Iowa Code Title IV. Public Health [Chs. 123-158] § 137E.6. Violation--misbranding--civil penalty

1. A food processing plant shall not misbrand a food product as a meat product as provided in section 137E.3 as determined by the department.

2. A food processing plant violating subsection 1 is subject to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars, not to exceed ten thousand dollars total for violations arising out of the same transaction or occurrence.  Each day that a violation continues constitutes a separate offense.

3. The department shall impose the civil penalty provided in subsection 2.  A food processing plant may contest the imposition of the civil penalty by initiating a contested case proceeding pursuant to chapter 17A.

4. Civil penalties collected under this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.