Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3309
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3309
- Label: means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon any product or the immediate container, not including package liners, of any product. See
- Official certificate: means any certificate prescribed by rules of the Secretary for issuance by an inspector or other person performing official functions under this chapter. See
- Official device: means any device prescribed or authorized by the Secretary for use in applying any official mark. See
- Official mark: means the official inspection legend or any other symbol prescribed by rules of the Secretary to identify the status of any product of livestock or poultry under this chapter. See
- Person: includes any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other business unit and any officer, agent or employee. See
- Poultry: means any domesticated bird, whether live or dead. See
- Secretary: means the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets or designee. See
§ 3309. Additional prohibited acts; official devices, marks, and certificates
(a) No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person shall cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make any device containing any official mark or simulation, or any label bearing any mark or simulation, or any form of official certificate or simulation, except as authorized by the Secretary.
(b) No person shall:
(1) forge any official device, mark, or certificate;
(2) without authorization from the Secretary, use any official device, mark, or certificate, or simulation, or alter, detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate;
(3) contrary to the rules adopted by the Secretary, fail to use or to detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate;
(4) knowingly possess, without promptly notifying the Secretary or his or her representative, any official device or any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official certificate or any device or label of any carcass of any animal, including poultry, or part or product of any animal, including poultry, bearing any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official mark;
(5) knowingly make any false statement in any shipper’s certificate or other nonofficial or official certificate provided for in the rules prescribed by the Secretary; or
(6) knowingly represent that any product has been inspected and passed, or exempted under this chapter when it has not been inspected and passed, or exempted. (Added 1985, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 2, 1986; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)