PART 6. WHOLESALE FOOD [111940. - 113360.]
Part 6 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6.
§§ 111940–113360 · 230 sections
CHAPTER 3. Enforcement and Penalties §§ 111940–111945 · 2 sections
- § 111940 (a) If any person violates any provision of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 111950), Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 112150), Chapter 6 (commencing with…
- § 111945 In addition to injunctive relief, the court may impose as a civil penalty, damages up to a maximum amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each day the…
CHAPTER 4. Wholesale Food Processors §§ 111950–112130 · 37 sections
ARTICLE 1. Food Processing Establishments §§ 111950–112055 · 22 sections
- § 111950 “Food,” as used in this chapter, includes all articles used for food, drink, confectionery, or condiment, whether simple or compound, and all substances and…
- § 111955 “Food processing establishment,” as used in this chapter, shall mean any room, building, or place or portion thereof, maintained, used, or operated for the…
- § 111960 Every food processing establishment shall be properly lighted, drained, plumbed, and ventilated; and shall be conducted with strict regard to the influence of…
- § 111965 The floors, side walls, ceiling, furniture, receptacles, utensils, implements, and machinery of every food processing establishment shall at no time be kept in…
- § 111970 No live animal or fowl shall be kept or allowed in any establishment where food is prepared, manufactured, kept, stored, offered for sale or sold unless the…
- § 111975 The side walls and ceilings of every bakery, confectionery, hotel, or restaurant kitchen shall be well plastered or ceiled with metal or lumber, or shall be…
- § 111980 All interior woodwork of every bakery, confectionery, hotel, or restaurant kitchen shall be kept well oiled or painted with oil paint, and shall be kept washed…
- § 111985 Every building, room, basement, or cellar occupied or used for the preparation, manufacture, packing, storage, sale, or distribution of food shall have an…
- § 111990 Where practicable, the doors, windows, and other openings of every food producing or distributing establishment shall be fitted with stationary or self-closing…
- § 111995 Every building, room, basement, or cellar occupied or used for the production, preparation, manufacture, packing, canning, sale, or distribution of food shall…
- § 112000 The floors of toilet-rooms shall be made of cement, or of tile laid in cement, wood, brick, or other nonabsorbent material, and shall be washed and scoured…
- § 112005 The toilets shall be furnished with separate ventilating pipes or flues discharging either into soil pipes or on the outside of the building in which they are…
- § 112010 Lavatories and washrooms shall be adjacent to toilet-rooms and shall be supplied with soap, running water, and towels, and shall be maintained in a clean and…
- § 112015 Employees and others who handle the material from which food is prepared or the finished product shall before beginning work and immediately after visiting a…
- § 112020 No employee or other person shall sit or lie upon any table, bench, trough, shelf, or other equipment that is intended for use in connection with any food…
- § 112025 No employee or other person shall expectorate or discharge any substance from his or her nose or mouth on the floor or interior side wall of any building,…
- § 112030 No person shall, nor shall any person be allowed to, reside or sleep in any room of a bake-shop, public dining room, hotel or restaurant kitchen,…
- § 112035 No employer shall require or permit any person to work, in a food processing establishment or vehicle used for the production, preparation, manufacture, sale,…
- § 112040 (a) Prior to January 1, 2001, the department, its inspectors and agents, and all local health officers and inspectors may at all times enter any building,…
- § 112045 If upon inspection any building, room, basement, cellar, or other place, or any vehicle, employer, employee, or other person is found to be in violation of or…
- § 112050 Every building, room, basement, cellar, or other place or thing kept, maintained, or operated in violation of this article, and all food produced, prepared,…
- § 112055 The sections contained in this article are to be known as the California Food Sanitation Act.
ARTICLE 2. Food Containers §§ 112060–112120 · 13 sections
- § 112060 “Bottle,” as employed in this article, includes any bottle or any glass or crockery food container, other than one not previously used, that is used or sold…
- § 112065 This article is not applicable to containers subject to Division 15 (commencing with Section 32501) of the Food and Agricultural Code.
