DIVISION 9. ANIMALS GENERALLY [16301. - 19700.]
Division 9 enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.
§§ 16301–19700 · 391 sections
PART 1. ANIMALS AT LARGE §§ 16301–17153 · 67 sections
CHAPTER 1. Definitions §§ 16301–16303 · 3 sections
- § 16301 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this part.
- § 16302 “Animal” includes any domestic bovine animal, horse, mule, burro, sheep, goat, or swine, or the hide, carcass, or portion of a carcass of any such animal.
- § 16303 “Inspector” means a hide and brand inspector. It includes the persons who are specified in Section 20010.
CHAPTER 2. General Provisions §§ 16401–16461 · 7 sections
ARTICLE 1. Application § 16401 · 1 section
- § 16401 This part, including the provisions regarding payment of fees, is applicable to all state and county institutions engaging in livestock operations.
ARTICLE 2. Investigation § 16411 · 1 section
- § 16411 The director may make any and all necessary investigations relative to reported violations of this part pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180),…
ARTICLE 3. Criminal Penalty § 16421 · 1 section
- § 16421 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this part or in subdivision (b), every person that violates this part is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall…
ARTICLE 4. Civil Penalties and Remedies §§ 16441–16443 · 3 sections
- § 16441 Any person that violates any provision of this part or any regulations issued pursuant to it is liable civilly for a penalty in an amount not to exceed a sum…
- § 16442 The Attorney General shall, upon complaint by the director, or may upon his own initiative, if after examination of the complaint and evidence he believes a…
- § 16443 The Attorney General shall, upon complaint by the director, or may upon his own initiative, if after examination of the complaint and evidence he believes a…
ARTICLE 5. Funds § 16461 · 1 section
- § 16461 Any money in the Department of Agriculture Fund derived under any of the provisions of this part may be expended for the administration and enforcement of any…
CHAPTER 3. Pedigree and Proof of Ownership §§ 16501–16527 · 9 sections
ARTICLE 1. Pedigree § 16501 · 1 section
- § 16501 It is unlawful for any person by any false or fraudulent pretense to do any of the following: (a) Obtain from any association organized for the purpose of…
ARTICLE 2. Proof of Ownership §§ 16521–16527 · 8 sections
- § 16521 (a) An inspector shall seize any bovine animal, horse, mule, or burro, or the hide or carcass of any of those animals, that is within any of the following…
- § 16522 Evidence of ownership of an animal or hide may include any of the following: (a) A recorded brand registered in the name of the person in possession of the…
- § 16522.5 (a) A dairy exemption number shall be evidence of ownership of cull beef cows and bulls of a recognized dairy breed presented for sale at a registered or…
- § 16523 Evidence of ownership of a carcass may include a bill of sale, sales tag, or sales memorandum which shows all of the following: (a) The names of the seller and…
- § 16524 It is unlawful for any person to refuse to turn over to an inspector any animal, hide, or carcass which is seized pursuant to any provision of this part.
- § 16525 It is unlawful for any person to remove any animal, hide or carcass, which is seized by an inspector or peace officer pursuant to any provision of this…
- § 16526 Any expense which is incurred in caring for any property seized pursuant to this part shall be paid by the person presenting the property for inspection. The…
- § 16527 An animal, hide, or carcass seized pursuant to this chapter shall be disposed of pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 17001).
CHAPTER 6. Transportation of Animals §§ 16901–16909 · 9 sections
- § 16901 It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (a) Lead, drive, or conduct any animal along the track of a railroad, unless the railroad is built…
- § 16902 A person that owns or controls the possession of any livestock shall not willfully or negligently permit any of the livestock to stray upon, or remain…
- § 16903 It is unlawful for any person to drive any livestock upon, over, or across any public highway between the hours of sunset and sunrise unless he keeps a…
- § 16904 In any civil action which is brought by the owner, driver, or occupant of a motor vehicle, or by their personal representatives or assignees, or by the owner…
- § 16905 It is unlawful for any officer, agent, or conductor of any railroad in this state, to confine any animals in cars for a longer period than 36 consecutive hours…
- § 16906 In estimating the time of confinement pursuant to Section 16905, the period during which animals have been confined without such rest on connecting roads from…
- § 16907 If the owner or person in charge of the animals refuses or neglects to pay for the care and feed of the animals so rested, the company or person operating the…
- § 16908 It is unlawful for any person that owns or operates any motor truck, or motor truck and trailer, or semitrailer, to confine or permit to be confined, in such…
- § 16909 In estimating the period of confinement, the time consumed in loading and unloading the animal shall not be considered, but the time during which the animal…
CHAPTER 7. Estrays §§ 17001–17128 · 35 sections
ARTICLE 1. Definitions and General Provisions §§ 17001–17006 · 7 sections
- § 17001 As used in this chapter, “taker-up” means any person that takes up an estray animal pursuant to Section 17041.
- § 17001.5 For the purpose of this chapter, “estray” means any impounded or seized bovine animal, horse, mule, sheep, swine, burro, alpaca, llama, or goat whose owner is…
- § 17002 Any animal that is seized by, or comes into the possession of, an inspector pursuant to this part shall be managed pursuant to this chapter.
- § 17003 (a) Except as provided in this section, this chapter does not affect any law, ordinance, or regulation regarding estrays, the shelter director, other animal…
- § 17004 The director may take up estray animals whose owners are unknown and cannot be located.
- § 17005 (a) It is the policy of the state that no adoptable animal should be euthanized if it can be adopted into a suitable home. Adoptable animals include only those…
- § 17006 Animals that are irremediably suffering from a serious illness or severe injury shall not be held for owner redemption or adoption. Except as provided in…
ARTICLE 2. Taker-Up of Estrays §§ 17041–17045 · 5 sections
- § 17041 Except as provided in Article 5 (commencing with Section 17121) of this chapter, any person that finds any estray domestic animal upon his premises, or upon…
- § 17042 Any person that takes up an estray animal shall confine it in a secure place, and shall immediately file with the secretary a notice containing all of the…
- § 17043 The taker-up of an estray animal shall use reasonable care to preserve it from injury. If it dies or escapes from the taker-up at any time while he is holding…
- § 17044 The taker-up is entitled to the sum prescribed by Section 17095 for the keeping and care of the estray animal.
- § 17045 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it is unlawful for any person to remove any animal from the possession of the taker-up.
ARTICLE 3. Possession by Inspector §§ 17061–17069 · 9 sections
- § 17061 Upon demand of any authorized inspector, the taker-up shall deliver possession of the animal to the inspector.
- § 17062 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it is unlawful for any person to remove from the possession of an inspector any animal so delivered to him.
- § 17063 If the animal which is seized or otherwise in the possession of the inspector is branded, the director shall cause a search to be made of the brand records to…
- § 17064 If the brands or marks are recorded, the director shall immediately, by letter, notify the person in whose name the brands or marks are recorded.
