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PART 1 - POULTRY AND RABBITS
CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions
ARTICLE 1 - Application
Section 24501. - 24501. The provisions of this part, including the payment of...
Section 24502. - 24502. The provisions of Chapters 1 (commencing with Section 24501),...
ARTICLE 2 - Investigations
Section 24521. - 24521. The director may make any necessary investigations relative to...
ARTICLE 3 - Civil Remedies
Section 24541. - 24541. The Attorney General shall, upon complaint by the director,...
ARTICLE 4 - Poultry Regulations and Inspections
Section 24561. - 24561. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the...
Section 24562. - 24562. Regulations adopted pursuant to this article or pursuant to...
Section 24563. - 24563. (a) If slaughtering or carcass preparation or processing of...
CHAPTER 2 - Plant Sanitation
ARTICLE 1 - Definitions
Section 24651. - 24651. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...
Section 24652. - 24652. “Fowl” includes chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and other domesticated...
Section 24653. - 24653. “Growing poultry” means feeding and caring for poultry. (Enacted...
Section 24654. - 24654. “Marked” means plainly, legibly, and conspicuously labeled, stamped, tagged,...
Section 24655. - 24655. “Mislabel” means the placing, or presence of any false,...
Section 24656. - 24656. “New York dressed fowl” means fowl from which the...
Section 24657. - 24657. “Poultry” means domesticated fowl and domesticated rabbit which are...
Section 24658. - 24658. “Poultry meat” means the carcass of poultry or any...
Section 24659. - 24659. “Poultry plant” means any of the following: (a) Any...
Section 24660. - 24660. “Producer” means any person that is engaged in the...
Section 24661. - 24661. “Sanitary” means free from unnecessary dirt, filth, and contamination...
ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions
Section 24681. - 24681. The director shall adopt regulations for carrying out this...
Section 24682. - 24682. No regulation which requires alterations in poultry plants or...
Section 24683. - 24683. The director shall furnish to each person that holds...
Section 24684. - 24684. The director may bring an action to enjoin the...
Section 24685. - 24685. Any proceeding pursuant to Section 24684 shall conform to...
ARTICLE 3 - Exemptions
Section 24711. - 24711. This chapter does not apply to a poultry plant...
Section 24712. - 24712. This chapter does not apply to poultry meat which...
Section 24713. - 24713. (a) This chapter does not apply to a poultry...
Section 24714. - 24714. This chapter does not apply to a poultry plant...
ARTICLE 4 - Licenses
Section 24741. - 24741. A person shall not operate a poultry plant unless...
Section 24742. - 24742. Each person shall, before operating a poultry plant, file...
Section 24743. - 24743. The application for a license shall be accompanied by...
Section 24744. - 24744. (a) Subject to Section 24745.5, the application fee for...
Section 24745. - 24745. (a) Application for renewal of a license accompanied by...
Section 24745.5. - 24745.5. If a licensee has two or more licenses in...
Section 24746. - 24746. Each license shall expire on the last day of...
Section 24747. - 24747. Each person that holds a license for a poultry...
Section 24748. - 24748. Applicants for renewal who have not paid the renewal...
Section 24749. - 24749. Plans and specifications for any intended construction or major...
Section 24750. - 24750. The director may, after hearing, refuse to issue a...
Section 24751. - 24751. Any proceedings pursuant to Section 24750 shall be conducted...
Section 24752. - 24752. (a) All fees, charges, and collections collected pursuant to...
ARTICLE 5 - Sanitation
Section 24771. - 24771. A person shall not do any of the following:...
Section 24772. - 24772. After each day’s operation, a poultry plant and its...
ARTICLE 6 - Marks and Labels
Section 24801. - 24801. This article does not apply to New York dressed...
Section 24802. - 24802. Poultry meat shall not be packed, repacked, cut up,...
ARTICLE 7 - Violations
Section 24831. - 24831. It is unlawful for any person to do any...
CHAPTER 3 - Poultry Meat Inspection for Wholesomeness
Section 24951. - 24951. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...
