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:
    • (a) fortify;
    • (b) adulterate;
    • (c) contaminate;
    • (d) dilute;
    • (e) change its character or purity; or
    • (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:
    • (a) a drug;
    • (b) methylic alcohol;
    • (c) a crude, unrectified, or impure form of ethylic alcohol; or
    • (d) another deleterious substance.
  • (3)
    • (a) The following may not engage in an act listed in Subsection (3)(b):
      • (i) a package agent;
      • (ii) a retail licensee;
      • (iii) a permittee;
      • (iv) a beer wholesaler licensee;
      • (v) a liquor warehouser licensee;
      • (vi) a supplier; or
      • (vii) an importer.
    • (b) A person listed in Subsection (3)(a) may not:
      • (i) tamper with the contents of a container of alcoholic product as originally marketed by a manufacturer;
      • (ii) refill or partly refill with any substance the contents of an original container of alcoholic product as originally marketed by a manufacturer;
      • (iii) misrepresent the brand of an alcoholic product sold or offered for sale; or
      • (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.





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