- § 17065 (a) If the owner is not found, and the estimated value of the animal exceeds two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225), the secretary shall cause a notice of the…
- § 17066 If the estimated value of the animal is less than two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225) and a notice is posted for five days on a bulletin board in each…
- § 17067 The notice of the taking up of an animal shall describe the weight, sex, breed, color, marks, and brands, if any, of the animal and shall state the time and…
- § 17068 Any person that claims ownership in the animal may, at any time, but not later than 14 days after the first posting of notice, file his or her proofs of…
- § 17069 If ownership is proved to the satisfaction of the director, the animal shall be turned over to the owner upon payment by the owner of all expenses which were…
ARTICLE 4. Disposal and Sale §§ 17091–17096 · 6 sections
- § 17091 If the animal at any time while in the possession of an inspector is in a condition which requires immediate disposal, the animal may be disposed of by the…
- § 17092 If after 14 days from the date of the first posting of notice no satisfactory proof of ownership of the animal has been made, or if the owner fails or refuses…
- § 17093 In lieu of public sale, the director may sell the animal at private sale at a price not less than the appraised value of the animal. The appraisal shall be…
- § 17094 Any carcass or portion of a carcass may be sold by the director at any time at the market price which prevails at the time of sale.
- § 17095 The proceeds from the sale of any animal shall be paid into, and the expenses of holding, advertising, sale, and other incidental expenses shall be paid from,…
- § 17096 If any person shall, within one year after the date of the sale, prove to the satisfaction of the director his ownership of an animal which was sold pursuant…
ARTICLE 5. Grazing Counties §§ 17121–17128 · 8 sections
- § 17121 A lawful fence is any fence which is good, strong, substantial, and sufficient to prevent the ingress and egress of livestock. No wire fence is a good and…
- § 17122 In any county or part of a county devoted chiefly to grazing and so declared pursuant to this article, a person shall not have the right to take up any estray…
- § 17123 The following counties or parts of counties are declared to be devoted chiefly to grazing: (a) That portion of Trinity which is outside of the area described…
- § 17124 The board of supervisors of any county may by ordinance declare that such county, or part of such county, is devoted chiefly to grazing.
- § 17125 The following portions of Trinity County are declared not to be devoted chiefy to grazing: (a) All of Sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, T. 31 N., R. 12…
- § 17126 The portion of Shasta County within the following metes and bounds is declared not to be devoted chiefly to grazing: Beginning at the intersection of the…
- § 17127 The board of supervisors of Shasta or Trinity County may, if it determines that all or any part of the county under its jurisdiction has ceased to be devoted…
- § 17128 The act entitled “An act concerning lawful fences, and animals, trespassing upon lawfully enclosed lands,” passed March 30, 1850 (Ch. 49, Stats. 1850), and an…
CHAPTER 8. Electrified Fences §§ 17150–17153 · 4 sections
- § 17150 The Legislature finds and declares that improperly designed and installed electrified fences have caused injuries and in some instances have resulted in the…
- § 17151 (a) As used in this chapter, “electrified fence” means any fence and appurtenant devices, including, but not limited to, fences and devices used in animal…
- § 17152 No electrified fences shall be offered for sale, sold, installed, or used in this state, or otherwise connected to a source of electrical current, unless the…
- § 17153 The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to preclude regulation of electrified fences by cities and counties, including, but not limited to,…
PART 2. UNLAWFUL MARKING AND BRANDING §§ 17401–17954 · 10 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions § 17401 · 1 section
- § 17401 The director may make any and all necessary investigations relative to reported violations of this part pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180),…
CHAPTER 2. Violations §§ 17551–17553 · 3 sections
- § 17551 It is unlawful for any person with the intent to steal any bovine animal, horse, colt, jack, jenny, or mule which belongs to another person, or prevent its…
- § 17552 It is unlawful for any person, with the intent to steal any sheep, goat, hog, shoat, or pig, or prevent its identification by the true owner, to do any of the…
- § 17553 It is unlawful for any person to mark any bovine animal by cutting off more than one-half of an ear of the animal.
CHAPTER 3. Criminal Penalties §§ 17701–17702 · 2 sections
CHAPTER 4. Civil Penalties and Remedies §§ 17951–17954 · 4 sections
- § 17951 Any person that violates any provision of this part or the regulations which are issued pursuant to it is liable civilly for a penalty in an amount not to…
- § 17952 The Attorney General shall, upon complaint by the director, or may upon his own initiative, if after examination of the complaint and evidence he believes a…
- § 17953 The Attorney General shall, upon complaint by the director, or may upon his own initiative, if after examination of the complaint and evidence he believes a…
- § 17954 Any moneys in the Department of Agriculture Fund which were derived under any of the provisions of this chapter may be expended for the administration and…
PART 3. SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS §§ 18201–19503 · 313 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 18201–18221 · 3 sections
ARTICLE 1. Investigation §§ 18201–18203 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 2. Civil Remedies § 18221 · 1 section
- § 18221 The Attorney General shall upon complaint by the director or may upon his own initiative, if after examination of the complaint and evidence he believes a…
CHAPTER 2. Packers and Stockyards §§ 18351–18382 · 5 sections
ARTICLE 1. Definitions §§ 18351–18353 · 3 sections
- § 18351 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
- § 18352 “Packer” means any person that is engaged in any of the following businesses: (a) Buying livestock in commerce for purposes of slaughter. (b) Manufacturing or…
- § 18353 “Stockyard” means any place, establishment, or facility commonly known as stockyards, conducted, or operated for compensation or profit as a public market,…
ARTICLE 2. Ownership Against Public Policy §§ 18381–18382 · 2 sections
- § 18381 No packer shall own or control, directly or indirectly, through stock ownership or control or otherwise, by himself or through his agents or employees, any…
- § 18382 Such ownership or control is hereby declared to be contrary to public policy, as tending to create a monopoly and to interfere with trade and commerce.
CHAPTER 3. Warranties §§ 18501–18502 · 2 sections
- § 18501 In the absence of an express warranty, the mere sale of livestock shall not be construed to imply a warranty of such livestock for any particular purpose.
- § 18502 In the absence of any express warranty, the sale of livestock for slaughter, whether the slaughter will be immediate or otherwise, shall not imply a warranty…
CHAPTER 4. Meat and Poultry Inspection §§ 18650–18935 · 111 sections
ARTICLE 1. Definitions and Short Title §§ 18650–18677 · 28 sections
- § 18650 This chapter shall be known as the California Meat and Poultry Inspection Act.
- § 18651 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
- § 18652 “Adulterated” means any livestock product or poultry product which is in violation of Article 4 (commencing with Section 18751) of this chapter.
