Section 137E.6 - Violation - misbranding - civil penalty1. A food processing plant shall not misbrand a food product as a meat product as provided in section 137E.3 as determined by the department.2. A food processing plant violating subsection 1 is subject to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars, not to exceed ten thousand dollars total for violations arising out of the same transaction or occurrence. Each day that a violation continues constitutes a separate offense.3. The department shall impose the civil penalty provided in subsection 2. A food processing plant may contest the imposition of the civil penalty by initiating a contested case proceeding pursuant to chapter 17A.4. Civil penalties collected under this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.Added by 2024 Iowa, ch Chapter 1158,s 7, eff. 7/1/2024.