§ 11-34. Misbranding.

A person who willfully marks, stamps, tags, brands, labels or in any other way or by any other means of identification, represents or causes to be marked, stamped, tagged, branded, labeled or represented as kosher or as having been prepared in accordance with the orthodox Hebrew religious requirements or as having been approved or sanctioned by or prepared under the direction or supervision of a rabbi or other person vested with or designated by rabbinical authority, any meats, meat preparations, articles of food or food products not kosher, not so prepared or not so approved, sanctioned or prepared, as the case may be, or willfully removes, defaces, obliterates, covers, alters or destroys or causes to be removed, defaced, obliterated, covered, altered or destroyed the original slaughterhouse plumba or any other mark, stamp, tag, brand label or any other means of identification customarily affixed to meats, meat preparations, food or food products to indicate that such meats, meat preparations, food or food products are kosher or have been prepared in accordance with the orthodox Hebrew religious requirements or have been approved or sanctioned by or prepared under the direction of a rabbi or other person vested with or designated by rabbinical authority, or, knowingly sells, disposes of or has in his possession, for the purpose of resale to any person as kosher, any meats, meat preparations, food or food products not having affixed thereto the original slaughterhouse plumba or any other mark, stamp, tag, brand label or other means of identification customarily employed to indicate that such meats, meat preparations, food or food products are kosher or have been prepared in accordance with the orthodox Hebrew religious requirements or any meats, meat preparations, food or food products to which such plumba, mark, stamp, tag, brand label or other means of identification has or have been fraudulently affixed, or does or causes to be done any of the acts mentioned in this section for the purpose or with the intent of violating or causing to be violated the provisions of sections 11-32 and 11-33 shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided in Section 125.69, Florida Statutes.

(Ord. No. 79-124, § 4, 5-29-79)