1. As part of the program, the department may establish a choose Iowa logo to identify a food item originating as an agricultural commodity produced on an Iowa farm.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 159.29

  • 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
  • Owner: shall mean the person holding record title to real estate to include both legal and equitable interests under recorded real estate contracts. See Iowa Code 172D.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
  • United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. The department may register the choose Iowa logo as a mark with the secretary of state under chapter 548. If allowed under federal law, the department may also register the logo as a trademark with the United States patent and trademark office or as a copyright with the United States copyright office.
 3. This section does not require the department to incorporate the name “choose Iowa” as part of a mark, trademark, or copyright, if such name is already protected by state or federal law.
 4. If the department registers a mark with the secretary of state, registers a trademark with the United States patent and trademark office, or registers a copyright with the United States copyright office under this section, the state of Iowa shall be named as the owner of the mark, trademark, or copyright.
 5. The use of a choose Iowa logo does not do any of the following:

 a. Provide an express or implied guarantee or warranty concerning the safety, fitness, merchantability, or use of a food item.
 b. Supersede, revise, or replace a state or federal labeling requirement, including but not limited to a provision in the federal Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1451 et seq.
 c. Indicate the grade, specification, standard, or value of any food item.
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