PART 1. POULTRY AND RABBITS [24501. - 25151.]

Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.

§§ 24501–25151 · 95 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 24501–24563 · 7 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. Application §§ 24501–24502 · 2 sections

      • § 24501 The provisions of this part, including the payment of fees, are applicable to all state and county institutions which are engaging in livestock operations.
      • § 24502 The provisions of Chapters 1 (commencing with Section 24501), 2 (commencing with Section 24651), and 3 (commencing with Section 24951), of Part 1 of Division…
   2. ARTICLE 2. Investigations § 24521 · 1 section

      • § 24521 The director may make any necessary investigations relative to reported violations of this part, pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180), Chapter…
   3. ARTICLE 3. Civil Remedies § 24541 · 1 section

      • § 24541 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…
   4. ARTICLE 4. Poultry Regulations and Inspections §§ 24561–24563 · 3 sections

      • § 24561 Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the director may adopt by regulation standards and requirements equal to those of the Poultry Products…
      • § 24562 Regulations adopted pursuant to this article or pursuant to Section 24681 or Section 24991 shall conform, so far as practicable, to the rules, regulations and…
      • § 24563 (a) If slaughtering or carcass preparation or processing of poultry meats and poultry meat products is conducted in an establishment where state inspection is…
2. CHAPTER 2. Plant Sanitation §§ 24651–24831 · 38 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. Definitions §§ 24651–24661 · 11 sections

      • § 24651 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
      • § 24652 “Fowl” includes chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and other domesticated birds.
      • § 24653 “Growing poultry” means feeding and caring for poultry.
      • § 24654 “Marked” means plainly, legibly, and conspicuously labeled, stamped, tagged, stenciled, or branded to show the name and address of the poultry plant where, or…
      • § 24655 “Mislabel” means the placing, or presence of any false, deceptive, or misleading mark, tag, brand, design, inscription, statement, billing, invoice, placard,…
      • § 24656 “New York dressed fowl” means fowl from which the feathers have been removed and the blood drawn and which is offered for sale as a whole fowl, with the head,…
      • § 24657 “Poultry” means domesticated fowl and domesticated rabbit which are intended for use for human food.
      • § 24658 “Poultry meat” means the carcass of poultry or any part of such carcass.
      • § 24659 “Poultry plant” means any of the following: (a) Any place where poultry is slaughtered, dressed, or drawn. (b) Any place, except a retail store or eating…
      • § 24660 “Producer” means any person that is engaged in the business of growing any poultry, which is marketed as poultry meat, for a period of three weeks or more for…
      • § 24661 “Sanitary” means free from unnecessary dirt, filth, and contamination and free from any other substance or organism which is known to be injurious to human…
   2. ARTICLE 2. General Provisions §§ 24681–24685 · 5 sections

      • § 24681 The director shall adopt regulations for carrying out this chapter.
      • § 24682 No regulation which requires alterations in poultry plants or changes in equipment shall be effective until six months after the date on which the director…
      • § 24683 The director shall furnish to each person that holds a license, or makes application for a license, a copy of the regulations which are adopted pursuant to…
      • § 24684 The director may bring an action to enjoin the violation or threatened violation of this chapter or any regulation which is adopted pursuant to it in the…
      • § 24685 Any proceeding pursuant to Section 24684 shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 525), Title 7, Part 2 of the Code of Civil…
   3. ARTICLE 3. Exemptions §§ 24711–24714 · 4 sections

      • § 24711 This chapter does not apply to a poultry plant which is operated under the sanitary regulations of the Consumer and Marketing Service of the United States…
      • § 24712 This chapter does not apply to poultry meat which bears the official mark of a city, county, or state poultry plant inspection service for sanitation outside…
      • § 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…
      • § 24714 This chapter does not apply to a poultry plant where poultry is slaughtered, dressed, and sold upon the premises where it was produced for purposes other than…
   4. ARTICLE 4. Licenses §§ 24741–24752 · 13 sections