- § 18653 “Animal food manufacturer” means any person that is engaged in the business of preparing any animal food which is derived wholly or in part from any livestock…
- § 18654 “Broker” means any person that is engaged in the business of buying or selling any livestock product or poultry product on commission, or otherwise negotiating…
- § 18655 “Capable of use as human food” means any livestock or poultry carcass, or any part or product of any such carcass, unless it is denatured or otherwise…
- § 18656 “Container” or “package” means any box, can, tin, cloth, plastic, or other receptacle, wrapper, or cover.
- § 18657 “Federal acts” means the Federal Meat Inspection Act and Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act.
- § 18658 “Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act” means the act so entitled, approved June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1040; 21 U.S.C., Sec. 301 et seq.), and acts amendatory…
- § 18659 “Federal Meat Inspection Act” means the act so entitled approved March 4, 1907 (34 Stat. 1260; 21 U.S.C., Sec. 71 et seq.), as amended by the Wholesome Meat…
- § 18660 “Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act” means the act so entitled approved August 28, 1957 (71 Stat. 441; 21 U.S.C., Sec. 451 et seq.), as amended by the…
- § 18661 “Inspector” means an employee of the department authorized to perform any inspection function under this chapter.
- § 18662 “Label” means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon any article or the immediate container of any article. It does not, however, include…
- § 18663 “Livestock” means any cattle, sheep, swine, goat, or any horse, mule or other equine, whether live or dead.
- § 18664 “Livestock product” means any carcass, part of a carcass, meat, or meat food product of any livestock.
- § 18665 “Meat food product” means any product which is capable of use as human food that is made wholly or in part from any meat or other portion of the carcass of any…
- § 18666 “Misbranded” means any livestock product or poultry product which is in violation of Article 5 (commencing with Section 18781) of this chapter.
- § 18667 “Official certificate” means any certificate which is prescribed by regulations of the director for issuance by an inspector or other person performing…
- § 18668 “Official device” means any device which is prescribed or authorized by the director for use in applying any official mark.
- § 18669 “Official establishment” means any establishment at which inspection of the slaughter of livestock or poultry, or the preparation of any livestock product or…
- § 18670 “Official inspection legend” means any symbol which is prescribed by the director that shows that an article was inspected and passed in accordance with this…
- § 18671 “Offical mark” means the official inspection legend or any other symbol which is prescribed by the director to identify the status of any article or livestock…
- § 18672 “Person” includes any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, or other business unit, and any officer, agent, or employee…
- § 18673 “Pesticide chemical,” “food additive,” “color additive,” and “raw agricultural commodity” shall have the same meanings as under the Federal Food, Drug, and…
- § 18674 “Prepared” means slaughtered, canned, salted, stuffed, rendered, boned, cut up, or otherwise manufactured or processed.
- § 18675 “Poultry” means any domesticated bird, whether live or dead.
- § 18676 “Poultry product” means any poultry carcass, any part of a poultry carcass, or any product which is made wholly or in part from any poultry carcass or any part…
- § 18677 “Renderer” means any person that is engaged in the business of rendering any livestock or poultry carcass, or any part or product of such a carcass, except…
ARTICLE 2. General Provisions §§ 18691–18697 · 7 sections
- § 18691 Meat, meat food products, poultry, and poultry products are an important source of the nation’s total supply of food. It is essential in the public interest…
- § 18692 It is the objective of this chapter to provide for meat and poultry products inspection programs that will impose and enforce requirements with respect to…
- § 18693 The regulations which are adopted pursuant to this chapter shall conform, so far as possible, to the rules, regulations, and standards of the United States…
- § 18694 This chapter applies to any person, establishment, animal, or article regulated under the federal acts only to the extent provided for in the federal acts. The…
- § 18695 If slaughtering or carcass preparation or processing of any meat, meat products, poultry, or poultry product is conducted in an establishment where state…
- § 18696 The director may cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States in administration of this chapter to effectuate the purposes stated in…
- § 18697 The director may do all of the following: (a) Recommend to the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States for appointment to the advisory committees…
ARTICLE 3. Inspections and Regulations §§ 18721–18738 · 18 sections
- § 18721 To accomplish the purposes of Article 2 (commencing with Section 18691) of this chapter, the director shall require ante mortem and post mortem inspections,…
- § 18722 The director shall require the identification of livestock and poultry for inspection purposes, and the marking and labeling of any livestock product or…
- § 18723 The director shall prohibit the entry into official establishments of any livestock product or poultry product which was not prepared under federal inspection…
- § 18724 The director shall require that when any livestock product or poultry product leaves official establishments it shall bear directly thereon or on its…
- § 18725 The director shall investigate the sanitary conditions of each establishment required to have inspection under Section 18721 and shall withdraw or otherwise…
- § 18726 The director shall prescribe sanitation requirements for all establishments required to have inspection under Section 18721.
