189.14 - MISLABELED ARTICLES. - Iowa Statutes

189.14 MISLABELED ARTICLES. 1. A person shall not knowingly introduce into this state, solicit orders for, deliver, transport, or have in possession with intent to sell, any article which is labeled in any other manner than that prescribed by this subtitle, excluding chapters 203, 203C, 203D, 207, and 208, for the label of the article when offered or exposed for sale, or sold in package or wrapped form in this state. 2. No person shall package any liquid or semisolid product or label any such product as honey, imitation honey or honey blend, or use the word "honey" in any prominent location on the label of such product or sell or offer for sale any such product which is labeled as honey, imitation honey or honey blend or which contains a label with the word "honey" prominently displayed thereon, unless the entire product is honey as defined in section 190.1, subsection 4. 3. A person shall not package a liquid or semisolid product, or label the product, as sorghum, imitation sorghum, or sorghum blend, or use the word "sorghum" in a prominent location on the label of the product or sell or offer for sale a product labeled as sorghum, imitation sorghum, or sorghum blend or which contains a label with the word "sorghum" prominently displayed, unless the product label states that the product is sorghum syrup as defined in section 190.1, imitation sorghum, or a sorghum blend. As used in this subsection, "imitation sorghum" means a product that has the flavor of sorghum but contains no sorghum syrup as defined in section 190.1. "Sorghum blend" means a product that is not entirely sorghum syrup as defined in section 190.1.          Section History: Early Form [C73, § 4042; C97, § 2516, 2517, 2519, 4989--4991, 5070; S13, § 2510-b, -q, -r, -v1, -v2, 2515-b--d, 2528-f, 4999-a20, 5070-a; SS15, § 4999-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3042; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 189.14]          Section History: Recent Form 89 Acts, ch 151, §1; 94 Acts, ch 1023, §26; 2003 Acts, ch 69, §34 Referred to in § 210.18