Iowa Code Title IV. Public Health [Chs. 123-158] § 137E.2. Administration

1. In conducting a routine inspection of the premises of a food processing plant licensed under chapter 137F, a regulatory authority is not required to determine if any food product located on the premises is misbranded as a meat product as provided in section 137E.3.

2. A regulatory authority shall inspect an inventory of food products offered for sale or sold at a food processing plant based on a credible complaint that the food products are misbranded as meat products as provided in section 137E.3.

3. A regulatory authority shall have the same powers to inspect a food processing plant under this chapter as it does under chapter 137F.

4. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A that are necessary or desirable to administer and enforce this chapter.