1. A seal for agricultural products shall be created under the direction of the department ofagriculture and land stewardship to identify agricultural products that have been produced orprocessed in the state. The department shall certify that agricultural products marked with the Iowa seal are of the quality and specifications warranted by the sellers of those products. 2. The department of agriculture and land stewardship shall adopt rules under chapter 17A toprovide methods ofidentifying, marking, and gradingagricultural products, to prevent any misleading use of the Iowa seal, and as necessary or advisable to fully implement this section. 3. a. A violation of arule adopted by the department of agriculture and land stewardship toimplement this section is a simple misdemeanor. b. A fraudulent use of the term “Iowa Seal” or of the identifying mark for the Iowa seal, or a deliberately misleading or unwarranted use of the term or identifying mark isa serious misdemeanor. CS87, §159.31 CS2003, §159.27 C2023, §159.25
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