- § 18727 The director shall require the following classes of persons to keep such records and for such periods as he may specify, to fully and correctly disclose all…
- § 18728 The director may refuse to provide inspection service to any establishment that fails to destroy any condemned product as required pursuant to Section 18722…
- § 18729 The director may refuse to provide inspection service under this chapter with respect to any establishment for any cause specified in Section 401 of the…
- § 18730 The director may order any labeling or container to be withheld from use if he determines that the labeling is false or misleading or the container is of a…
- § 18731 The director may prescribe the size and style of any type which is to be used for labeling information required pursuant to this chapter, and definitions and…
- § 18732 The director may prescribe conditions of storage and handling of any livestock product or poultry product by any person engaged in the business of buying,…
- § 18733 Equines shall be slaughtered and prepared in establishments separate from any establishment where any other livestock is slaughtered or any product of any…
- § 18734 Every person that is engaged in business in intrastate commerce as a broker, renderer, animal food manufacturer, or wholesaler or public warehouseman of any…
- § 18735 The director may adopt, by reference or otherwise, such provisions of the rules and regulations under the federal acts, with such changes therein as he deems…
- § 18736 The director may appoint and prescribe the duties of such inspectors and other personnel as he deems necessary for the efficient execution of the provisions of…
- § 18737 No inspection of any product placed in any container at any official establishment shall be deemed to be complete until the product is sealed or enclosed in…
- § 18738 For purposes of any inspection of any product required by this chapter, any inspector authorized by the director shall have access at all times, by day or…
ARTICLE 4. Adulteration §§ 18751–18759 · 9 sections
- § 18751 A livestock or poultry product is adulterated if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health, but in…
- § 18752 A livestock or poultry product is adulterated in each of the following cases: (a) It bears or contains, by reason of administration of any substance to the…
- § 18753 A livestock or poultry product is adulterated if it consists, in whole or in part, of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance or is for any other reason…
- § 18754 A livestock or poultry product is adulterated if it has been prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions by which it may have become contaminated…
- § 18755 A livestock or poultry product is adulterated if it is, in whole or in part, the product of an animal, including any poultry, which has died otherwise than by…
- § 18756 A livestock or poultry product is adulterated if its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the…
- § 18757 A livestock or poultry product is adulterated if it has been intentionally subjected to radiation, unless the use of the radiation was in conformity with a…
- § 18758 A livestock or poultry product is adulterated in each of the following cases: (a) Any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted…
- § 18759 A livestock or poultry product is adulterated if it is margarine containing animal fat and any of the raw material used in it consisted, in whole or in part,…
ARTICLE 5. Misbranding §§ 18781–18789 · 9 sections
- § 18781 A livestock or poultry product is misbranded in each of the following cases: (a) Its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. (b) It is offered for…
- § 18782 A livestock or poultry product is misbranded unless it bears a label showing all of the following: (a) The name and place of business of the manufacturer,…
- § 18783 A livestock or poultry product is misbranded if any word, statement, or other information required by, or under authority of, this chapter to appear on the…
- § 18784 A livestock or poultry product is misbranded if it purports to be, or is represented, as a food for which a definition and standard of identity or composition…
- § 18785 A livestock or poultry product is misbranded if it purports to be, or is represented as, a food for which a standard or standards of fill of container have…
- § 18786 A livestock or poultry product is misbranded if it is not subject to the provisions of Section 18784, unless its label bears the common or usual name of the…
- § 18787 A livestock or poultry product is misbranded if it purports to be, or is represented to be, for special dietary uses, unless its label bears such information…
- § 18788 A livestock or poultry product is misbranded if it bears or contains any artificial flavoring, artificial coloring, or chemical preservative, unless it is so…
- § 18789 A livestock or poultry product is misbranded if it fails to bear, directly upon the livestock or poultry product and on its container, as the director may…
ARTICLE 6. Exemptions §§ 18811–18814 · 4 sections
- § 18811 For the purposes of Article 2 (commencing with Section 18691) of this chapter, the director may exempt the operations of any person from inspection or other…
- § 18812 The director shall exempt from inspection the slaughtering and preparation by any person of any livestock or poultry of his own raising, exclusively for use by…
- § 18813 The director shall not provide inspection under this chapter at any establishment for the slaughter of livestock or poultry or the preparation of any livestock…
- § 18814 (a) This chapter shall apply to a retail store only to the same extent as the federal acts and regulations issued thereunder are applicable to retail stores,…
ARTICLE 7. Violations §§ 18841–18857 · 17 sections
- § 18841 It is unlawful for any person to slaughter any livestock or poultry, or prepare any livestock or poultry product which is capable of use as human food, at any…
- § 18842 It is unlawful for any person to sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any article required…
- § 18843 It is unlawful for any person to do, with respect to any livestock, poultry, livestock product, or poultry product which is capable of use as human food, any…
- § 18844 It is unlawful for any person to sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, or from an official…
- § 18845 It is unlawful for any person to violate any provision of the regulations promulgated by the director under this chapter.
- § 18846 It is unlawful for any brand manufacturer, printer, or other person to cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make any device containing any official mark or…
- § 18847 It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (a) Forge any official device, mark, or certificate. (b) Without authorization from the director to…
- § 18848 It is unlawful for any person to sell any dressed carcass of any livestock or poultry which is intended for food purposes, or any prepared meat or meat food…
- § 18849 It is unlawful for any person to sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any carcass of any…
- § 18850 It is unlawful for any person to buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any…
- § 18851 It is unlawful for any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting, in intrastate commerce, dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals,…
- § 18852 It is unlawful for any person to give, pay, or offer, directly or indirectly, to any officer or employee of this state authorized to perform any of the duties…
- § 18853 It is unlawful for any officer or employee of this state authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter to accept any money, gift, or other…
- § 18854 It is unlawful for any person to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with any person while engaged in or on account of the…
- § 18855 It is unlawful for any person to neglect or refuse to attend and testify or to answer any lawful inquiry, or to produce documentary evidence, if such evidence…
- § 18856 It is unlawful for any person to willfully make, or cause to be made, any false entry or statement of fact in any report required to be made under this chapter…
- § 18857 It is unlawful for any person required by this chapter to file any annual or special report to fail so to do within the time fixed by the director for filing…
ARTICLE 8. Products in Violation §§ 18871–18874 · 4 sections
- § 18871 Since it cannot be determined with certainty, by any present known method of inspection, whether meat, including any poultry meat, is unwholesome unless the…
- § 18872 Whenever any livestock product or poultry product or any product exempted from the definition of a livestock product and from the definition of a poultry…
- § 18873 Any livestock product or poultry product or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry that is being transported in intrastate commerce, or is…
- § 18874 The provisions of Section 18873 shall in no way derogate from authority for condemnation or seizure conferred by other provisions of this chapter, or other…
ARTICLE 9. Investigations §§ 18901–18908 · 8 sections
- § 18901 The director may gather and compile information, and investigate the organization, business, conduct, practices, management, and the relation to other persons…
- § 18902 The director may require, by general or special orders, persons subject to this chapter engaged in intrastate commerce, to file with him, in such form as he…
- § 18903 For the purpose of this chapter, the director shall at all reasonable times have access to examine and to copy any documentary evidence of any person being…
- § 18904 Attendance of witnesses, and the production of documentary evidence, may be required at any designated place of hearing. In case of disobedience to a subpoena…
- § 18905 The superior court within the jurisdiction of which such inquiry is carried on may, in case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person,…
- § 18906 The director may order testimony to be taken by deposition in any proceeding or investigation pending under this chapter at any stage of such proceeding or…
- § 18907 Witnesses summoned before the director shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the superior court of this state, and witnesses whose…
- § 18908 No person shall be excused from attending and testifying, or from producing books, papers, schedules of charges, contracts, agreements, or other documentary…
ARTICLE 10. Penalties §§ 18931–18935 · 7 sections
- § 18931 Upon the issuance of an order of the director pursuant to Section 18725, 18728, 18729, or 18730, the operator of the establishment may seek administrative…
- § 18932 Any person who is found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations promulgated under this chapter is subject to imprisonment…
- § 18932.1 Any person that violates any provision of this chapter, or any regulation that is issued pursuant to it, is liable civilly for a penalty not to exceed five…
- § 18932.2 (a) In lieu of any civil action brought pursuant to Section 18932.1 and in lieu of seeking prosecution pursuant to Section 18932, the secretary may levy an…
- § 18933 Any person who, as principal or agent, employer or employee, adulterates any meat or meat food product or poultry product intended for sale as human food with…
- § 18934 In addition to the remedies provided in this chapter, the department may bring an action in superior court and such court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing…
- § 18935 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the director to report for prosecution or to institute injunction proceedings for any minor violation…
CHAPTER 4.1. California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act §§ 18940–19040 · 63 sections
ARTICLE 1. Definitions and Short Title §§ 18940–18949 · 13 sections
- § 18940 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act and supplements the provisions of the California…
- § 18940.5 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in Article 1 (commencing with Section 18650) of Chapter 4 govern the construction of this…
- § 18941 “Inspector” means an employee of the department authorized to perform inspection functions under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18650) and under this…
- § 18942 “Licensed livestock meat inspector” means a person who is licensed by the department to perform inspection functions under this chapter in custom livestock…
- § 18942.2 “Licensed processing inspector” means a person who is licensed by the department to perform inspection functions under this chapter in licensed meat processing…
- § 18943 “Livestock” means any cattle, sheep, swine, and goat, and pursuant to regulations adopted by the Fish and Game Commission, for the purposes of Chapter 4…
- § 18944 “Livestock product” means any carcass, part of the carcass, meat, or meat food product of any livestock.
