California Code
PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS
CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title

Section 18940. - 18940. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 18940.5. - 18940.5. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in...

Section 18941. - 18941. “Inspector” means an employee of the department authorized to...

Section 18942. - 18942. “Licensed livestock meat inspector” means a person who is...

Section 18942.2. - 18942.2. “Licensed processing inspector” means a person who is licensed...

Section 18943. - 18943. “Livestock” means any cattle, sheep, swine, and goat, and...

Section 18944. - 18944. “Livestock product” means any carcass, part of the carcass,...

Section 18945. - 18945. “Slaughter” means the stunning, bleeding, eviscerating, skinning, splitting, and...

Section 18946. - 18946. “Custom livestock slaughterhouse” means a licensed establishment where: (a)...

Section 18947. - 18947. “Meat processing establishment” means a licensed establishment required to...

Section 18947.2. - 18947.2. “Smoking” means exposing meat or poultry products, for the...

Section 18948. - 18948. “Sanitary” means free from dirt, filth, and contamination and...

Section 18949. - 18949. “Establishment” means any business, firm, or facility that is...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 18950. - 18950. The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Sausage products...

Section 18951. - 18951. The Legislature further finds and declares that: (a) A...

Section 18952. - 18952. The objectives of this chapter are to require sanitation...

Section 18955. - 18955. No person shall operate an establishment performing any of...

ARTICLE 3 - Regulations

Section 18960. - 18960. The director may adopt, by regulation, standards and requirements...

Section 18961. - 18961. The director, by regulation, may adopt provisions of the...

Section 18962. - 18962. The department may adopt, by regulation, provisions to examine...

Section 18963. - 18963. The department, in consultation with the State Department of...

ARTICLE 4 - Inspection Granting and Withdrawal

Section 18970. - 18970. (a) Prior to the issuance of a license to...

Section 18971. - 18971. The director shall investigate the sanitary conditions of each...

Section 18972. - 18972. The director may inspect, reinspect, or order the reinspection...

Section 18973. - 18973. (a) Licensed livestock meat inspectors, licensed processing inspectors, and...

Section 18974. - 18974. The director may order any labeling or containers to...

Section 18975. - 18975. If an action of a livestock meat inspector, licensed...

Section 18976. - 18976. If slaughtering, carcass preparation, or processing of any meat,...

Section 18977. - 18977. The director may require a deposit to pay for...

ARTICLE 5 - Livestock Meat Inspector and Processing Inspector Licenses General Provisions

Section 18980. - 18980. (a) The application fee for a livestock meat inspector’s...

Section 18981. - 18981. (a) Application for renewal of a license accompanied by...

Section 18982. - 18982. The department shall conduct periodic training for licensed livestock...

Section 18983. - 18983. Licensed livestock meat inspectors and licensed processing inspectors shall...

ARTICLE 6 - Livestock Meat Inspector License Custom Livestock Slaughter

Section 18990. - 18990. (a) Each person, before acting as a livestock meat...

Section 18991. - 18991. (a) A licensed livestock meat inspector, in accordance with...

ARTICLE 7 - Processing Inspector License Meat Processing Establishment

Section 19000. - 19000. Each person, before acting as a licensed processing inspector...

Section 19001. - 19001. (a) A licensed processing inspector shall conduct a sanitation...

Section 19002. - 19002. The department may suspend or revoke the license of...

ARTICLE 8 - Licensed Meat Processing and Custom Livestock Slaughter Establishments

Section 19010. - 19010. (a) Each person shall, before operating a meat processing...

Section 19011. - 19011. (a) Application for renewal of a license accompanied by...

Section 19011.5. - 19011.5. If a licensee has two or more licenses in...

Section 19012. - 19012. No person shall operate a licensed establishment performing the...

Section 19013. - 19013. No person shall operate a meat processing establishment unless...

Section 19014. - 19014. Plant sanitation, sanitary dressing procedures, processing procedures, vehicle equipment,...

Section 19015. - 19015. Livestock carcasses and parts and livestock and poultry products...

Section 19016. - 19016. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), all...

Section 19017. - 19017. It is unlawful to do any of the following:...

ARTICLE 9 - Exemptions

Section 19020. - 19020. This chapter does not apply to any of the...

Section 19021. - 19021. (a) A mobile slaughter operator performing the service of...

Section 19022. - 19022. (a) A mobile slaughter operator performing the service of...

Section 19023. - 19023. (a) A mobile slaughter operator that slaughters livestock pursuant...

ARTICLE 10 - Violations and Penalties

Section 19030. - 19030. The director may, after a hearing conducted pursuant to...

Section 19031. - 19031. A violation of the provisions of this chapter is...

Section 19032. - 19032. Any person that violates any provision of this chapter,...

Section 19033. - 19033. The Attorney General shall, upon complaint by the director,...

Section 19033.1. - 19033.1. (a) In lieu of any civil action brought pursuant...

Section 19034. - 19034. In addition to the remedies provided in this chapter,...

Section 19035. - 19035. It is unlawful for any person to slaughter any...

Section 19036. - 19036. It is unlawful for any person to do with...

Section 19037. - 19037. It is unlawful for any person to violate any...

Section 19038. - 19038. It is unlawful for any person knowingly to represent...

Section 19039. - 19039. It is unlawful for any person to assault, resist,...

ARTICLE 11 - Disposition of Funds

Section 19040. - 19040. (a) All fees, charges, and collections collected pursuant to...