California Code
PART 5 - SHERMAN FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC LAWS
CHAPTER 5 - Food

ARTICLE 1 - Generally

Section 110425. - 110425. Beer, that is subject to the Alcoholic Beverage Control...

Section 110430. - 110430. Whenever the department finds that a class of food...

Section 110435. - 110435. The department may suspend immediately, upon written or oral...

Section 110440. - 110440. Any authorized agent of the department shall have access...

Section 110445. - 110445. Any added poisonous or deleterious substance, or any food...

Section 110450. - 110450. On or before September 1, 1985, the department shall,...

Section 110455. - 110455. (a) On or before July 1, 1990, the department...

ARTICLE 2 - Registration

Section 110460. - 110460. No person shall engage in the manufacture, packing, or...

Section 110461. - 110461. It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, pack,...

Section 110462. - 110462. It is unlawful for any person to willfully make...

Section 110465. - 110465. A separate registration is required for each place of...

Section 110466. - 110466. (a) Commencing January 1, 2000, the department shall use...

Section 110467. - 110467. Any violation of any provision of this part or...

Section 110469. - 110469. (a) A wholesale food manufacturing facility that manufactures products...

Section 110470. - 110470. A registration application provided by the department shall be...

Section 110471. - 110471. (a) Commencing January 1, 2006, the department shall make...

Section 110472. - 110472. The department, in consultation with the California Conference of...

Section 110473. - 110473. Notwithstanding the requirements of Section 110470, any person who...

Section 110474. - 110474. Nothing in this chapter shall relieve a person who...

Section 110475. - 110475. Any person registered pursuant to this article shall immediately...

Section 110480. - 110480. (a) The registration requirements of this article do not...

Section 110485. - 110485. (a) Every person who is engaged in the manufacture,...

Section 110490. - 110490. (a) A laboratory that performs analyses of foods for...

Section 110495. - 110495. (a) Every laboratory or other person which performs or...

ARTICLE 3 - Standard of Identity, Quality, and Fill

Section 110505. - 110505. Definitions and standards of identity, quality, and fill of...

Section 110510. - 110510. In prescribing a definition and standard of identity for...

Section 110515. - 110515. A temporary permit which is granted by the Food...

Section 110520. - 110520. Definitions and standards of identity and quality for distilled...

Section 110525. - 110525. The department may, by regulation, establish definitions and standards...

ARTICLE 4 - Enrichment of Food and Food Products

Section 110530. - 110530. When a definition and standard of identity for an...

Section 110535. - 110535. The nonenriched form of a food identified and standardized...

ARTICLE 5 - Adulterated Food

Section 110545. - 110545. Any food is adulterated if it bears or contains...

Section 110550. - 110550. Any food is adulterated if it bears or contains...

Section 110552. - 110552. (a) The department shall regulate candy to ensure that...

Section 110555. - 110555. Any food is adulterated if it is, bears, or...

Section 110560. - 110560. Any food is adulterated if it consists in whole...

Section 110565. - 110565. Any food is adulterated if it has been produced,...

Section 110570. - 110570. Any food is adulterated if it is, in whole...

Section 110575. - 110575. Any food is adulterated if its container is composed,...

Section 110580. - 110580. Any food is adulterated if it has been intentionally...

Section 110585. - 110585. Any food is adulterated if any one of the...

Section 110590. - 110590. Any food is adulterated if it is confectionery and...

Section 110595. - 110595. Any food is adulterated if it bears or contains...

Section 110597. - 110597. Any food is adulterated if it is wine and...

Section 110600. - 110600. Any food is adulterated if it is fresh meat...

Section 110605. - 110605. Any food is adulterated if it is chopped or...

Section 110610. - 110610. Any food is adulterated if it is pork sausage...

Section 110611. - 110611. Except as provided in Section 25621.5 of the Business...

Section 110615. - 110615. The methods of analysis used in determining the fat...

Section 110620. - 110620. It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, sell,...

Section 110625. - 110625. It is unlawful for any person to adulterate any...

Section 110630. - 110630. It is unlawful for any person to receive in...

Section 110635. - 110635. While any regulation relating to a substance referred to...

Section 110640. - 110640. The director, with the assistance of the Department of...

Section 110645. - 110645. Whenever the director has been notified by the Director...

Section 110650. - 110650. This article does not prohibit the addition of fluorine...

Section 110655. - 110655. Any food intended for export shall not be deemed...

ARTICLE 6 - Misbranded Food

Section 110660. - 110660. Any food is misbranded if its labeling is false...

Section 110661. - 110661. Any food is misbranded if it is manufactured, packed,...

Section 110665. - 110665. Any food is misbranded if its labeling does not...

Section 110670. - 110670. Any food is misbranded if its labeling does not...

Section 110673. - 110673. Any food is misbranded if its labeling does not...

Section 110674. - 110674. Any food is misbranded if its labeling does not...

Section 110675. - 110675. Any food is misbranded if it is in package...

Section 110680. - 110680. Any food is misbranded if its labeling or packaging...

Section 110685. - 110685. Any food is misbranded if it is offered for...

