PART 2. CLASSIFICATION OF POULTRY AND RABBIT MEAT [25401. - 26151.]
Part 2 enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.
§§ 25401–26151 · 48 sections
CHAPTER 1. Definitions §§ 25401–25412 · 12 sections
- § 25401 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this part.
- § 25402 “Class” means a division of poultry meat which is based on essential physical characteristics which with the weights differentiate between uses of the meat.
- § 25403 “Fowl” includes chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and other domesticated birds.
- § 25404 “Growing poultry” means feeding and caring for poultry.
- § 25405 “Marked” means plainly, legibly, and conspicuously labeled, stamped, tagged, stenciled, or branded, in the manner which is prescribed by regulations of the…
- § 25406 “Mislabel” means the placing, or presence of any false, deceptive, or misleading mark, tag, brand, design, inscription, statement, billing, invoice, placard,…
- § 25407 “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,…
- § 25408 “Poultry” means domesticated fowl and domesticated rabbit which is intended for use for human food.
- § 25409 “Poultry meat” means the carcass of poultry or any part of the carcass, except the giblets. It does not include live poultry or processed poultry meat.
- § 25410 “Poultry plant” means any of the following: (a) Any place where poultry is slaughtered, dressed, or drawn. (b) Any place where poultry meat is cut up, recut,…
- § 25411 “Processing” means the commercial manufacturing of products of poultry meat by any method of cooking. It also includes all of the following: (a) Cutting up…
- § 25412 “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…
CHAPTER 2. General Provisions §§ 25551–25566 · 16 sections
- § 25551 The director shall adopt regulations for carrying out this part.
- § 25552 The director shall enforce this part where any poultry meat is packed, repacked, cut up, or recut.
- § 25553 The director and the commissioners of each county, under the supervision of the director, shall enforce this part where any poultry meat is offered for sale or…
- § 25554 An enforcing officer may do all of the following: (a) Enter and inspect any place or conveyance where any poultry or poultry meat is produced, prepared,…
- § 25555 Any enforcing officer may, while enforcing this part, seize or hold as evidence all or any part of any lot of poultry meat which is found to be in violation of…
- § 25556 Any lot of poultry meat which does not comply in all respects with the provisions of this part and the regulations which are adopted pursuant to it is a public…
- § 25557 Any enforcing officer who has reason to believe that any lot of poultry meat does not comply in all respects with this part, may hold the lot pending…
- § 25558 The officer may affix to any lot which is held pursuant to Section 25557 a tag or notice which warns that the lot is held and states the reasons for which it…
- § 25559 The officer by whom any lot of poultry meat is held shall cause a notice of noncompliance to be served upon the person in possession of the lot. The notice of…
- § 25560 If the person served is not the sole owner of the lot of poultry meat, or does not have authority as agent for the owner to bring the lot into compliance, such…
- § 25561 If the lot of poultry meat is not reconditioned or the deficiency otherwise corrected so as to bring it into compliance within the time which is specified in…
- § 25562 Any notice which is required by this chapter may be served personally or by mail addressed to the person to be served at his last known address.
- § 25563 The enforcing officer, with the written consent of every person that is served, may destroy the lot of poultry meat or otherwise abate the nuisance. If any…
- § 25564 If the lot of poultry meat that is held is perishable or subject to rapid deterioration, the enforcing officer may file a verified petition in superior court…
- § 25565 If the lot of poultry meat which is held is not perishable or subject to rapid deterioration, the enforcing officer shall immediately report the condition of…
- § 25566 The court may enter judgment ordering that the lot of poultry meat be condemned and destroyed in the manner directed by the court or relabeled, denatured, or…
CHAPTER 3. Exemptions §§ 25701–25704 · 4 sections
- § 25701 This part, except Section 26008, does not apply to poultry meat or a container of poultry meat which is marked with the official class as prescribed by the…
- § 25702 This part, except Section 26008, does not apply to poultry meat which is marked as to a class that is officially approved by another inspection service whose…
- § 25703 (a) This part 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 is…
- § 25704 This part 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…
CHAPTER 4. Poultry and Rabbit Meat Classes §§ 25851–25857 · 7 sections
- § 25851 The classes of the kinds of poultry meat are as established in this chapter and any regulations which are adopted by the director pursuant to Section 25857.
- § 25852 The classes of chicken meat, as determined by inspection of appearance and other physical characteristics, are as follows: (a) “Rock Cornish game hen” or…
- § 25853 The classes of turkey meat as determined by appearance are as follows: (a) “Fryer” or “roaster” means a young, immature turkey (usually under 16 weeks of age)…
- § 25854 The classes of rabbit meat as determined by appearance and weight are as follows: (a) “Rabbit fryer” means a young, domestic rabbit (usually under 12 weeks of…
- § 25855 The following are the various classes of ducks: (a) “Duckling” means a young duck of either sex (usually under 10 weeks of age) that is tender meated and has a…
- § 25856 The following are the various classes of geese: (a) “Young goose” means a goose of either sex which is tender meated, and has a windpipe that is easily dented.…
- § 25857 The director may, by regulation, adopt any necessary new class designations and class specifications or modifications of existing class designations and class…
CHAPTER 5. Requirements §§ 26001–26008 · 8 sections
- § 26001 A person shall not pack, repack, cut up, recut, or sell poultry meat unless all carcasses and the parts of carcasses are placed in classes established pursuant…
- § 26002 Except as otherwise provided in Sections 26003, 26004, 26005, and 26006, a person shall not pack, repack, cut up, recut, or sell poultry meat unless each…
- § 26003 The provisions of Section 26002, except those which require that poultry, poultry meat, or carcasses be placed in classes and marked to show the class of…
- § 26004 Individual carcasses of poultry meat or packages of cut-up poultry or poultry parts need not be marked with class designation in any of the following cases:…
- § 26005 Poultry parts which are displayed for sale to consumers in bulk without being packaged or wrapped, shall be segregated as to class of poultry meat. The class…
- § 26006 Cut-up poultry meat which consists of all of the parts of a carcass, prepared, packaged, and offered for sale shall be from only one class of poultry meat.…
- § 26007 If a class of any kind of poultry meat contains two or more designations, any combination of the designations may appear in the class marking which is required…
- § 26008 (a) It is unlawful for any person to sell any whole carcass of chicken poultry meat unless such carcass, or the immediate package or other container in which…
CHAPTER 6. Violations § 26151 · 1 section
- § 26151 It is unlawful for any person to violate any provision of this part or any regulation which is adopted pursuant to it.