Section 24952. - 24952. “Fowl” includes chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and other domesticated...
Section 24953. - 24953. “Growing poultry” means feeding and caring for poultry. (Enacted...
Section 24954. - 24954. “Marked” means plainly, legibly, and conspicuously labeled, tagged, stenciled,...
Section 24955. - 24955. “Mislabel” means the placing, or presence of any false,...
Section 24956. - 24956. “New York dressed fowl” means fowl from which the...
Section 24957. - 24957. “Poultry” means domesticated fowl or domesticated rabbit which is...
Section 24958. - 24958. “Poultry meat” means the carcass of poultry or any...
Section 24959. - 24959. “Poultry meat inspector” means a person who after examination...
Section 24960. - 24960. “Poultry plant” means any of the following: (a) Any...
Section 24961. - 24961. “Producer” means a person that is engaged in the...
Section 24962. - 24962. “Regulations” means regulations which are adopted by the director...
Section 24963. - 24963. “Wholesome” means that the poultry or poultry meat is...
Section 24991. - 24991. The director shall adopt regulations for carrying out this...
Section 24992. - 24992. The regulations may include standards for poultry meat food...
Section 24993. - 24993. The director shall furnish to each person that holds...
Section 24994. - 24994. The director may bring an action to enjoin the...
Section 24995. - 24995. Any proceeding pursuant to Section 24994 shall conform to...
Section 24996. - 24996. The director may inspect, reinspect, or order the reinspection...
Section 24997. - 24997. If an action of an inspector in condemning any...
Section 25021. - 25021. This chapter, except Section 25128, does not apply to...
Section 25022. - 25022. This chapter, except Section 25128, does not apply to...
Section 25023. - 25023. (a) This chapter does not apply to poultry meat...
Section 25024. - 25024. This chapter does not apply to poultry meat which...
ARTICLE 4 - Meat Inspector Licenses
Section 25051. - 25051. A person shall not act as a poultry meat...
Section 25052. - 25052. Each person before acting as a poultry meat inspector...
Section 25053. - 25053. (a) The application fee for a license is one...
Section 25054. - 25054. Every license shall expire on the last day of...
Section 25055. - 25055. (a) Application for renewal of a license accompanied by...
Section 25056. - 25056. (a) Applicants for renewal who have not paid the...
Section 25057. - 25057. If a license lapses for two calendar years, it...
Section 25058. - 25058. The director shall, after the written and oral examination...
Section 25059. - 25059. The written and oral examination and demonstration which are...
Section 25060. - 25060. The director shall, from time to time, arrange for...
Section 25061. - 25061. The director may, after hearing, refuse to issue a...
Section 25062. - 25062. Any proceedings under Section 25061 shall be conducted in...
Section 25063. - 25063. (a) All fees, charges, and collections collected pursuant to...
ARTICLE 5 - Requirements for Inspection
Section 25091. - 25091. A person shall not operate a poultry plant unless...
Section 25092. - 25092. The poultry meat inspector shall inspect, pursuant to the...
Section 25093. - 25093. The poultry meat inspector shall apply or direct the...
Section 25094. - 25094. All poultry meat which is condemned for human food...
Section 25095. - 25095. Poultry meat may be passed for further processing in...
Section 25122. - 25122. Poultry meat shall not be packed, repacked, cut up,...
Section 25123. - 25123. A poultry meat inspector shall place or cause to...
Section 25124. - 25124. The marks which are required by this article are...
Section 25125. - 25125. The director shall determine by regulation the official design...
Section 25126. - 25126. Each poultry plant shall submit samples of the proposed...
Section 25127. - 25127. It is unlawful for any person to sell or...
Section 25128. - 25128. It is unlawful for any person, other than the...
Section 25151. - 25151. It is unlawful for any person to violate any...
PART 2 - CLASSIFICATION OF POULTRY AND RABBIT MEAT
CHAPTER 1 - Definitions
Section 25401. - 25401. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...
Section 25402. - 25402. “Class” means a division of poultry meat which is...
Section 25403. - 25403. “Fowl” includes chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and other domesticated...