- § 112070 The provisions of this article in reference to sterilization procedures and methods in cleaning bottles, as in this article defined, shall apply to all persons…
- § 112075 The department shall issue a license to an applicant therefor upon the receipt of the evidence as the department may require showing that the applicant is…
- § 112080 An establishment is deemed properly equipped for the cleansing and sterilization of bottles if it maintains and employs the following standards: (a) Cleanses…
- § 112085 All bottles shall be cleansed and sterilized as specified in Section 112080, and shall be kept free from rust or contamination.
- § 112090 A licensee shall issue a certificate of sterilization with each shipment of bottles to a purchaser, stating that the licensee has cleansed and sterilized the…
- § 112095 If any licensee fails to maintain his or her equipment and to cleanse or sterilize any bottle in the manner required by this article, and issues a certificate…
- § 112100 Any purchaser of a bottle who shows a certificate of sterilization signed by a licensed seller thereof complies sufficiently with this article.
- § 112105 Nothing in this article prohibits the sale for use of any uncleansed or unsterilized bottle to a purchaser who is licensed under this article.
- § 112110 Food containers manufactured from second-hand tin plate and intended for the packing of hermetically sealed canned food products intended to be used for human…
- § 112115 This article, with the exception of any licensing provisions, may be enforced by any local enforcement division, which shall be construed to mean the local…
- § 112120 A nonalcoholic soft drink, whether or not carbonated, shall be deemed to be misbranded if in a bottle or other closed container unless the name and address of…
ARTICLE 3. Closed Containers § 112125 · 1 section
- § 112125 Except when sold in bulk for manufacturing purposes, it is unlawful to sell or otherwise dispose of at retail jams, jellies, preserves, marmalades, peanut…
ARTICLE 4. Violations § 112130 · 1 section
- § 112130 Any person, whether as principal or agent, employer or employee, who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable upon…
CHAPTER 5. Sanitary Control of Shellfish §§ 112150–112280 · 27 sections
ARTICLE 1. Declaration of Policy and Definitions §§ 112150–112155 · 2 sections
- § 112150 The Legislature finds and declares that the public health interest requires that the people of this state be protected from adulterated shellfish grown and…
- § 112155 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter. (a) “Shellfish” means native or…
ARTICLE 2. General Requirements §§ 112160–112230 · 15 sections
- § 112160 (a) The director may declare any area within the jurisdiction of this state to be a closed area if it is determined that shellfish taken from the growing area…
- § 112165 (a) The department shall adopt regulations regarding all of the following: (1) The classification and minimum requirements for growing and harvesting areas,…
- § 112170 (a) The director, or the director’s duly authorized agent, shall conduct sanitary surveys of any shellfish growing water as deemed necessary to assure each of…
- § 112175 It is unlawful for any person to engage in commercial shellfish cultivation or the harvesting for human consumption of shellfish from naturally occurring…
- § 112180 The director, or the director’s duly authorized agent, may, at any reasonable hour of the day, do any of the following: (a) Enter and inspect any facility or…
- § 112185 It is unlawful for any person to take, sell, offer, or hold for sale any shellfish from an area declared by the director to be unsuitable for harvesting for…
- § 112190 It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer, or hold for sale any shellstock or shucked shellfish that has not been harvested from a growing area which has…
- § 112195 It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer, or hold for sale any shellstock or shucked shellfish that has not been handled and packaged in accordance with…
- § 112200 It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer, or hold for sale any shellfish where the facilities for packaging and handling of the shellfish do not comply…
- § 112205 It is unlawful for any person to operate a shellfish plant engaged in the handling and packaging of shellfish, either shucked or in the shell, without a valid…
- § 112210 It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer, or hold for sale any shellstock or shucked shellfish without a label that bears a valid certificate number and is…
- § 112215 It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer, or hold for sale any shellfish not in a container bearing a valid certificate number from a state or a nation…
- § 112220 The provisions of Sections 112210 and 112215, with respect to labeling requirements, shall not apply to any of the following: (a) Shellstock held in dry…
- § 112225 Any shellfish that are held or offered for sale at retail or for human consumption, and that have not been handled and packaged in accordance with the…
- § 112230 The director may suspend or revoke any certificate issued pursuant to this chapter for any violation of this chapter or the regulations adopted pursuant…
ARTICLE 3. Fees § 112235 · 1 section
- § 112235 The department shall charge and collect a fee for each certificate issued. The amount of the fee shall be established by regulation.
