Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 4-32-114 - Unauthorized use or possession of official devices, labels, marks, or certificates - False statements, misrepresentations, and trade secrets(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: (ii) a counterfeit, simulated, forged, or altered official certificate;(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.Renumbered from § 4-32-12 and amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session ,§ 329, eff. 7/1/2017.Amended by Chapter 242, 2010 General Session.