- § 18945 “Slaughter” means the stunning, bleeding, eviscerating, skinning, splitting, and preparing of livestock for human consumption.
- § 18946 “Custom livestock slaughterhouse” means a licensed establishment where: (a) Cattle, sheep, swine, or goats are slaughtered and prepared for the owners of the…
- § 18947 “Meat processing establishment” means a licensed establishment required to be inspected pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18650) where livestock…
- § 18947.2 “Smoking” means exposing meat or poultry products, for the purpose of food preservation, rather than as a method of flavor enhancement, to an environment of…
- § 18948 “Sanitary” means free from dirt, filth, and contamination and free from any other substance or organisms which are known to be injurious to human health or…
- § 18949 “Establishment” means any business, firm, or facility that is required to be licensed by the director under this chapter.
ARTICLE 2. General Provisions §§ 18950–18955 · 4 sections
- § 18950 The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Sausage products and cured and smoked meat products which are processed and sold at retail meat processing…
- § 18951 The Legislature further finds and declares that: (a) A significant number of persons raise their own animals or purchase their animals alive and then have them…
- § 18952 The objectives of this chapter are to require sanitation and wholesomeness inspection at licensed custom slaughter establishments and licensed meat processing…
- § 18955 No person shall operate an establishment performing any of the functions stated in this chapter unless the establishment is licensed and continues to meet…
ARTICLE 3. Regulations §§ 18960–18963 · 4 sections
- § 18960 The director may adopt, by regulation, standards and requirements relating to inspection, sanitation, facilities, equipment, reinspection, preparation,…
- § 18961 The director, by regulation, may adopt provisions of the rules and regulations made under federal acts with such changes therein as he or she deems appropriate…
- § 18962 The department may adopt, by regulation, provisions to examine applicants for the positions of licensed livestock meat inspector and licensed processing…
- § 18963 The department, in consultation with the State Department of Health Services, shall, on or before December 31, 2001, adopt, by regulations, standards and…
ARTICLE 4. Inspection Granting and Withdrawal §§ 18970–18977 · 8 sections
- § 18970 (a) Prior to the issuance of a license to an establishment required to be licensed pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 19010), the establishment…
- § 18971 The director shall investigate the sanitary conditions of each establishment required to be licensed pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 19010) and…
- § 18972 The director may inspect, reinspect, or order the reinspection of any livestock or poultry product which is slaughtered, processed, or stored in an…
- § 18973 (a) Licensed livestock meat inspectors, licensed processing inspectors, and department inspectors are authorized to supervise the operations of licensed…
- § 18974 The director may order any labeling or containers to be withheld from use if he or she determines that the labeling is false or misleading or the containers…
- § 18975 If an action of a livestock meat inspector, licensed processing inspector, or department inspector in condemning any livestock or poultry product is…
- § 18976 If slaughtering, carcass preparation, or processing of any meat, meat products, poultry, or poultry products, or training of licensed livestock meat inspectors…
- § 18977 The director may require a deposit to pay for the overtime charges which he or she shall deposit in the General Fund, and may refuse inspection if the deposit…
ARTICLE 5. Livestock Meat Inspector and Processing Inspector Licenses—General Provisions §§ 18980–18983 · 4 sections
- § 18980 (a) The application fee for a livestock meat inspector’s license or a processing inspector’s license is one hundred dollars ($100). If an applicant for a…
- § 18981 (a) Application for renewal of a license accompanied by a fee of one hundred dollars ($100) shall be made on or before its expiration. Applicants for renewal…
- § 18982 The department shall conduct periodic training for licensed livestock meat inspectors and licensed processing inspectors to maintain and increase their…
- § 18983 Licensed livestock meat inspectors and licensed processing inspectors shall participate in annual training meetings sponsored by the department to maintain and…
ARTICLE 6. Livestock Meat Inspector License—Custom Livestock Slaughter §§ 18990–18991 · 2 sections
- § 18990 (a) Each person, before acting as a livestock meat inspector in a livestock custom slaughterhouse, shall apply to the director and shall receive from the…
- § 18991 (a) A licensed livestock meat inspector, in accordance with regulations adopted hereunder, shall conduct antemortem examination of each animal to be…
ARTICLE 7. Processing Inspector License—Meat Processing Establishment §§ 19000–19002 · 3 sections
- § 19000 Each person, before acting as a licensed processing inspector in a retail meat processing establishment, shall apply to the department and receive from the…
- § 19001 (a) A licensed processing inspector shall conduct a sanitation inspection before the establishment commences operations for the day, and shall make periodic…
- § 19002 The department may suspend or revoke the license of a licensed processing inspector for permitting the processing or labeling of products not meeting the…
ARTICLE 8. Licensed Meat Processing and Custom Livestock Slaughter Establishments §§ 19010–19017 · 9 sections
- § 19010 (a) Each person shall, before operating a meat processing establishment or a custom livestock slaughterhouse, file an application accompanied with an…
- § 19011 (a) Application for renewal of a license accompanied by a renewal fee shall be made on or before its expiration. (1) Subject to Section 19011.5, the annual…
- § 19011.5 If a licensee has two or more licenses in effect at the same meat processing establishment, custom livestock slaughterhouse, place of business, or poultry…
- § 19012 No person shall operate a licensed establishment performing the functions stated in this chapter unless all livestock and livestock products are inspected for…
- § 19013 No person shall operate a meat processing establishment unless all livestock and poultry products used in processing and to be sold have been inspected by the…
- § 19014 Plant sanitation, sanitary dressing procedures, processing procedures, vehicle equipment, facility standards, and sanitation, including transportation and…
- § 19015 Livestock carcasses and parts and livestock and poultry products shall not be packed, repacked, cut up, recut, or sold unless each container or each part or…
- § 19016 (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), all custom slaughtered livestock carcasses and parts shall be marked in a manner required by the department to…
- § 19017 It is unlawful to do any of the following: (a) Operate an establishment not licensed by the department. (b) Operate an establishment that is not clean. (c)…
ARTICLE 9. Exemptions §§ 19020–19023 · 4 sections
- § 19020 This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (a) Owners who slaughter, on their own premises, livestock of their own raising where the meat is not for…
- § 19021 (a) A mobile slaughter operator performing the service of slaughtering livestock pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 19020 shall be licensed with the…
- § 19022 (a) A mobile slaughter operator performing the service of slaughtering livestock pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 19020 shall file an application for a…
- § 19023 (a) A mobile slaughter operator that slaughters livestock pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 19020 shall keep and maintain all of the following records…
ARTICLE 10. Violations and Penalties §§ 19030–19039 · 11 sections
- § 19030 The director may, after a hearing conducted pursuant to Section 11346.8 of the Government Code, refuse to issue a license or renew a license and may revoke or…
- § 19031 A violation of the provisions of this chapter is a misdemeanor.