ARTICLE 4. Penalties §§ 112240–112245 · 2 sections
- § 112240 Any person who willfully violates any provision of this chapter, or any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, if…
- § 112245 One-half of all fines collected by any court or judge for any violation of any provision of this chapter shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of…
ARTICLE 5. Proceedings §§ 112250–112280 · 7 sections
- § 112250 (a) The Attorney General, any district attorney, or any city attorney to whom the department reports any violation of this chapter shall begin appropriate…
- § 112255 The department is not required to institute proceedings under this chapter for minor violations of this chapter, if the department believes that the public…
- § 112260 When the state asserts a violation of this chapter, the state need not negate any exemption or exception from the requirements of this chapter in any pleading,…
- § 112265 (a) Except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 112160 and subdivision (e) of Section 112180, or when a violation is asserted pursuant to Section…
- § 112270 In lieu of administrative proceedings pursuant to Section 112265, the department may proceed under Section 119940.
- § 112275 A person who has exhausted all administrative remedies available within the department and who is aggrieved by a final decision or order is entitled to…
- § 112280 All regulations applicable to this chapter, and currently in effect at the time this chapter takes effect, shall remain in effect until the department adopts…
CHAPTER 6. Cold Storage §§ 112350–112495 · 30 sections
ARTICLE 1. Definitions and General Provisions §§ 112350–112380 · 7 sections
- § 112350 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
- § 112355 “Cold storage” means a place artificially refrigerated to a temperature above zero of 45 degrees Fahrenheit or below. It does not include any place where food…
- § 112360 “Cold stored” means the keeping of articles of food in cold storage for a period exceeding ten days.
- § 112365 “Article of food” means any article of food used for human consumption. It includes fresh meat and fresh meat products (except in process of manufacture),…
- § 112370 “Storer” means a person who offers articles of food for cold storage.
- § 112375 This chapter does not apply to any cold storage or refrigerating plant or warehouse that is maintained or operated by a restaurant, hotel, exclusively…
- § 112380 The term “locker plant” as used in this chapter shall mean any building or portion thereof that is artificially cooled to or below a temperature above zero of…
ARTICLE 2. Licenses §§ 112385–112410 · 6 sections
- § 112385 Any person desiring to operate a cold storage or refrigerating warehouse for storing articles of food shall make application in writing to the board for a…
- § 112390 On receipt of the application the board shall examine into the sanitary condition of the plant.
- § 112395 If it finds the plant to be in a sanitary condition and otherwise properly equipped for the business of cold storage, the state department, upon the payment of…
- § 112400 No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in the operation of a cold storage or refrigerating warehouse for storing articles of food without having obtained…
- § 112405 Each application for a license under this chapter shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars ($50). Each license issued under this chapter shall expire on…
- § 112410 The director shall keep a full and correct account of all fees received under this chapter. At least once each month he or she shall deposit all the fees with…
ARTICLE 3. Licensee Regulations §§ 112415–112430 · 4 sections
- § 112415 If any place or portion of a place for which a license is issued is deemed by the department to be in an unsanitary condition, the department shall give…
- § 112420 Upon failure of the licensee to correct the situation within a designated time the department shall prohibit the licensee from using the place or specified…
- § 112425 Every licensee shall keep an accurate record of receipts and withdrawals of articles of food, and the department shall have free access to these records at any…
- § 112430 When requested by the department or an agent thereof, any licensee shall within a reasonable time submit a report setting forth in itemized particulars the…
ARTICLE 4. General Regulations §§ 112435–112490 · 12 sections
- § 112435 No storer shall place in cold storage any article of food whose keeping qualities have been impaired by disease, taint, or deterioration, or that has not been…
- § 112440 Any article of food intended for use other than human consumption shall, before being cold stored, be marked by the owner in accordance with forms prescribed…
- § 112445 Each separate lot of food, when deposited in cold storage, shall be marked plainly with the lot number covering that particular lot of articles of food…
- § 112450 The department shall inspect and supervise all cold storage or refrigerating warehouses, and make the inspection of the entry of articles of food therein as it…
- § 112455 The department and its duly authorized employees shall be permitted access to cold storage or refrigerating warehouses at all reasonable times for purposes of…
- § 112460 The department may also appoint at the salary as it may designate, any person it deems qualified to make any inspection required by this chapter.
