant shall not misbrand a food product as a meat product as provided in section 137E.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 137E - FOOD PRODUCTS MISBRANDED AS MEAT PRODUCTS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/137E.6.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:03Z","sha256":"6aa9bdcce575d9190c168657045579a969cfad49229192a3a194125a73a59bc6","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-137e.5","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-137f.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}