Section 110690. - 110690. Any food is misbranded if its container is so...

Section 110695. - 110695. Any food is misbranded if it is a confectionery...

Section 110700. - 110700. Any food is misbranded if it is a potentially...

Section 110705. - 110705. Any food is misbranded if any word, statement, or...

Section 110710. - 110710. Any food is misbranded if it purports to be,...

Section 110715. - 110715. Any food is misbranded if it purports to be,...

Section 110720. - 110720. Any food for which no standard of identity exists...

Section 110725. - 110725. (a) Any food fabricated from two or more ingredients...

Section 110730. - 110730. The requirements of Sections 110720 and 110725 do not...

Section 110735. - 110735. Any food is misbranded if it purports to be,...

Section 110740. - 110740. Any food is misbranded if it bears or contains...

Section 110745. - 110745. Any food is misbranded if it is intended as...

Section 110750. - 110750. Any food is misbranded if it is a color...

Section 110755. - 110755. Any food is misbranded if its packaging or labeling...

Section 110760. - 110760. It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, sell,...

Section 110765. - 110765. It is unlawful for any person to misbrand any...

Section 110770. - 110770. It is unlawful for any person to receive in...

Section 110775. - 110775. It is unlawful for any person to alter, mutilate,...

Section 110790. - 110790. Any food intended for export shall not be deemed...

Section 110795. - 110795. (a) The department may adopt regulations that name and...

Section 110800. - 110800. (a) Any label of any retail cut of beef,...

Section 110805. - 110805. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no...

ARTICLE 6.5 - Recalled Food

Section 110806. - 110806. (a) A meat or poultry supplier, distributor, broker, or...

Section 110807. - 110807. This article shall become operative on July 1, 2007....

ARTICLE 7 - The California Organic Food and Farming Act

Section 110810. - 110810. This article shall be known, and may be cited...

Section 110811. - 110811. This article shall be interpreted in conjunction with Chapter...

Section 110812. - 110812. The director shall enforce regulations promulgated by the National...

Section 110815. - 110815. Unless otherwise defined pursuant to the National Organic Program,...

Section 110818. - 110818. Water, including substances dissolved in water, shall not be...

Section 110820. - 110820. Except as otherwise provided in this article, no product...

Section 110825. - 110825. Materials acceptable in this state are those outlined by...

Section 110827. - 110827. No aquaculture, fish, or seafood product, including, but not...

Section 110830. - 110830. (a) No product handled, processed, sold, advertised, represented, or...

Section 110835. - 110835. The director may adopt regulations allowing or prohibiting the...

Section 110838. - 110838. (a) Cosmetic products sold, labeled, or represented as organic...

Section 110839. - 110839. Multi-ingredient cosmetic products sold as organic in California with...

Section 110840. - 110840. (a) All persons who handle products sold as organic...

Section 110845. - 110845. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any producer,...

Section 110850. - 110850. (a) Following initial United States Department of Agriculture accreditation...

Section 110855. - 110855. Prior to initial certification of a producer, a registered...

Section 110860. - 110860. (a) A registered certification organization shall no less often...

Section 110865. - 110865. A registered certification organization shall adopt and adhere to...

Section 110870. - 110870. Only products that have been handled and processed in...

Section 110875. - 110875. (a) Every person engaged in this state in the...

Section 110880. - 110880. This article shall apply to all products sold as...

Section 110885. - 110885. This article shall not apply to the term “natural”...

Section 110890. - 110890. (a) It is unlawful for any person to sell,...

Section 110895. - 110895. (a) It is unlawful for any person to certify...

Section 110900. - 110900. (a) It is unlawful for any person to produce,...

Section 110905. - 110905. It is unlawful for any person to forge, falsify,...

Section 110910. - 110910. It is unlawful for any person to do any...

Section 110915. - 110915. (a) In lieu of prosecution, the director may levy...

Section 110920. - 110920. No fee established and collected pursuant to this article...

Section 110925. - 110925. Any fees and civil penalties collected pursuant to this...

Section 110930. - 110930. The director shall, to the extent funds are available,...

Section 110935. - 110935. The director shall maintain in a central location, and...

Section 110940. - 110940. (a) Any person may file a complaint with the...

Section 110945. - 110945. This article shall apply notwithstanding any other provision of...

Section 110950. - 110950. The director may adopt any regulations as are reasonably...

Section 110955. - 110955. Any reference in law to former Section 26569.11, whether...

Section 110956. - 110956. (a) All organic product regulations and any amendments to...

Section 110957. - 110957. It shall be unlawful for a person to represent...

Section 110958. - 110958. Annually, the director shall compile and publish and submit...

Section 110959. - 110959. Beginning January 1, 2003, the director shall conduct a...

ARTICLE 8 - Potentially Hazardous Food

Section 110960. - 110960. Except as provided in Section 113995, it is unlawful...

ARTICLE 9 - Frozen Foods

Section 110965. - 110965. (a) No retail food production and marketing establishment shall...

ARTICLE 10 - Ice

Section 110970. - 110970. This article applies only to ice that is intended...

