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Health and Safety Code § 25981

CHAPTER 13.4. Force Fed Birds

Current as of September 28, 2026Health & Saf. Code, § 25981Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 904, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005. Operative July 1, 2012, pursuant to Section 25984.

A person may not force feed a bird for the purpose of enlarging the bird’s liver beyond normal size, or hire another person to do so.