- § 112465 No person shall keep any article of food in cold storage for more than twelve calendar months, except with the consent of the board. Thirty days prior to the…
- § 112470 The department shall, upon application, grant permission to extend the period of storage beyond 12 months for a particular consignment of goods, if the goods…
- § 112475 For the purpose of determining whether or not food locker plants come under the provisions of this chapter, the operators or owners of all such frozen food…
- § 112480 Unless otherwise permitted by this article, it is unlawful to represent or advertise as fresh goods articles of food that have been placed in cold storage.…
- § 112485 It is unlawful to return to cold storage any article of food that has once been released from such storage and placed on the market for sale to consumers.…
- § 112490 The department may make regulations to secure the proper enforcement of this chapter, including regulations with respect to the sanitary preparation of…
ARTICLE 5. Violations § 112495 · 1 section
- § 112495 Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter, or any rule or regulation issued pursuant to this chapter, shall upon conviction be punished for…
CHAPTER 7. Frozen Foods §§ 112500–112635 · 28 sections
- § 112500 When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Food” means any article used by man for food, drink, confectionery or condiment, or…
- § 112505 No person hereafter shall engage within this State in the business of operating any frozen food locker plant without having applied for and obtained from the…
- § 112510 The annual license fee for a frozen food locker plant shall be twenty-five dollars ($25). Such fees shall be paid into the General Fund.
- § 112515 Upon receipt of the application for a license accompanied by the required fee, the department shall promptly inspect the plant to be licensed and shall issue a…
- § 112520 The license issued hereunder shall be in a form as the department shall prescribe and shall be under the seal of the department and shall set forth the name of…
- § 112525 The floors, walls and ceilings of frozen food locker plants shall be of a construction and finish that they can be conveniently maintained in a clean and…
- § 112530 Any frozen food locker plant using a toxic gas refrigerant shall have at least one gas mask of a type approved by the department and shall keep the same where…
- § 112535 All rooms of a frozen food locker plant shall at all times be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. All equipment and utensils shall be cleaned when…
- § 112540 Frozen food locker plants shall have an ample water supply readily available and the water that comes in contact with any food product or the equipment shall…
- § 112545 The director shall publish and declare reasonable regulations as are consistent with the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter providing for adequate…
- § 112550 The refrigeration system for a frozen food locker plant shall be equipped with reliable controls for the maintenance of uniform temperatures as required in the…
- § 112555 Any processor, prior to delivery to the consumer, shall quick-freeze all meat or meat products in a blast-type freezing room at zero degrees Fahrenheit with…
- § 112560 Thermometers in good order shall be provided in all rooms held under low temperature at locations therein that will reflect true storage temperatures of foods…
- § 112565 No frozen food locker plant shall be licensed under this chapter unless the following facilities are provided: Sufficient chill or aging room space, freezing…
- § 112570 A branch plant may be operated only in conjunction with a parent locker plant that shall have processing facilities sufficiently large for the locker plant and…
- § 112575 Storage of fish and game by patrons shall comply with federal and state fish and game laws. All pertinent abstracts of state and federal fish and game…
- § 112580 Every operator of a frozen food locker plant, shall keep a record showing names and addresses of renters of lockers and the records shall be available for…
- § 112585 Only food for human consumption, or clean, sanitary byproducts therefrom to be used for food, shall be stored in the frozen food locker plant. Each package of…
- § 112590 The person owning or operating a frozen food locker plant shall have a lien upon all property therein for all charges due from the owner of the property. The…
- § 112595 Operators of frozen food locker plants operating solely as such shall not be construed to be warehousemen or public utilities, nor shall receipts or other…
- § 112600 Cold storage or refrigerating warehouses subject to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 112350) shall be exempt from the licensing provisions of this chapter.