Section 25404. - 25404. “Growing poultry” means feeding and caring for poultry. (Enacted...
Section 25405. - 25405. “Marked” means plainly, legibly, and conspicuously labeled, stamped, tagged,...
Section 25406. - 25406. “Mislabel” means the placing, or presence of any false,...
Section 25407. - 25407. “New York dressed fowl” means fowl from which the...
Section 25408. - 25408. “Poultry” means domesticated fowl and domesticated rabbit which is...
Section 25409. - 25409. “Poultry meat” means the carcass of poultry or any...
Section 25410. - 25410. “Poultry plant” means any of the following: (a) Any...
Section 25411. - 25411. “Processing” means the commercial manufacturing of products of poultry...
Section 25412. - 25412. “Producer” means any person that is engaged in the...
CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions
Section 25551. - 25551. The director shall adopt regulations for carrying out this...
Section 25552. - 25552. The director shall enforce this part where any poultry...
Section 25553. - 25553. The director and the commissioners of each county, under...
Section 25554. - 25554. An enforcing officer may do all of the following:...
Section 25555. - 25555. Any enforcing officer may, while enforcing this part, seize...
Section 25556. - 25556. Any lot of poultry meat which does not comply...
Section 25557. - 25557. Any enforcing officer who has reason to believe that...
Section 25558. - 25558. The officer may affix to any lot which is...
Section 25559. - 25559. The officer by whom any lot of poultry meat...
Section 25560. - 25560. If the person served is not the sole owner...
Section 25561. - 25561. If the lot of poultry meat is not reconditioned...
Section 25562. - 25562. Any notice which is required by this chapter may...
Section 25563. - 25563. The enforcing officer, with the written consent of every...
Section 25564. - 25564. If the lot of poultry meat that is held...
Section 25565. - 25565. If the lot of poultry meat which is held...
Section 25566. - 25566. The court may enter judgment ordering that the lot...
CHAPTER 3 - Exemptions
Section 25701. - 25701. This part, except Section 26008, does not apply to...
Section 25702. - 25702. This part, except Section 26008, does not apply to...
Section 25703. - 25703. (a) This part does not apply to poultry meat...
Section 25704. - 25704. This part does not apply to poultry meat which...
CHAPTER 4 - Poultry and Rabbit Meat Classes
Section 25851. - 25851. The classes of the kinds of poultry meat are...
Section 25852. - 25852. The classes of chicken meat, as determined by inspection...
Section 25853. - 25853. The classes of turkey meat as determined by appearance...
Section 25854. - 25854. The classes of rabbit meat as determined by appearance...
Section 25855. - 25855. The following are the various classes of ducks: (a)...
Section 25856. - 25856. The following are the various classes of geese: (a)...
Section 25857. - 25857. The director may, by regulation, adopt any necessary new...
CHAPTER 5 - Requirements
Section 26001. - 26001. A person shall not pack, repack, cut up, recut,...
Section 26002. - 26002. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 26003, 26004, 26005,...
Section 26003. - 26003. The provisions of Section 26002, except those which require...
Section 26004. - 26004. Individual carcasses of poultry meat or packages of cut-up...
Section 26005. - 26005. Poultry parts which are displayed for sale to consumers...
Section 26006. - 26006. Cut-up poultry meat which consists of all of the...
Section 26007. - 26007. If a class of any kind of poultry meat...
Section 26008. - 26008. (a) It is unlawful for any person to sell...
CHAPTER 6 - Violations
Section 26151. - 26151. It is unlawful for any person to violate any...
PART 3 - POULTRY
Section 26401. - 26401. The provisions of this part, including the payment of...
Section 26421. - 26421. The director may make any necessary investigations relative to...
Section 26441. - 26441. The Attorney General shall, upon complaint by the director,...
CHAPTER 2 - Sale, Possession, and Transportation
Section 26551. - 26551. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...
Section 26552. - 26552. “Dealer” includes any person that is operating as a...
Section 26553. - 26553. “Place of business” includes any place or building in...
