Utah § 32B-4-420 Unlawful adulteration.

Utah Statutes

§ 32B-4-420 — Unlawful adulteration.

Utah § 32B-4-420

Title 32BAlcoholic Beverage Control Act

Ch. 32B-4Criminal Offenses and Procedure Act

Part 32B-4-4Sale, Purchase, Possession, and Consumption

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Utah Code Ann. § 32B-4-420 (2026).

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(1)For purposes of this section, "tamper" means to do one or more of the following to the contents of a container:

(1)(a) fortify;

(1)(b) adulterate;

(1)(c) contaminate;

(1)(d) dilute;

(1)(e) change its character or purity; or

(1)(f) otherwise change.

(2)A person may not, for any purpose, mix or allow to be mixed with an alcoholic product sold or supplied by the person as a beverage any of the following:

(2)(a) a drug;

(2)(b) methylic alcohol;

(2)(c) a crude, unrectified, or impure form of ethylic alcohol; or

(2)(d) another deleterious substance.

(3)(3)(a) The following may not engage in an act listed in Subsection (3)(b):

(3)(a)(i) a package agent;

(3)(a)(ii) a retail licensee;

(3)(a)(iii) a permittee;

(3)(a)(iv) a beer wholesaler licensee;

(3)(a)(v) a liquor warehouser licensee;

(3)

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(1) For purposes of this section, "tamper" means to do one or more of the following to the contents of a container:

(1)(a) fortify;
(1)(b) adulterate;
(1)(c) contaminate;
(1)(d) dilute;
(1)(e) change its character or purity; or
(1)(f) otherwise change.
(2) A person may not, for any purpose, mix or allow to be mixed with an alcoholic product sold or supplied by the person as a beverage any of the following:

(2)(a) a drug;
(2)(b) methylic alcohol;
(2)(c) a crude, unrectified, or impure form of ethylic alcohol; or
(2)(d) another deleterious substance.
(3) (3)(a) The following may not engage in an act listed in Subsection (3)(b):
(3)(a)(i) a package agent;
(3)(a)(ii) a retail licensee;
(3)(a)(iii) a permittee;
(3)(a)(iv) a beer wholesaler licensee;
(3)(a)(v) a liquor warehouser licensee;
(3)(a)(vi) a supplier; or
(3)(a)(vii) an importer.
(3)(b) A person listed in Subsection (3)(a) may not:
(3)(b)(i) tamper with the contents of a container of alcoholic product as originally marketed by a manufacturer;
(3)(b)(ii) refill or partly refill with any substance the contents of an original container of alcoholic product as originally marketed by a manufacturer;
(3)(b)(iii) misrepresent the brand of an alcoholic product sold or offered for sale; or
(3)(b)(iv) sell or furnish a brand of alcoholic product that is not the same as that ordered by a purchaser without first advising the purchaser of the difference.