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

UT Code § 4-32-114 (2019) (N/A)
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(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.

(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;

(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.

(i) revealed to an authorized government representative; or

(ii) ordered by a court in a judicial proceeding.