- § 112605 The licensing provisions of this chapter shall not apply to retail premises in which individual frozen food lockers are not rented, leased, loaned, or…
- § 112610 The department, after notice and hearing, may revoke the license issued for any frozen food locker plant for failure to comply with the provisions of this…
- § 112615 In the event the director suspends or revokes any license, the licensee may obtain judicial review of the order by filing a petition for a writ of mandate in…
- § 112620 The liability of the owner or operator of lockers for loss of goods in lockers or in the owner’s or operator’s care shall be limited to negligence of the owner…
- § 112625 Upon the signed petition of at least 25 owners or operators of frozen food locker plants licensed under this chapter, the director shall within 10 days after…
- § 112630 This chapter shall be known as the “Frozen Food Locker Plant Act of 1951.”
- § 112635 Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than…
CHAPTER 8. Canneries §§ 112650–112855 · 42 sections
ARTICLE 1. Definitions and Scope §§ 112650–112680 · 7 sections
- § 112650 “State board,” or “State Board of Public Health,” as used in this chapter, means the State Department of Health Services.
- § 112655 “Meat or meat products” as used in this chapter, means any meat or meat product or poultry or poultry product that is not subject to the inspection of the…
- § 112660 “Food product,” as used in this chapter, includes any fish or fish product, meat or meat product, or any other food product.
- § 112665 The operation of noncommercial canning centers by community canning centers, schools, churches, other organizations, or housewives who pack hermetically sealed…
- § 112670 In lieu of a license, a permit to operate a canning center shall be issued without cost by the department upon the submission of evidence as the department…
- § 112675 Food products that do not require the use of a pressure cooker but necessitate acidulation and pH determinations come within this chapter.
- § 112680 No act that is unlawful under Part 5 (commencing with Section 109875), relating to the adulterating, mislabeling, misbranding, false advertising, and sale of…
ARTICLE 2. Cannery Inspection Board §§ 112685–112725 · 9 sections
- § 112685 There is in the state government a Cannery Inspection Board consisting of the following six members: (a) The director of the state department, who shall act as…
- § 112690 Each appointed member holds office for a term of one year or until his or her successor is appointed.
- § 112695 Members of the board serve without compensation. The board shall meet at least quarterly.
- § 112700 The Cannery Inspection Board shall, subject to the approval of the department, estimate the cost of the separate inspection and laboratory control required to…
- § 112705 The estimate shall be made prior to the opening of the canning season for each product having a canning season of less than three consecutive months, and prior…
- § 112710 For the purpose of prorating the estimated cost of inspection and laboratory control, the Cannery Inspection Board, subject to the approval of the department,…
- § 112715 Based on the estimates required by the last three sections, the Cannery Inspection Board, subject to the approval of the department, shall determine the…
- § 112720 The cost of laboratory control and research on products subject to this chapter shall be prorated by the Cannery Inspection Board in the same manner as the…
- § 112725 If the delegation of discretion to determine whether the case, ton, or man-hour basis is most equitable as a basis of prorating the cost of inspection and…
ARTICLE 3. Proration of Costs §§ 112730–112745 · 4 sections
- § 112730 At the end of each quarter, or at the close of any canning season that does not exceed three consecutive months, the state department shall determine the…
- § 112735 In making any separate inspection and laboratory control for any food product, the state department shall not spend more than the amount estimated by the…
- § 112740 In making estimates, determinations, assessments, and prorations under this article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 112685), the Cannery Inspection…
- § 112745 In lieu of all other procedures in this article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 112685), each person licensed under this chapter may be assessed at an…
ARTICLE 4. Licenses and Licensees §§ 112750–112795 · 10 sections
- § 112750 It is unlawful for any person to engage in the noncommercial canning of salmon, or in the commercial canning of any fish or fish product, meat or meat product,…
- § 112755 The department shall issue an annual license, that is nontransferable, to any person on the receipt of fifty dollars ($50) per plant, and evidence as the board…
