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Health and Safety Code § 113916

CHAPTER 2. Definitions

Current as of September 28, 2026Health & Saf. Code, § 113916Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 23.

“Smooth” means any of the following:

(a) A food-contact surface that is free of pits, pinholes, cracks, crevices, inclusions, rough edges, and other surface imperfections detectable by visual or tactile inspection.

(b) A nonfood-contact equipment surface equal to that of commercial grade hot-rolled steel free of visible scale.

(c) A floor, wall, or ceiling having an even or level surface with no roughness or projections that render it difficult to clean.