Section 26554. - 26554. “Poultry” includes chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, and all other...
Section 26581. - 26581. This chapter only applies to the sale, purchase, or...
ARTICLE 3 - Transportation
Section 26601. - 26601. Any person that offers poultry for shipment shall furnish...
Section 26602. - 26602. Any person, carrier, or transportation company which receives for...
Section 26603. - 26603. All peace officers, sheriffs or deputy sheriffs, members or...
Section 26604. - 26604. The carrier from whom the poultry is seized pursuant...
ARTICLE 4 - Resale
Section 26631. - 26631. Any dealer or person that handles poultry for resale...
ARTICLE 5 - Brands
Section 26651. - 26651. It is unlawful for any person to brand, or...
Section 26652. - 26652. It is unlawful for any person to have in...
ARTICLE 5.5 - Fresh Poultry
Section 26661. - 26661. (a) (1) No person who processes, butchers, slaughters, packs,...
ARTICLE 6 - Violations
Section 26681. - 26681. Any person that violates any provision of this chapter...
CHAPTER 3 - Poultry Meat Containing Spoilage Retardant Compound
Section 26801. - 26801. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...
Section 26802. - 26802. “Poultry” means domesticated fowl which is intended for use...
Section 26803. - 26803. “Spoilage retardant compound” means any compound, drug, or antibiotic...
Section 26831. - 26831. The director shall adopt regulations for carrying out this...
Section 26832. - 26832. The director shall enforce this chapter where any poultry...
ARTICLE 3 - Regulations
Section 26861. - 26861. Before being offered for either wholesale or retail sale,...
Section 26862. - 26862. No whole carcass of poultry meat shall be sold...
ARTICLE 4 - Violations
Section 26981. - 26981. Any person that violates any provision of this chapter...
CHAPTER 4 - Immersion of Rabbit Carcasses
Section 26991. - 26991. It is unlawful for any person to immerse or...
CHAPTER 5 - Moisture Content of Poultry Meat
Section 27001. - 27001. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...
Section 27002. - 27002. “Poultry” means domesticated fowl which is intended for use...
Section 27003. - 27003. “Poultry meat” means the carcass of poultry or any...
Section 27031. - 27031. The director shall enforce this chapter. (Enacted by Stats....
Section 27032. - 27032. The director may adopt such regulations as are reasonably...
Section 27033. - 27033. The regulations which are adopted by the director shall...
Section 27034. - 27034. An enforcing officer may do all of the following:...
ARTICLE 3 - Limitations
Section 27061. - 27061. It is unlawful for any person to sell poultry...
Section 27081. - 27081. It is unlawful for any person to violate any...
CHAPTER 6 - California Grown Poultry
Section 27201. - 27201. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...
Section 27202. - 27202. “Poultry” means domesticated fowl that is intended for use...
Section 27203. - 27203. “Poultry meat” means the carcass of poultry or any...
ARTICLE 2 - Marks and Labels
Section 27231. - 27231. Before being offered for retail sale in this state,...
Section 27232. - 27232. (a) Poultry meat of poultry that was not grown...
PART 4 - EGGS AND EGG PRODUCTS
CHAPTER 1 - Eggs
ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions
Section 27501. - 27501. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth...
Section 27502. - 27502. “Agent” includes bailee, broker, commission merchant, factor, auctioneer, solicitor,...
Section 27503. - 27503. “At retail” means a sale or transaction between a...
Section 27503.5. - 27503.5. “California egg” means an egg produced in this state....
Section 27504. - 27504. “Candling” means the examination of the interior of eggs...
Section 27505. - 27505. “Cold storage eggs” means eggs which have been in...
Section 27506. - 27506. “Committee” means the Shell Egg Advisory Committee. (Repealed and...
Section 27507. - 27507. “Consumer” means any person who purchases eggs for his...
Section 27508. - 27508. “Container” means any box, case, basket, carton, sack, bag,...
Section 27509. - 27509. “Deceptive” means any arrangement of the contents of any...
Section 27510. - 27510. “Egg handler” means a person engaged in the business...