- § 112760 Any person who has been denied the annual license provided in this chapter may obtain a hearing by the department by mailing a written request therefor to the…
- § 112765 In addition to the annual license fee, the department shall demand from each licensee a cash deposit for the payment of his or her pro rata share of the…
- § 112770 If the deposit made by any licensee is insufficient to meet the actual cost of an inspection and laboratory control of any product determined by the…
- § 112775 If at the end of the calendar year, or at the end of any canning season of less than three consecutive months the deposit made by any licensee under this…
- § 112780 No food product subject to the inspection required by this chapter shall be shipped by the licensee who packed it until the licensee has either paid his or her…
- § 112785 The department may after notice and opportunity for hearing suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter for any of the following causes: (a)…
- § 112790 After conviction for a violation of Part 5 (commencing with Section 109875), the license of the person convicted may be suspended for a period of from 1 to 30…
- § 112795 Proceedings for the suspension and revocation of licenses shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500), Part 1, Division 3,…
ARTICLE 5. General Provisions §§ 112800–112820 · 5 sections
- § 112800 No person shall permit another to operate a steam-controlled retort used in the commercial canning industry for the sterilization of food products, unless the…
- § 112805 It is unlawful for any person to place upon the label of any bottle, can, jar, carton, case, box, barrel, or any other receptacle, vessel, or container of…
- § 112810 Any food product packed in violation of this chapter may be quarantined by the department until a laboratory examination has established that the product meets…
- § 112815 Any person who packs any food product that has been quarantined by the department shall pay the department all reasonable costs of any laboratory examination,…
- § 112820 The Division of Cannery Inspections has supervision over the inspection and examination of raw fish and fish products preparatory to canning. The cost of the…
ARTICLE 6. Rules and Enforcement §§ 112825–112840 · 4 sections
- § 112825 The department may make regulations as it deems necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter, and the regulations shall have the force and effect of…
- § 112830 No rule or regulation or amendment thereto shall be adopted unless submitted by the department to the Cannery Inspection Board at least five days prior to the…
- § 112835 The state board shall enforce its regulations and the provisions of Part 5 (commencing with Section 109875), relating to the canning of food products, through…
- § 112840 The district attorney of the county in which any violation of this chapter occurs shall prosecute the person accused of the violation.
ARTICLE 7. Funds §§ 112845–112850 · 2 sections
- § 112845 The Cannery Inspection Fund is hereby established as a special fund in the State Treasury. All money received by the department under this chapter shall be…
- § 112850 Notwithstanding Section 112845, the department and the Department of Finance may authorize the deposit in the Special Deposit Fund of cash deposits received by…
ARTICLE 8. Violations § 112855 · 1 section
- § 112855 Any person who does not obtain a license required of him or her by this chapter, or who engages in canning operations after his or her license has been…
CHAPTER 9. Olive Oil §§ 112875–112935 · 18 sections
ARTICLE 1. Olive Oil Grades §§ 112875–112880 · 7 sections
- § 112875 “Olive oil,” as used in this chapter means the edible oil obtained solely from the fruit of the olive tree (Olea europea L.) to the exclusion of oils obtained…
- § 112876 The hierarchy for virgin olive oil grades shall be, from highest to lowest, extra-virgin olive oil, virgin olive oil, and virgin olive oil not fit for human…
- § 112876.5 The hierarchy for olive-pomace oil grades shall be, from highest to lowest, olive-pomace oil, refined olive-pomace oil, and crude olive-pomace oil, which is…
- § 112877 Olive oil grades are defined as follows: (a) “Virgin olive oils” are the oils obtained from the fruit of the olive tree solely by mechanical or other physical…
- § 112878 “Flavored olive oil,” as used in this chapter, means extra virgin olive oil, virgin olive oil, or olive oil, that is mixed with a flavoring, or olives that are…
- § 112879 “Imitation olive oil,” as used in this chapter, means the mixture of any edible oil artificially colored or flavored to resemble olive oil.
