Iowa § 137A.5 Enforcement — stop order

Iowa Statutes

§ 137A.5 — Enforcement — stop order

Iowa § 137A.5

Title IVPUBLIC HEALTH

Ch. 137AFOOD PRODUCTS MISBRANDED AS EGG PRODUCTS

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Iowa Code § 137A.5 (2026).

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1.If a regulatory authority has reasonable cause to believe that a food processing plant is offering for sale or selling a food product that is misbranded as an egg product in violation of section 137A.4, the regulatory authority may issue a stop order. Upon being issued the stop order, the food processing plant shall not offer for sale or sell the food product until the regulatory authority determines that the food product is or is not misbranded as an egg product.

2.The regulatory authority may require that the food product be held by the food processing plant and be secured from purchase.

3.If a regulatory authority determines that the food product being offered for sale or sold by a food processing plant is misbranded as an egg product, the regulatory authority may issue an embargo

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1. If a regulatory authority has reasonable cause to believe that a food processing plant is
offering for sale or selling a food product that is misbranded as an egg product in violation
of section 137A.4, the regulatory authority may issue a stop order. Upon being issued the
stop order, the food processing plant shall not offer for sale or sell the food product until
the regulatory authority determines that the food product is or is not misbranded as an egg
product.
2. The regulatory authority may require that the food product be held by the food
processing plant and be secured from purchase.
3. If a regulatory authority determines that the food product being offered for sale or sold
by a food processing plant is misbranded as an egg product, the regulatory authority may
issue an embargo order requiring the food processing plant to dispose of the misbranded egg
product other than by sale to purchasers in this state.
4. The department, the attorney general, or the county attorney in the county where the
food product is being offered for sale or sold may enforce the stop order or embargo order
by petitioning the district court of that county.