{"data":{"id":"us-id/idaho-code-6-2002","jurisdiction":"us-id","citation":"Idaho Code § 6-2002","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter:\n(1) \"Disparagement\" means the publication to a third party of a false factual statement; and\n(a) The published statement is of and concerning the plaintiff’s specific perishable agricultural food product;\n(b) The statement clearly impugns the safety of the product;\n(c) The defendant intended the publication to cause harm to the plaintiff’s pecuniary interest, or either recognized or reasonably should have recognized that it was likely to do so;\n(d) The defendant made the statement with actual malice, that is, he knew that the statement was false or acted in reckless disregard of its truth or falsity; and\n(e) The statement does in fact cause the plaintiff pecuniary loss.\n(2) \"Perishable agricultural food product\" means an agricultural product as defined in section 22-2602, Idaho Code, intended for human consumption which is sold or distributed in a form that will perish or decay beyond marketability within a period of time.","path":["TITLE 6 ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES","CHAPTER 20 DISPARAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL FOOD PRODUCTS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title6/t6ch20/sect6-2002/","current_through":"2026 Legislative Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T11:16:23Z","sha256":"211c3f157aebabe519d5ce136fe5edfa1314187d4573e15c93a6ed5daea35fa9","source_id":"us-id","stale":false,"prev":"us-id/idaho-code-6-2001","next":"us-id/idaho-code-6-2003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}