Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits the misbranding of certain food products and provides penalties in the state of Iowa.

Highlights:

• Authorizes regulatory authorities to inspect any complaints of credibility regarding plant based food products that are misbranded (Sec. 3) 

• Specifies that if all the following apply a meat product is considered“misbranded” (Sec. 4): 

• The food product contains a manufactured-protein food product;

• Its offered for sale by a food processing plant; and

• A label that is part of the package includes an identifying meat term. 

• Authorizes a regulatory authority who has reasonable cause to believe that a product is misbranded may issue a stop order (Sec. 6). 

• Establishes the penalties for misbranding a meat product to be a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars (Sec. 7). 

• Prohibits any person from operating a food establishment or food processing plant without the appropriate license issued from a regulatory authority (Sec. 10). 

• Prohibits a regulatory authority from suspending or revoking a license issued to a food processing plant for offering a misbranded meat product (Sec. 10). 

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits the misbranding of certain food products and provides penalties in the state of Iowa.

Highlights:

• Authorizes regulatory authorities to inspect any complaints of credibility regarding plant based food products that are misbranded (Sec. 3) 

• Specifies that if all the following apply a meat product is considered“misbranded” (Sec. 4): 

• The food product contains a manufactured-protein food product;

• Its offered for sale by a food processing plant; and

• A label that is part of the package includes an identifying meat term. 

• Authorizes a regulatory authority who has reasonable cause to believe that a product is misbranded may issue a stop order (Sec. 6). 

• Establishes the penalties for misbranding a meat product to be a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars (Sec. 7). 

• Prohibits any person from operating a food establishment or food processing plant without the appropriate license issued from a regulatory authority (Sec. 10). 

• Prohibits a regulatory authority from suspending or revoking a license issued to a food processing plant for offering a misbranded meat product (Sec. 10). 

Full Bill Text