      • § 24741 A person shall not operate a poultry plant unless he has obtained a license pursuant to this chapter.
      • § 24742 Each person shall, before operating a poultry plant, file an application with the director for a license to operate the poultry plant. The application shall be…
      • § 24743 The application for a license shall be accompanied by the license application fee.
      • § 24744 (a) Subject to Section 24745.5, the application fee for a new, previously unlicensed poultry plant is five hundred dollars ($500) for a license for one year…
      • § 24745 (a) Application for renewal of a license accompanied by a renewal fee shall be made on or before its expiration. (b) Subject to Section 24745.5, the annual…
      • § 24745.5 If a licensee has two or more licenses in effect at the same meat processing establishment, custom livestock slaughterhouse, place of business, or poultry…
      • § 24746 Each license shall expire on the last day of the calendar year for which it is issued. The fee shall not be prorated.
      • § 24747 Each person that holds a license for a poultry plant shall file an application for the renewal of the license on or before the date of the expiration of the…
      • § 24748 Applicants for renewal who have not paid the renewal fee by the expiration date of the license shall be assessed a penalty of 10 percent of the unpaid balance.…
      • § 24749 Plans and specifications for any intended construction or major reconstruction of a poultry plant shall be submitted to the director. The director shall…
      • § 24750 The director may, after hearing, refuse to issue a license or renew a license and may revoke or suspend any license for any violation of, or failure to comply…
      • § 24751 Any proceedings pursuant to Section 24750 shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500), Part 1, Division 3 of Title 2 of the…
      • § 24752 (a) All fees, charges, and collections collected pursuant to Sections 24744, 24745, and 24748 shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture…
   5. ARTICLE 5. Sanitation §§ 24771–24772 · 2 sections

      • § 24771 A person shall not do any of the following: (a) Operate a poultry plant which is not sanitary. (b) Operate a poultry plant in a manner or under conditions…
      • § 24772 After each day’s operation, a poultry plant and its outer premises shall be promptly cleaned in the manner which is prescribed by the regulations.
   6. ARTICLE 6. Marks and Labels §§ 24801–24802 · 2 sections

      • § 24801 This article does not apply to New York dressed fowl until November 1, 1967.
      • § 24802 Poultry meat shall not be packed, repacked, cut up, recut, or sold unless each container or each carcass is marked in the manner which is required by this…
   7. ARTICLE 7. Violations § 24831 · 1 section

      • § 24831 It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (a) Violate any provision of this chapter or any regulation which is adopted pursuant to it. (b)…
3. CHAPTER 3. Poultry Meat Inspection for Wholesomeness §§ 24951–25151 · 50 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. Definitions §§ 24951–24963 · 13 sections

      • § 24951 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
      • § 24952 “Fowl” includes chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and other domesticated birds.
      • § 24953 “Growing poultry” means feeding and caring for poultry.
      • § 24954 “Marked” means plainly, legibly, and conspicuously labeled, tagged, stenciled, or branded pursuant to this chapter and any regulations which are adopted…
      • § 24955 “Mislabel” means the placing, or presence of any false, deceptive, or misleading mark, tag, brand, design, inscription, statement, billing, invoice, placard,…
      • § 24956 “New York dressed fowl” means fowl from which the feathers have been removed and the blood drawn and which is offered for sale as a whole fowl with the head,…
      • § 24957 “Poultry” means domesticated fowl or domesticated rabbit which is intended for use for human food.
      • § 24958 “Poultry meat” means the carcass of poultry or any part of such carcass.
      • § 24959 “Poultry meat inspector” means a person who after examination and demonstration has been issued a license by the director to inspect poultry meat for…
      • § 24960 “Poultry plant” means any of the following: (a) Any place where poultry is slaughtered, dressed, or drawn. (b) Any place, except a retail store or eating…
      • § 24961 “Producer” means a person that is engaged in the business of growing any poultry, which is marketed as poultry meat, for a period of three weeks or more for…
      • § 24962 “Regulations” means regulations which are adopted by the director to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
      • § 24963 “Wholesome” means that the poultry or poultry meat is free from all of the following: (a) Physical evidence of any disease which is injurious to human health.…
   2. ARTICLE 2. General Provisions §§ 24991–24997 · 7 sections

      • § 24991 The director shall adopt regulations for carrying out this chapter.
      • § 24992 The regulations may include standards for poultry meat food products. The standards shall conform, so far as possible, to the standards which are adopted by…
      • § 24993 The director shall furnish to each person that holds a license which is issued pursuant to this chapter, or that makes an application for a license, a copy of…
      • § 24994 The director may bring an action to enjoin the violation or threatened violation of any provision of this chapter or the regulations which are adopted pursuant…
      • § 24995 Any proceeding pursuant to Section 24994 shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 525), Title 7, Part 2 of the Code of Civil…
      • § 24996 The director may inspect, reinspect, or order the reinspection of any poultry meat or poultry meat food product which is being processed or stored in a plant…
      • § 24997 If an action of an inspector in condemning any poultry meat or poultry meat product is questioned, appeal by the licensed plant operator may be made to the…
   3. ARTICLE 3. Exemptions §§ 25021–25024 · 4 sections

