32B-4-420. Unlawful adulteration.

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(1)For purposes of this section, "tamper" means to do one or more of the following to the contents of a container:

(a)fortify;

(b)adulterate;

(c)contaminate;

(d)dilute;

(e)change its character or purity; or

(f)otherwise change.

(2)A person may not, for any purpose, mix or allow to be mixed with an alcoholic product sold or supplied by the person as a beverage any of the following:

(a)a drug;

(b)methylic alcohol;

(c)a crude, unrectified, or impure form of ethylic alcohol; or

(d)another deleterious substance.

(a)The following may not engage in an act listed in Subsection (3)(b) :

(i)a package agent;

(ii)a retail licensee;

(iii)a permittee;

(iv)a beer wholesaler licensee;

(v)a liquor warehouser licensee;

(vi)a supplier; or

(vii)an importer.

(b)A person listed in Subsection (3)(a) may not:

(i)tamper with the contents of a container of alcoholic product as originally marketed by a manufacturer;

(ii)refill or partly refill with any substance the contents of an original container of alcoholic product as originally marketed by a manufacturer;

(iii)misrepresent the brand of an alcoholic product sold or offered for sale; or

(iv)sell or furnish a brand of alcoholic product that is not the same as that ordered by a purchaser without first advising the purchaser of the difference.

Amended by Chapter 307 , 2011 General Session

Amended by Chapter 334 , 2011 General Session