- § 112880 For purposes this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Median of defects” means a calculation of the median score from a panel of tasters that…
ARTICLE 2. Olive Oil Manufacture and Marketing §§ 112891–112935 · 11 sections
- § 112891 Any olive oil and olive-pomace oil labeled for sale shall be consistent with this chapter.
- § 112893 Alpha-tocopherol may be added to refined olive oil, olive oil, refined olive-pomace oil, and olive-pomace oil to restore natural tocopherol lost in the…
- § 112894 Virgin olive oil not fit for human consumption, sometimes known as lampante virgin olive oil, shall be refined before consumption.
- § 112895 (a) It is unlawful to manufacture, sell, offer for sale, give away, or to possess imitation olive oil in California. (b) This section does not prohibit the…
- § 112905 It is unlawful to prepare, express, mix, or blend olive pomace or meats with any bland fixed oil other than olive oil.
- § 112910 All records of those operating under the provisions of this chapter that concern the amounts of olive oil produced, purchased, or produced and purchased, or…
- § 112915 It is unlawful to reuse any olive oil container, can, or drum for repacking any fixed oil intended to be used for food purposes, except on the premises of the…
- § 112920 All olive oil for technical purposes shall be denatured with an odoriferous substance so as to render it unfit for food purposes.
- § 112925 It is unlawful to sell or offer for sale olive oil containing more than 5 percent free fatty acid without first denaturing the oil and making it unfit for…
- § 112930 The department shall enforce this chapter.
- § 112935 Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than five…
CHAPTER 10. Processed Pet Foods §§ 113025–113120 · 21 sections
ARTICLE 1. Definitions §§ 113025–113055 · 7 sections
- § 113025 “Processed pet food” means a food for pets that has been prepared by heating, drying, semidrying, canning, or by a method of treatment prescribed by regulation…
- § 113030 “Pet” means any household animal including but not limited to cats or dogs and other carnivores whether or not for exhibition.
- § 113035 “Pet food ingredients” means each of the constituent materials making up a processed pet food. Pet food ingredients of animal or poultry origin shall be only…
- § 113040 Incubator reject eggs may not be used in food for human consumption but may be used for animal food or animal-food products.
- § 113045 The term “advertisement” means all representations disseminated in any manner or by any means for the purpose of inducing, or that are likely to induce,…
- § 113050 If an article is alleged to be misbranded because the labeling is misleading, or if an advertisement is alleged to be false because it is misleading, then in…
- § 113055 This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Pure Pet Food Act of 1969.
ARTICLE 2. Licenses and Registration Certificates §§ 113060–113070 · 3 sections
- § 113060 Every person who manufactures a processed pet food in California shall first obtain a license from, and every person who manufactures a processed pet food for…
- § 113065 A separate license shall be required for each processing plant located in California. The annual license fee shall be one hundred dollars ($100). The annual…
- § 113070 An annual license or registration certificate shall be issued only when the following provisions have been met: (a) Inspection of the manufacturing facilities…
ARTICLE 3. Prohibited Acts and Penalties §§ 113075–113085 · 3 sections
- § 113075 The following acts and the causing thereof within the State of California are hereby prohibited: (a) The manufacture, sale, or delivery, holding or offering…
- § 113080 (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations promulgated under this chapter is subject to imprisonment for not more…
- § 113085 In addition to other remedies herein provided, the department may bring an action in the superior court, and the court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and…
ARTICLE 4. Adulteration §§ 113090–113091 · 2 sections
- § 113090 A pet food ingredient or a processed pet food shall be deemed to be adulterated: (a) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance that may…
- § 113091 A processed pet food is not adulterated because it includes cannabidiol (CBD) derived from industrial hemp, as defined in Section 11018.5, if the industrial…
ARTICLE 5. Misbranding §§ 113095–113110 · 4 sections
- § 113095 A pet food ingredient or processed pet food shall be deemed to be misbranded: (a) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. (b) If its…
