Iowa Code 159.28 – Choose Iowa promotional program
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1. The department shall establish and administer a choose Iowa promotional program to advertise for sale on a retail basis a food item that originates as an agricultural commodity produced on an Iowa farm, and that may include any of the following:
a. An agricultural commodity, except that it may be prepared for sale by washing or packaging in this state.
b. A product, if it is processed in this state and any of its ingredients originate as an agricultural commodity produced on an Iowa farm.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 159.28
- Agricultural commodity: means any unprocessed agricultural product, including animals, agricultural crops, and forestry products grown, raised, produced, or fed in Iowa for sale in commercial channels. See Iowa Code 159.20
- Department: means the department of environmental quality in a reference to a time before July 1, 1983, the department of water, air and waste management in a reference to a time on or after July 1, 1983, and through June 30, 1986, and the department of natural resources on or after July 1, 1986, and includes any officer or agency within that department. See Iowa Code 172D.1
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. a. The department may adopt rules further defining an Iowa farm and describing how an agricultural commodity originates on an Iowa farm.
b. The department may adopt rules providing for the acceptable use of ingredients originating from agricultural commodities not produced on Iowa farms. In adopting the rules, the department may consider whether the ingredient is an incidental additive or other component that the department determines is insignificant.