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| Official Rules: |
| 1. | Entry form and $15.00 non-refundable fee, must be received by 3:00 pm, Thursday, September 30, 2012. The entry fee does not include parking. Please see the contestant rules for details. |
| 2. | Check-in at 4:30 pm. |
| 3. | Salsa must be fresh and homemade. Recipes must be original, previously unpublished, and independently developed by entrant. |
| 4. | Contestants must present at least eight (8) cups of salsa for judging in a suitable serving dish. Contestants must also provide chips for sampling salsa to judges. |
| 5. | At registration check-in, submit two copies of your recipe typed or neatly printed on an 8 ½" X 11" white paper; one with your recipe only and one with your recipe, name, address and phone number. Recipes will not be returned and become property of the Utah State Fair. All paperwork must be completed before judging. |
| 6. | Entrants must not be professional cooks, chefs, food handlers, culinary instructors, employees of contest sponsors or the Utah State Fair, their affiliates, subsidiaries, families, advertising or promotional agencies. |
| 7. | The 2011 first place winner is not eligible to enter for 2012. |
| 8. | Only one winner per household or address will be chosen. |
| 9. | Judging will be based on visual appeal (25%), originality (25%), taste (25%), and aroma (25%). Judges decisions are final. |
| 10. | To comply with Health Code regulations, no public sampling will be allowed. |