- § 113100 A pet food shall be deemed to be misbranded if it is not subject to Section 113105, unless its label bears (a) the common or usual name of the food, if any…
- § 113105 A processed pet food shall be deemed to be misbranded if it purports to be or is represented as a food for which a definition and standard of identity has been…
- § 113110 A processed pet food shall be deemed to be misbranded: (a) If it purports to be or is represented for special dietary uses, unless its label bears information…
ARTICLE 6. Administration §§ 113115–113120 · 2 sections
CHAPTER 11. Miscellaneous Food Laws §§ 113150–113360 · 25 sections
ARTICLE 1. Dairy Product Safety §§ 113150–113155 · 2 sections
- § 113150 (a) When there occurs, in the household of any dairy worker, milkman, milk dealer, milk distributor, creamery worker, or pasteurizing plant operator, a case or…
- § 113155 The department shall cooperate with the Department of Food and Agriculture in the inspection of any milk products plants associated with diseases reported…
ARTICLE 2. Beverage Containers §§ 113200–113220 · 5 sections
- § 113200 As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) “Beverage” means beer or other malt beverages and mineral waters, soda water and similar…
- § 113205 On and after January 1, 1979, no person shall sell or offer for sale in this state any metal beverage container so designed and constructed that a part of the…
- § 113210 The Secretary of the Resources Agency may extend permission to a manufacturer to sell flip-top containers for one or more periods of time for a total period…
- § 113215 The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall conduct hearings upon the requests for extension prior to making decisions, so that members of the public and…
- § 113220 There shall be no administrative appeal of the secretary’s decision regarding a request for an extension. Judicial review of the decision of the Secretary of…
ARTICLE 3. Frozen Foods §§ 113250–113280 · 7 sections
- § 113250 “Low acid frozen food” means a food that, by virtue of its low acid content, does not preclude the growth of Clostridium botulinum.
- § 113255 Low acid frozen food shall be packaged in a container of distinctive appearance so as to indicate to the purchaser that the package is not ordinary canned…
- § 113260 The container shall bear a suitable legend to warn consumers that the product must be kept frozen until ready for use and that the contents should not be…
- § 113265 Low acid foods that are to be frozen and packaged in hermetically sealed metal containers, shall not be cooked in the container before freezing.
- § 113270 The department shall enforce this article.
- § 113275 The department may make regulations to secure the proper enforcement of this article, including regulations with respect to the sanitary preparation of…
- § 113280 Any person, firm, corporation, or agent violating any of the provisions of this article with the exception of Article 4 (commencing with Section 113310), or…
ARTICLE 4. Food Crop Growing §§ 113310–113360 · 11 sections
- § 113310 The Legislature finds and declares that the people of the State of California have a primary interest in the sanitary conditions under which food crops are…
- § 113315 For the purposes of this article “food crop” shall mean all fruits and vegetables intended for human consumption.
- § 113320 For the purpose of this article “food crop growing and harvesting operation” shall mean any field activity or operation wherein a food crop is grown and…
- § 113325 Every employer shall provide or cause to be provided toilet and handwashing facilities for every food crop growing and harvesting operation.
- § 113330 Employees shall use the toilet and handwashing facilities provided.
- § 113335 Toilet facilities shall provide privacy and shall be so designed as to keep human excreta from contaminating the crop and to keep flies away from the excreta.…
- § 113340 Handwashing facilities shall be such as to afford an opportunity to wash hands in clean water using soap or other suitable cleansing agent and to dispose of…
- § 113345 Toilet and handwashing facilities for food crop harvesting operations shall be provided at convenient locations. For the purpose of this article “convenient”…
- § 113350 (a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the department, after consultation with the State Departments of Food and Agriculture and Industrial Relations, may…
- § 113355 (a) The primary responsibility for enforcement of this article shall be vested in the local health officers; county agricultural commissioners may participate…
- § 113360 Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any of the provisions of this article, or of the regulations adopted under this article, is guilty of a…