§ 15-17-5-16 — Prohibition against use of official device, mark, or certificate

Indiana § 15-17-5-16

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 17: ANIMAL HEALTH AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
• Ch. 5: Meat and Poultry Inspection; Humane Slaughter Act

Text

(a) A brand manufacturer, printer, or other
person may not cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make:
(1) a device containing an official mark or a simulation of an
official mark or a label bearing the mark or simulation; or
(2) any form of official certificate or simulation of an official
certificate;
except as authorized by the board.
(b) A person may not do any of the following:
(1) Forge an official device, mark, or certificate.
(2) Use an official device, mark, certificate, or a simulation of an
official device, mark, or certificate or alter, detach, deface, or
destroy an official device, mark, or certificate without
authorization from the board.
(3) Contrary to the rules adopted by the board, fail to use or
detach, deface, or destroy an official device, mark, or certificate.
(4) Knowingly possess, without promptly notifying the state
veterinarian or the state veterinarian's representative, any of the
following:
(A) An official device.
(B) A counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered
official certificate.
(C) A device or label on a carcass of an animal, including
poultry, or part or product of a carcass, bearing a counterfeit,
simulated, forged, or improperly altered official mark.
(5) Knowingly make a false statement in a shipper's certificate or
other nonofficial or official certificate provided for in the rules
adopted by the board.
(6) Knowingly represent that an article has been inspected and
passed or exempted under this chapter when the article has not
been inspected and passed or exempted.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-2.1-24-18.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.8.