Utah Code 32B-4-420. Unlawful adulteration
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(1) For purposes of this section, “tamper” means to do one or more of the following to the contents of a container:
Terms Used In Utah Code 32B-4-420
- Alcoholic product: includes an alcoholic beverage. See Utah Code 32B-1-102
- Beer: means a product that:(11)(a)(i) contains:(11)(a)(i)(A) at least . See Utah Code 32B-1-102
- Container: means a receptacle that contains an alcoholic product, including:(25)(a) a bottle;(25)(b) a vessel; or(25)(c) a similar item. See Utah Code 32B-1-102
- Furnish: includes to:(47)(b)(i) serve;(47)(b)(ii) deliver; or(47)(b)(iii) otherwise make available. See Utah Code 32B-1-102
- Licensee: means a person who holds a license. See Utah Code 32B-1-102
- Liquor: includes :(66)(a)(ii)(A) heavy beer;(66)(a)(ii)(B) wine; and(66)(a)(ii)(C) a flavored malt beverage. See Utah Code 32B-1-102
- Package agent: means a person who holds a package agency. See Utah Code 32B-1-102
- Permittee: means a person issued a permit under:(89)(a) Chapter 9, Event Permit Act; or(89)(b) Chapter 10, Special Use Permit Act. See Utah Code 32B-1-102
- Person: means :(24)(a) an individual;(24)(b) an association;(24)(c) an institution;(24)(d) a corporation;(24)(e) a company;(24)(f) a trust;(24)(g) a limited liability company;(24)(h) a partnership;(24)(i) a political subdivision;(24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and(24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Supplier: means a person who sells an alcoholic product to the department. See Utah Code 32B-1-102
(1)(a) fortify;
(1)(b) adulterate;
(1)(c) contaminate;
(1)(d) dilute;
(1)(e) change its character or purity; or
(1)(f) otherwise change.
(2) A person may not, for any purpose, mix or allow to be mixed with an alcoholic product sold or supplied by the person as a beverage any of the following:
(2)(a) a drug;
(2)(b) methylic alcohol;
(2)(c) a crude, unrectified, or impure form of ethylic alcohol; or
(2)(d) another deleterious substance.
(3)
(3)(a) The following may not engage in an act listed in Subsection (3)(b):
(3)(a)(i) a package agent;
(3)(a)(ii) a retail licensee;
(3)(a)(iii) a permittee;
(3)(a)(iv) a beer wholesaler licensee;
(3)(a)(v) a liquor warehouser licensee;
(3)(a)(vi) a supplier; or
(3)(a)(vii) an importer.
(3)(b) A person listed in Subsection (3)(a) may not:
(3)(b)(i) tamper with the contents of a container of alcoholic product as originally marketed by a manufacturer;
(3)(b)(ii) refill or partly refill with any substance the contents of an original container of alcoholic product as originally marketed by a manufacturer;
(3)(b)(iii) misrepresent the brand of an alcoholic product sold or offered for sale; or
(3)(b)(iv) sell or furnish a brand of alcoholic product that is not the same as that ordered by a purchaser without first advising the purchaser of the difference.