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Health and Safety Code § 110545

ARTICLE 5. Adulterated Food

Current as of September 28, 2026Health & Saf. Code, § 110545Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.

Any food is adulterated if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render it injurious to health of man or any other animal that may consume it. The food is not considered adulterated if the substance is a naturally occurring substance and if the quantity of the substance in the food does not render it injurious to health.