      • § 25021 This chapter, except Section 25128, does not apply to poultry meat which has been inspected and passed for wholesomeness by the United States Department of…
      • § 25022 This chapter, except Section 25128, does not apply to poultry meat which bears the official mark of a city, county, or state poultry meat inspection service…
      • § 25023 (a) This chapter does not apply to poultry meat which is derived from poultry which is produced upon the premises where it is slaughtered if the poultry meat…
      • § 25024 This chapter does not apply to poultry meat which is derived from poultry which is slaughtered, dressed, and sold on the premises where it is produced for…
   4. ARTICLE 4. Meat Inspector Licenses §§ 25051–25063 · 13 sections

      • § 25051 A person shall not act as a poultry meat inspector unless he has a license which is issued pursuant to this chapter.
      • § 25052 Each person before acting as a poultry meat inspector shall apply to and receive from the director a license to inspect poultry meat.
      • § 25053 (a) The application fee for a license is one hundred dollars ($100). (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is…
      • § 25054 Every license shall expire on the last day of the calendar year for which it is issued.
      • § 25055 (a) Application for renewal of a license accompanied by a fee of one hundred dollars ($100) shall be made on or before the last day of the calendar year for…
      • § 25056 (a) Applicants for renewal who have not paid the renewal fee by the expiration date of the license shall be assessed a twenty-five dollar ($25) penalty.…
      • § 25057 If a license lapses for two calendar years, it is not subject to renewal. Any application for the renewal of such license shall be considered a new application.
      • § 25058 The director shall, after the written and oral examination and demonstration which are prescribed by Section 25059, issue to any person who passes the…
      • § 25059 The written and oral examination and demonstration which are required by Section 25058 shall show the applicant’s ability to understand laws and regulations…
      • § 25060 The director shall, from time to time, arrange for the conducting of schools of instruction for poultry meat inspectors.
      • § 25061 The director may, after hearing, refuse to issue a license or renew a license and he may suspend or revoke any license for any violation of, or failure to…
      • § 25062 Any proceedings under Section 25061 shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500), Part 1, Division 3 of Title 2 of the…
      • § 25063 (a) All fees, charges, and collections collected pursuant to Sections 25053, 25055, and 25056 shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture…
   5. ARTICLE 5. Requirements for Inspection §§ 25091–25095 · 5 sections

      • § 25091 A person shall not operate a poultry plant unless all the poultry meat in the poultry plant is inspected by a poultry meat inspector pursuant to the…
      • § 25092 The poultry meat inspector shall inspect, pursuant to the regulations, and classify any poultry meat, poultry meat product, or poultry meat food product which…
      • § 25093 The poultry meat inspector shall apply or direct the application of the proper marks, as determined by regulation.
      • § 25094 All poultry meat which is condemned for human food shall be disposed of pursuant to the regulations.
      • § 25095 Poultry meat may be passed for further processing in a plant which is licensed pursuant to this part.
   6. ARTICLE 6. Marks and Labels §§ 25122–25128 · 7 sections

      • § 25122 Poultry meat shall not be packed, repacked, cut up, recut, or sold unless each container or each carcass is marked in the manner which is required by this…
      • § 25123 A poultry meat inspector shall place or cause to be placed a mark on each carcass or container of poultry meat before the poultry meat is removed from a…
      • § 25124 The marks which are required by this article are in addition to those required by Section 24802 but may be in combination with such marks.
      • § 25125 The director shall determine by regulation the official design of the marks which are required by this article.
      • § 25126 Each poultry plant shall submit samples of the proposed method of use of the design of a mark to the director. The method shall be approved by the director…
      • § 25127 It is unlawful for any person to sell or mark as inspected for wholesomeness any poultry meat that has not been inspected and passed for wholesomeness pursuant…
      • § 25128 It is unlawful for any person, other than the consumer of poultry meat, to remove from any whole carcass of poultry meat, or from any part of a dismembered…
   7. ARTICLE 7. Violations § 25151 · 1 section

      • § 25151 It is unlawful for any person to violate any provision of this chapter, or any regulations which are adopted by the director pursuant to this chapter.