- § 19032 Any person that violates any provision of this chapter, or any regulation that is issued pursuant to it, is liable civilly for a penalty in an amount not to…
- § 19033 The Attorney General shall, upon complaint by the director, or may upon his or her own initiative, if after examination of the complaint and evidence he or she…
- § 19033.1 (a) In lieu of any civil action brought pursuant to Section 19032 and in lieu of seeking prosecution pursuant to Section 19031, the secretary may levy an…
- § 19034 In addition to the remedies provided in this chapter, the department may bring an action in superior court and the court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing…
- § 19035 It is unlawful for any person to slaughter any livestock or prepare any such livestock products which are appropriate for use as human food at any custom…
- § 19036 It is unlawful for any person to do with respect to any livestock which is appropriate for use as human food, any act, while it is being transported or held in…
- § 19037 It is unlawful for any person to violate any provision of the regulations promulgated by the director which are applicable to this chapter.
- § 19038 It is unlawful for any person knowingly to represent that an article has been examined by a licensed livestock meat inspector, licensed processing inspector,…
- § 19039 It is unlawful for any person to assault, resist, impede, intimidate, or interfere with any person while engaged in the performance of duties under this…
ARTICLE 11. Disposition of Funds § 19040 · 1 section
- § 19040 (a) All fees, charges, and collections collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund. (b) All fees,…
CHAPTER 4.5. Holding, Segregation, and Disposal of Animals Unfit for Human Food Purposes §§ 19051–19056 · 6 sections
- § 19051 As used in this chapter, animal means livestock as defined in Section 18663 and poultry as defined in Section 24657.
- § 19052 If the director determines that any animal raised for the production of any food product is or may be carrying in its body pesticides, poisons, or other…
- § 19053 If the director finds that any animal under a hold order pursuant to this chapter cannot, after treatment or care, be safely used for human food purposes, or…
- § 19054 It is unlawful for any person to fail to comply with any order of the director issued pursuant to this chapter.
- § 19055 The director may bring an action in the superior court of any county in which animals subject to a hold order are located to require enforcement of such order.…
- § 19056 The owner of any animal for which a hold or disposal order is issued pursuant to this chapter may seek administrative review of such order in the same manner…
CHAPTER 5. Horsemeat and Pet Food §§ 19200–19447 · 119 sections
ARTICLE 1. Definitions §§ 19200–19216 · 18 sections
- § 19200 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions of this article govern the construction of this chapter.
- § 19201 “Animals” means burros, cattle, goats, horses, mules, sheep, swine and other large domesticated animals and poultry.
- § 19202 “Bureau” means Bureau of Meat and Poultry Inspection of the Department of Food and Agriculture.
- § 19203 “Canned pet food” means any commercially sterile food product packed in hermetically sealed containers and composed of either edible fresh or frozen meat or…
- § 19204 “Collection center” means a receiving area for the temporary storage of animal carcasses, packinghouse waste, or other products before transportation to a…
- § 19205 “Dead animal hauler” means any person or company that engages in the business of transporting the carcasses of dead animals.
- § 19206 “Edible” means food fit to be eaten by dogs, cats, or other carnivora.
- § 19207 “Horsemeat byproducts” means the parts other than horsemeat which have been derived from horses, mules or burros, or any combination of them.
- § 19208 “Horsemeat” means the uncooked muscle tissue of horse, mule or burro, or any combination thereof, which is skeletal, with or without the accompanying and…
- § 19209 “Inspected horsemeat” means horsemeat produced in a slaughtering establishment under federal, state or state-approved municipal inspection.
- § 19210 “Meat” means the uncooked muscle tissue of a cow, goat, sheep, swine, or poultry which is skeletal, with or without the accompanying and overlaying fat, and…
- § 19210.5 “Meat byproducts” means the edible parts other than meat which have been derived from cattle, goats, sheep, swine, or poultry or any combination of them.
- § 19211 “Pet” means any household animal including but not limited to cats or dogs and other carnivora, whether or not for public exhibition.
- § 19212 “Processed pet food” means a food for pets which has been prepared by heating, drying, semidrying, canning, or by a method of treatment prescribed by…
- § 19213 “Rendering” means all recycling, processing, and conversion of animal and fish materials and carcasses and inedible kitchen grease into fats, oils, proteins,…
- § 19214 “Slaughter” means to kill live animals and prepare for consumption for pet food purposes.
- § 19215 “Transporter of inedible kitchen grease” means any person who transports inedible kitchen grease.
- § 19216 “Inedible kitchen grease” means any fat or used cooking greases and oils obtained from any source.
ARTICLE 1.5. Rendering Industry Advisory Board §§ 19218–19218.7 · 8 sections
- § 19218 (a) There is in state government a Rendering Industry Advisory Board consisting of seven persons, appointed by the secretary, six of whom are licensed under…
- § 19218.1 The term of office of the members of the board is three years. When the board is first appointed, three members shall be appointed for three years, two members…
- § 19218.2 The board shall elect a chairperson, and from time to time any other officers as it may deem advisable.
- § 19218.3 (a) The board shall meet at the call of its chairperson or the secretary or at the request of any three members of the board. The board shall meet at least…
- § 19218.4 (a) The board shall advise the secretary and may make recommendations to the secretary concerning all of the following: (1) Adoption, modification, and repeal…
- § 19218.5 Persons subject to this chapter shall not have access to any information in the possession of any entity or entities established or designated pursuant to this…
- § 19218.6 (a) The secretary shall adopt regulations to be used by the board to administer this article. (b) In adopting regulations and procedures, the secretary shall…
- § 19218.7 The secretary shall, within 30 days of receiving a recommendation from the board in accordance with this article, provide the board with notice of the…
ARTICLE 2. Licenses §§ 19220–19229 · 9 sections
- § 19220 A license granted under this chapter shall expire on December 31 of each year.
