Iowa § 189.15 Adulterated articles

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§ 189.15 — Adulterated articles

Iowa § 189.15

Title VAGRICULTURE

Ch. 189AGRICULTURE — GENERAL PROVISIONS

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189.16 Possession and control of 189.28 Goods for sale in other states. adulterated and improperly 189.29 Reports by dealers. labeled articles. 189.30 Contracts invalid. 189.17 Confiscation or condemnation. 189.31 Fees paid into state treasury. SUBCHAPTER I DEFINITIONS AND DUTIES 189.1 Definitions. For the purpose of this subtitle, unless the context otherwise requires:

1.“Article” means food, commercial feed, agricultural seed, commercial fertilizer, drug, pesticide, hemp or a hemp product, and paint, in the sense in which they are defined in the various provisions of this subtitle.

2.“Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship, and if the department is required or authorized to do an act, the act may be performed by a regular assistant or a duly authorized age

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189.16 Possession and control of 189.28 Goods for sale in other states.
adulterated and improperly 189.29 Reports by dealers.
labeled articles. 189.30 Contracts invalid.
189.17 Confiscation or condemnation. 189.31 Fees paid into state treasury.
SUBCHAPTER I
DEFINITIONS AND DUTIES
189.1 Definitions.
For the purpose of this subtitle, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Article” means food, commercial feed, agricultural seed, commercial fertilizer, drug,
pesticide, hemp or a hemp product, and paint, in the sense in which they are defined in the
various provisions of this subtitle.
2. “Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship, and if the
department is required or authorized to do an act, the act may be performed by a regular
assistant or a duly authorized agent of the department.
3. “Official laboratory” means a biological, chemical, or physical laboratory which
performs testing or analysis pursuant to scientific procedures, to the extent the laboratory is
recognized by the department as a reliable indicator of scientific results.
4. “Package” or “container”, unless otherwise defined, includes wrapper, box, carton,
case, basket, can, bottle, jar, tube, cask, vessel, tub, keg, jug, barrel, tank, tank car, and
other receptacles of a like nature; and the expression “offered or exposed for sale or sold in
package or wrapped form” means the offering or exposing for sale, or selling of an article
which is contained in a package or container as defined in this section.
5. “Pasteurization” or “pasteurized” means the procedure of processing milk or a milk
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product, in order to ensure its safety from contaminants, if the procedure of pasteurization
is consistent with standards adopted by the department pursuant to section 192.102.
6. “Person” includes a corporation, company, firm, society, or association; and the act,
omission, or conduct of any officer, agent, or other person acting in a representative capacity
shall be imputed to the organization or person represented, and the person acting in that
capacity shall also be liable for violations of this subtitle.
7. “Rules” includes regulations and orders by the department.
8. “Secretary” means the secretary of agriculture.
9. “United States Pharmacopoeia” or “National Formulary” means the latest revision of
these publications official at the time of a transaction which is in question.