{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"25993.1","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 25993.1","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 20. MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY PROVISIONS [24000. - 28002.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-20"},{"name":"CHAPTER 13.8. Farm Animal Cruelty [25990. - 25994.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-20/chapter-13.8"}],"history":"Added November 6, 2018, by initiative Proposition 12, Sec. 7.   Effective December 19, 2018.","effective":"2018-12-19","html":"<p>It shall be a defense to any action to enforce subdivision (b) of Section <a href=\"/hsc/25990\">25990</a> that a business owner or operator relied in good faith upon a written certification by the supplier that the whole veal meat, whole pork meat, shell egg, or liquid eggs at issue was not derived from a covered animal who was confined in a cruel manner, or from the immediate offspring of a breeding pig who was confined in a cruel manner.</p>","text":"It shall be a defense to any action to enforce subdivision (b) of Section 25990 that a business owner or operator relied in good faith upon a written certification by the supplier that the whole veal meat, whole pork meat, shell egg, or liquid eggs at issue was not derived from a covered animal who was confined in a cruel manner, or from the immediate offspring of a breeding pig who was confined in a cruel manner.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/farm-animal-cruelty-25993-1","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}