Section 110975. - 110975. The following definitions apply to this article: (a) “Ice”...

Section 110980. - 110980. In addition to the requirements of this article, unless...

Section 110985. - 110985. No person shall make ice from, or cut natural...

Section 110990. - 110990. Unless water from a public water system, as defined...

Section 110995. - 110995. Any person or entity who manufactures, transports, stores, or...

Section 111000. - 111000. (a) Filter beds and any filtering equipment shall be...

Section 111005. - 111005. In addition to the requirements of this article, ice...

Section 111010. - 111010. Any truck, vehicle, or other equipment used for delivery,...

ARTICLE 11 - Local Enforcement

Section 111015. - 111015. “Health officer,” as used in this article, means the...

Section 111020. - 111020. The department, upon the request of a health officer,...

Section 111025. - 111025. The department may revoke any authorization made pursuant to...

Section 111030. - 111030. A local health department that is authorized by the...

Section 111035. - 111035. For the purposes of this article, the health officer...

Section 111040. - 111040. When an examination or analysis made pursuant to this...

Section 111045. - 111045. The health officer shall set a time for an...

Section 111050. - 111050. If the examination or analysis is found to be...

Section 111055. - 111055. This article shall not be construed as repealing, either...

Section 111060. - 111060. This article shall not affect any previous authorization by...

Section 111065. - 111065. The department may adopt regulations relating to the operation...

ARTICLE 11.5 - Local Enforcement: Live Food

Section 111067. - 111067. (a) Any city, county, or city and county may...

Section 111068. - 111068. Nothing in this article is intended to limit or...

ARTICLE 12 - Bottled, Vended, Hauled, and Processed Water

Section 111070. - 111070. (a) “Bottled water,” means any water that is placed...

Section 111070.5. - 111070.5. (a) “Advanced purified demonstration water” means product water from...

Section 111071. - 111071. (a) As a condition of licensure, each bottled water...

Section 111075. - 111075. (a) Any person who processes, packages, distributes, transfers, or...

Section 111080. - 111080. The quality and labeling standards requirements for bottled water...

Section 111085. - 111085. Polycarbonate resins manufactured after January 1, 1988, and intended...

Section 111090. - 111090. Any owner or operator of a water-vending machine or...

Section 111095. - 111095. It shall be unlawful to operate a bottled plant...

Section 111100. - 111100. It is unlawful for any person to operate a...

Section 111105. - 111105. The department, upon the request of a local health...

Section 111110. - 111110. No water-vending machine shall be used in this state...

Section 111115. - 111115. (a) Each water-vending machine, retail water treatment plant, water...

Section 111120. - 111120. (a) No person shall operate a water-bottling plant, a...

Section 111125. - 111125. No bottled water produced in an out-of-state bottling plant...

Section 111130. - 111130. (a) The department shall charge and collect a fee...

Section 111135. - 111135. The department may deny any license application or revoke...

Section 111140. - 111140. The department shall charge and collect a fee for...

Section 111145. - 111145. (a) The department shall require each bottler, distributor, or...

Section 111150. - 111150. (a) All sources of bottled water, vended water, and...

Section 111155. - 111155. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the department...

Section 111160. - 111160. (a) Upon a determination by the department that a...

Section 111165. - 111165. All testing of bottled water, bottled water sources, water...

Section 111170. - 111170. (a) Labeling and advertising of bottled water and vended...

Section 111172. - 111172. (a) The labeling on bottled water sold in nonreturnable...

Section 111175. - 111175. In addition to the requirements of Section 111170, if...

Section 111180. - 111180. Except as provided in Section 111080, any bottled water...

Section 111185. - 111185. Any bottler, distributor, vendor of bottled water, or owner...

Section 111190. - 111190. (a) A bottled water, as defined in Section 111070,...

Section 111192. - 111192. (a) Bottlers and water haulers that distribute directly to...

Section 111193. - 111193. (a) The department may by written permission allow a...

Section 111195. - 111195. The department, prior to issuing a license, shall review...

Section 111198. - 111198. The department shall post annually on its Internet Web...

ARTICLE 13 - Hamburger and Imitation Hamburger

Section 111200. - 111200. As used in this article, the following definitions shall...

Section 111205. - 111205. (a) If imitation hamburger is sold or served in...

Section 111210. - 111210. It is unlawful and constitutes misbranding for any person...

Section 111215. - 111215. It is the public policy of this state to...

Section 111220. - 111220. This article shall be enforced by the same persons...

ARTICLE 14 - Asian Rice Noodles, Korean Rice Cakes, and Vietnamese Rice Cakes

Section 111222. - 111222. For purposes of this article the following definitions shall...

Section 111223. - 111223. (a) (1) All manufacturers of Asian rice-based noodles shall...

ARTICLE 15 - Eviscerated Crab

Section 111224. - 111224. For purposes of this article, the following terms have...

Section 111224.5. - 111224.5. The department shall issue an order authorizing the evisceration...

Section 111224.6. - 111224.6. (a) (1) The department shall only authorize the evisceration...