Colorado § 35-29-103 - Administration - seal of quality.
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§ 35-29-103. Administration - seal of quality.
(1) The commissioner and the representatives of the department under the direction of the commissioner shall administer and enforce this article 29, and, in such administration, the commissioner has and may exercise the administrative powers conferred upon the commissioner as head of the department.
(2) (a) The commissioner shall produce or cause to be produced a suitable design or drawing, which shall be known as the Colorado seal of quality, to be used in the marketing of Colorado agricultural products.
(b) The title to the seal of quality shall at all times remain in and be reserved to the department of agriculture.
(c) The seal of quality, or any reproduction, copy, or facsimile thereof, may not be used in any advertising, display, labeling, or identification without prior written permission from the department.
(3) When a producer, packer, distributor, or retailer has complied with this article 29 and the rules adopted pursuant to this article 29, the producer, packer, distributor, or retailer may use the seal of quality in advertising, labeling, or marketing the producer's, packer's, distributor's, or retailer's product.
(4) The seal of quality may not be used on any agricultural product unless such product was produced in the state of Colorado.
Source: L. 61: p. 174, § 3. CRS 53: § 7-18-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 7-16-3. L. 2025: (1) and (3) amended, (HB 25-1084), ch. 24, p. 121, § 94, effective August 6.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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