- § 19221 The application for a license or a renewal of a license shall be accompanied by the license fee.
- § 19222 A previous violation of any provision of this chapter is good and sufficient cause for denial of a license.
- § 19224 A proceeding for refusal or revocation of a license shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1, Division 3,…
- § 19225 Subject to Section 19229, the annual fee for each license held is one hundred dollars ($100).
- § 19226 A separate license shall be required for each place of business.
- § 19227 (a) In addition to the license fee required pursuant to Section 19225, the department may charge each licensed renderer and collection center an additional fee…
- § 19228 All fees, charges, and collections collected pursuant to Sections 19225, 19227, 19312, and 19315 shall be paid into the State Treasury monthly to the credit of…
- § 19229 If a licensee has two or more licenses in effect at the same meat processing establishment, custom livestock slaughterhouse, place of business, or poultry…
ARTICLE 3. Pet Food and Horse Slaughterers §§ 19240–19242 · 3 sections
- § 19240 Every person engaged in the business of slaughtering animals for pet food or horses for human food purposes shall first obtain a license pursuant to this…
- § 19241 The application shall be in a form which is prescribed by the director and shall contain the following: (a) The name and address of the applicant. (b) Where…
- § 19242 The secretary, after notice and hearing, shall refuse to issue a license unless he or she finds that the applicant satisfies all of the following: (a) Is…
ARTICLE 4. Pet Food Processor §§ 19260–19262 · 3 sections
- § 19260 Every person engaged in the business of processing, packing, or preparing fresh or frozen horsemeat or any other meat product for use as pet food of any kind,…
- § 19261 The application for a license shall be in a form which is prescribed by the secretary and shall contain the following: (a) The name and address of the…
- § 19262 The secretary, after notice and hearing, shall refuse to issue a license unless he or she finds that the applicant satisfies all of the following: (a) Is…
ARTICLE 5. Horsemeat and Pet Food Importer §§ 19280–19282 · 3 sections
- § 19280 Every person who engages in the business of importing (distributing or jobbing) fresh or frozen meat, meat byproducts, horsemeat byproducts, poultry meat, or…
- § 19281 The application shall be in a form which is prescribed by the director and shall contain the following: (a) The name and address of the applicant. (b) The…
- § 19282 The director shall issue a license unless he finds, after notice and hearing, that the applicant has been convicted of a felony involving adulterated or…
ARTICLE 6. Renderers §§ 19300–19306 · 9 sections
- § 19300 Every person engaged in the business of rendering shall obtain a license from the department for each rendering plant.
- § 19300.5 Every person engaged in the business of operating a collection center shall obtain a license from the department for each collection center operated.
- § 19301 The application for a license shall be in a form which is prescribed by the director and shall contain the following: (a) The name and address of the…
- § 19302 (a) The department may refuse to issue a license if the department finds that the applicant does not meet one or more of the following requirements: (1) The…
- § 19303 In addition to any other records required to be kept pursuant to this chapter, every licensed renderer shall record and keep for 2 years, in connection with…
- § 19304 All records required to be retained pursuant to this chapter shall be maintained for two years at the regular place of business of every renderer and…
- § 19305 Any peace officer of this state, or any employee of the department, during normal business hours, may inspect any premises maintained by a renderer or…
- § 19305.5 (a) The department may suspend or revoke a renderer license or collection center license at any time, if it finds any of the following has occurred: (1) The…
- § 19306 (a) Any renderer or collection center operator licensed pursuant to this article or transporter registered pursuant to Article 6.5 (commencing with Section…
ARTICLE 6.5. Transporters of Inedible Kitchen Grease §§ 19310–19317 · 14 sections
- § 19310 (a) It is unlawful for any person or entity to engage in the transportation of inedible kitchen grease without being registered with the department and without…
- § 19310.5 It is unlawful for any person who is not a registered transporter of inedible kitchen grease to transport that product from any place within this state to any…
- § 19310.7 Any person registered as a transporter of inedible kitchen grease may deliver any inedible kitchen grease to a licensed renderer or collection center for…
- § 19311 Any renderer who operates vehicles for the purpose of collecting inedible kitchen grease shall register as a transporter of inedible kitchen grease and…
- § 19312 (a) Registration shall be made with the department and shall include all of the following: (1) The applicant’s name and address. (2) A description of the…
- § 19313 Every vehicle used in the transportation of inedible kitchen grease shall conspicuously display the name of the owner of the vehicle in letters not less than…
- § 19313.1 In addition to any other records required to be kept pursuant to this chapter, every transporter of inedible kitchen grease shall record and maintain for two…
- § 19313.5 It is unlawful for any person to steal, misappropriate, contaminate, or damage inedible kitchen grease, or containers thereof.
- § 19313.8 A registered transporter or any other person shall not take possession of inedible kitchen grease from an unregistered transporter, an unlicensed collection…
- § 19314 The department may suspend or revoke a registration certificate, at any time, if it finds any of the following has occurred: (a) The registrant has sold or…
- § 19315 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), in addition to the registration fee required by Section 19312, the department may charge a fee necessary to cover…
- § 19316 It is the purpose of this article to prevent the sale and transfer of illegally obtained inedible kitchen grease, to protect the environment, to reduce…
- § 19316.5 The department is authorized to establish a system for documenting and tracking the transportation of inedible kitchen grease in order to ensure the proper…
- § 19317 A registered transporter of inedible kitchen grease shall, whenever any contract for the transportation of inedible kitchen grease under which that transporter…
ARTICLE 7. Dead Animal Haulers §§ 19320–19322 · 3 sections
- § 19320 All persons engaged in the business of hauling of dead cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses or other large domesticated animals or parts of the carcasses of any…
- § 19321 The application for a license shall be in a form which is prescribed by the director and shall contain the following: (a) The name and address of the…
- § 19322 The secretary, after notice and hearing, may refuse to issue a license unless he finds that the applicant: (a) Is properly equipped to engage in the business…
ARTICLE 8. General Provisions §§ 19340–19358 · 19 sections
- § 19340 No slaughterer shall own or control directly or indirectly, through stock ownership or control or otherwise, by himself or through his agents or employees, any…
- § 19342 No slaughterer shall pick up or receive any dead animal at his slaughterhouse except those which have died en route and such animals shall be transported…
- § 19343 Every establishment where animals are slaughtered for pet food, or where fresh or frozen pet food is processed or prepared shall be maintained and operated in…
- § 19344 All fresh or frozen meat, meat byproducts, horsemeat, and horsemeat byproducts sold or offered for sale to the public as pet food shall conform to the…
- § 19346 Any carcasses or parts or products of animals which are not intended for use as human food shall prior to their being offered for sale or transportation, be…
- § 19347 The Legislature finds that the use in pet food of animals that died from reasons other than slaughtering and pet food prepared from diseased animals or not…
- § 19348 (a) Unless a waiver is granted by the State Veterinarian in conjunction with implementation of Section 9562 or a declaration of a state of emergency or local…
- § 19348.1 The State Veterinarian is authorized to approve temporary research projects for the purpose of determining whether alternative methods of animal tissue…
- § 19348.2 (a) Notwithstanding Section 19348 and regulations adopted by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery pursuant to Section 43020 of the Public…
- § 19348.5 Every person who transports a live horse or horses to a slaughterhouse subject to licensing under this chapter shall provide such horse or horses with adequate…
- § 19349 All trucks and every licensed premises of a dead animal hauler shall be inspected by the bureau at least once a year before the license is renewed and at other…
- § 19350 Vehicles used for dead animal hauling shall be completely unloaded, cleaned, and disinfected at the rendering plant.
