Food and Agricultural Code § 24713

(a) This chapter does not apply to a poultry plant where poultry which was produced on the premises is slaughtered if the poultry meat which is derived from the poultry is sold by the producer in any of the following ways:

(1) At retail upon the premises.

(2) At retail off of the premises, either direct to consumers at their homes or at a retail stand which is operated by the producer in a farmers’ market.

(b) As used in this section, “producer” includes only an individual producer who does not employ, except in unforeseeable exigencies, any person except members of his or her immediate family.