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Utah Code Title 4. Utah Agricultural Code § 4-32-114. Unauthorized use or possession of official devices, labels, marks, or certificates--False statements, misrepresentations, and trade secrets

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) A person may not cast, print, lithograph, or make any device or label containing or bearing any official mark or simulation of a mark, or any form or simulation of an official certificate, unless authorized by the commissioner.

(2) A person may not:

(a) forge any official device, mark, or certificate;

(b) use any official device, mark, or certificate without the authorization of the commissioner;

(c) alter, detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate;

(d) fail to use, detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate as required by this chapter;

(e) knowingly possess any of the following, if it bears any unauthorized, counterfeit, simulated, forged, or altered official mark:

(i) an official device;

(ii) a counterfeit, simulated, forged, or altered official certificate;

(iii) a device;

(iv) a label;

(v) a carcass of any animal, including poultry; or

(vi) a part or product of any animal, including poultry;

(f) knowingly make any false statement in any shipper's certificate, or nonofficial or official certificate;

(g) knowingly represent that any meat or poultry product has been inspected and approved, or exempted, under this chapter when, in fact, it has not; or

(h) use to the person's advantage or reveal any information acquired under the authority of this chapter relating to any matter entitled to protection as a trade secret unless the information is:

(i) revealed to an authorized government representative; or

(ii) ordered by a court in a judicial proceeding.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 4. Utah Agricultural Code § 4-32-114. Unauthorized use or possession of official devices, labels, marks, or certificates--False statements, misrepresentations, and trade secrets - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-4-utah-agricultural-code/ut-code-sect-4-32-114/

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