- § 19352 Inspectors and duly authorized agents of the state, city, county, and city and county health departments shall have free access at all hours of operation to…
- § 19353 Horses, mules, burros, cattle, sheep, goats and swine may be slaughtered on the premises of a pet food slaughterer.
- § 19354 A dead animal hauler shall register each vehicle used to transport dead animals with the bureau.
- § 19355 No licensee shall refuse to permit entry or inspection by a representative of the department, or to permit the taking of a sample of products.
- § 19356 No meat or meat byproduct or horsemeat or horsemeat byproduct shall be sold or offered for sale as pet food or for pet food purposes by any person under any…
- § 19357 All labels or other identification marks or methods for articles subject to this chapter shall be approved by the director in advance of their use.
- § 19358 No person shall sell, transport, or offer for sale or transportation any meat or meat byproduct, horsemeat, or horsemeat byproduct subject to this article that…
ARTICLE 9. Horsemeat §§ 19360–19367 · 7 sections
- § 19360 Only horsemeat inspected by state or federal agents shall be sold or offered for sale for human consumption. When horsemeat is offered for sale for human…
- § 19362 Every restaurant, cafe, or other public eating place offering or serving horsemeat for human consumption shall have stamped on all menus, in green ink letters…
- § 19363 Horsemeat or fresh or frozen pet food shall not be packed, stored or kept in any retail establishment with or in close proximity with any food product which is…
- § 19364 Horsemeat or fresh or frozen pet food shall be kept and stored in a separate unit in a retail establishment provided for that purpose. A sign which reads…
- § 19365 All inspected horsemeat shall bear a tag or label with the words “inspected horsemeat,” “U.S. government-inspected horsemeat,” “state-inspected horsemeat,” or…
- § 19366 All horsemeat intended for pet food purposes not produced in the State of California shall be denatured before entering the state and shall meet all…
- § 19367 Nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent any city, city and county, or county from regulating or prohibiting by ordinance the sale of horsemeat in their…
ARTICLE 10. Regulations §§ 19380–19385 · 6 sections
- § 19380 The director may adopt rules or regulations necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter.
- § 19381 The director shall by regulation promulgate minimum standards for the fitness of pet food so that the health of the animals and citizens of this state will not…
- § 19382 The director may establish by regulation, requirements to insure that vehicles used to transport dead animals and carcasses or parts or products of animals…
- § 19383 The director shall establish by regulation, requirements for the slaughter of animals and inspection of pet food, to insure that it is wholesome, untainted,…
- § 19384 The director shall establish by regulation the conditions under which carcasses or parts or products of animals for pet food may be processed, transported, and…
- § 19385 The director may establish regulations to permit the sale and distribution of food for crab bait and for the feeding of mink and zoo animals under conditions…
ARTICLE 11. Records §§ 19400–19404 · 5 sections
- § 19400 Any person that slaughters any horse, mule, burro, sheep, goats, swine or any other bovine for use as pet food, or who by purchase or otherwise acquires…
- § 19401 This article does not apply to any of the following: (a) Retail sales of any fresh or processed meat or meat product in a quantity of five pounds or less to…
- § 19402 All horsemeat and animal food records shall be open at all times during the hours of operation to the inspection of the director, any health officer or…
- § 19403 It is unlawful for any person that is required to keep horsemeat and pet food records to fail to keep such records, or to fail or refuse to permit an…
- § 19404 Every dead animal hauler shall keep a record when and where each carcass is picked up and delivered. The record shall be kept for a period of one year, and…
ARTICLE 12. Enforcement §§ 19420–19421 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 12.5. Inspection Fees §§ 19430–19433 · 3 sections
- § 19430 Any person who is licensed pursuant to this chapter, who requests inspection at time which is considered as overtime by Section 19352 shall be liable for…
- § 19432 Any fee, charge, or assessment payable under the provisions of this chapter and regulations promulgated pursuant to it, shall constitute a debt of the person…
- § 19433 In establishing such fee, charge, or assessment the director shall give consideration to the fees, charges and assessments provided under the provisions of law…
ARTICLE 13. Penalties §§ 19440–19447 · 7 sections
- § 19440 Any person who is found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter is subject to…
- § 19441 Any person who, as principal or agent, employer or employee, adulterates any other meat or meat food product intended for human food with horsemeat or the…
- § 19443 In addition to the remedies herein provided, the department may bring an action in superior court and such court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and for…
- § 19444 Upon conviction of a violation of any provision of this chapter, any license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be automatically suspended for 30 days. The…
- § 19445 (a) In lieu of levying a civil penalty pursuant to Section 19447, and in lieu of seeking prosecution, upon complaint of the secretary, the Attorney General may…
- § 19446 In addition to any other remedies provided by this chapter, but in lieu of seeking prosecution of any violation of Article 6 (commencing with Section 19300) or…
- § 19447 (a) In lieu of any civil action pursuant to Section 19445, and in lieu of seeking prosecution, the secretary may levy a civil penalty against a person who…
CHAPTER 6. Slaughter §§ 19501–19503 · 4 sections
- § 19501 (a) Cattle, calves, horses, mules, sheep, swine, goats, or fallow deer, or poultry shall be slaughtered by the methods prescribed in this section. No state…
- § 19501.5 (a) The department shall, on or before December 31, 1993, adopt regulations to implement Section 19501 as to the slaughter of poultry, and, thereafter, enforce…
- § 19502 The regulations adopted under this chapter shall conform as far as possible to the regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture governing methods…
- § 19503 The Department of Agriculture shall enforce the provisions of Section 19501 and is authorized and directed to perform the following duties: Designate, on or…
PART 4. Livestock Confinement § 19700 · 1 section
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions § 19700 · 1 section
ARTICLE 1. Fees § 19700 · 1 section
- § 19700 (a) (1) The secretary shall adopt, by regulation, fees to cover the department’s reasonable regulatory costs of the administration, implementation, and…