{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-4-5-401","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 4-5-401","heading":"Unlawful acts specified.","body":"(1) A person may not:\n(a) manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale a food that is adulterated or misbranded;\n(b) adulterate or misbrand food;\n(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;\n(d) sell, deliver for sale, hold for sale, or offer for sale an article in violation of Section 4-5-301;\n(e) disseminate false advertising;\n(f) remove or dispose of detained or embargoed food in violation of Section 4-5-202;\n(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;\n(h) forge, counterfeit, simulate, or misrepresent a label or information, by the unauthorized use of a mark, stamp, tag, label, or other identification device;\n(i) use or reveal a method, process, or information which is protected as a trade secret;\n(j) operate a food establishment without a valid registration issued by the department; and\n(k) refuse entry to an authorized agent of the department in a food establishment as required under Section 4-5-105.\n(2) Subsection (1)(c) does not apply to a person engaged in the wholesale or retail distribution of consumer commodities unless that person:\n(a) is engaged in the packaging or labeling of consumer commodities; or\n(b) prescribes or specifies the manner in which consumer commodities are packaged or labeled.","path":["Title 4 Utah Agricultural Code","Chapter 4-5 Utah Wholesome Food Act","Part 4-5-4 Enforcement"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title4/Chapter5/4-5-S401.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"e974cb5a484ec9df6aeef7b69b0c592a9e84d4cc00a0665060ccf07cbf94cfb8","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-4-5-301","next":"us-ut/utah-code-4-5-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}