4-32-114. Unauthorized use or possession of official devices, labels, marks, or certificates -- False statements, misrepresentations, and trade secrets.

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Effective 7/1/2017

(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:

(i)an official device;

(ii)a counterfeit, simulated, forged, or altered official certificate;

(iii)a device;

(iv)a label;

(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 and Amended by Chapter 345 , 2017 General Session