Section 27510.1. - 27510.1. “Producer” means a person engaged in the business of...
Section 27511. - 27511. “Egg meats” means the white, yolk, or any part...
Section 27512. - 27512. “Egg products” means egg meats. (Repealed and added by...
Section 27513. - 27513. “Eggs” means eggs in the shell from chickens, turkeys,...
Section 27514. - 27514. “Incubated eggs” means eggs which have been in the...
Section 27515. - 27515. “Incubator rejects” means incubated eggs. (Repealed and added by...
Section 27516. - 27516. “Marked” means plainly, legibly, and conspicuously labeled, stamped, stenciled,...
Section 27517. - 27517. “Mislabel” means the presence of any false, deceptive, or...
Section 27518. - 27518. “Retailer” means any person who sells eggs to a...
Section 27519. - 27519. “Shell eggs” means any in-shell eggs other than pasteurized...
Section 27519.5. - 27519.5. “Shipped egg” means an egg that is produced outside...
Section 27519.6. - 27519.6. “Pasteurized in-shell eggs” means in-shell eggs that have been...
Section 27520. - 27520. “Subcontainer” means any container when being used within another...
Section 27521. - 27521. The purposes of this chapter are as follows: (a)...
Section 27522. - 27522. “Eggs that are packaged for export” means those eggs...
Section 27523. - 27523. “Eggs that are packaged for interstate commerce” means those...
ARTICLE 2 - Regulations
Section 27531. - 27531. The director may adopt regulations relating to the preparation...
Section 27532. - 27532. The regulations relating to grade standards which are adopted...
Section 27533. - 27533. Regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter relating to egg...
Section 27534. - 27534. The director shall adopt regulations by which eggs which...
ARTICLE 3 - Registration of Egg Handlers
Section 27541. - 27541. Any person engaged in business in this state as...
Section 27542. - 27542. The certificate of registration shall not be transferable to...
ARTICLE 4 - Assessment Fees
Section 27551. - 27551. The following persons shall pay to the secretary a...
Section 27552. - 27552. The fees provided in Section 27551 are maximum fees...
Section 27553. - 27553. The secretary may, by regulation, prescribe the frequency of...
Section 27554. - 27554. The moneys which are received by the director pursuant...
Section 27555. - 27555. The director may assess a special fee upon egg...
ARTICLE 5 - Administration and Enforcement
Section 27561. - 27561. (a) The director shall enforce this chapter, and the...
Section 27561.5. - 27561.5. (a) The department may refuse to issue, or may...
Section 27562. - 27562. (a) The director shall determine the necessary amount to...
Section 27563. - 27563. Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal...
Section 27564. - 27564. Each fiscal year the director shall prepare a statement...
Section 27565. - 27565. The director may enter into an agreement with any...
Section 27566. - 27566. If any commissioner does not adequately and properly enforce...
ARTICLE 6 - Shell Egg Advisory Committee
Section 27571. - 27571. (a) The secretary shall appoint a Shell Egg Advisory...
Section 27571.1. - 27571.1. It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative...
Section 27572. - 27572. The term of office for each member, other than...
Section 27573. - 27573. The committee shall be advisory to the Secretary of...
Section 27574. - 27574. The committee shall meet at the call of its...
ARTICLE 7 - Civil Penalties and Remedies
Section 27581. - 27581. The director may bring an action to enjoin any...
Section 27581.1. - 27581.1. (a) On or before January 1, 2017, the secretary...
Section 27581.2. - 27581.2. In lieu of seeking prosecution of any violation of...
Section 27581.4. - 27581.4. (a) The secretary, or a commissioner for violations in...
Section 27581.9. - 27581.9. A legal prosecution pursuant to this chapter shall be...
Section 27582. - 27582. Except as provided in Section 27601, the director shall...
Section 27583. - 27583. (a) In lieu of prosecution, the secretary or the...
Section 27583.2. - 27583.2. If the secretary levies an administrative penalty pursuant to...
Section 27583.4. - 27583.4. If a commissioner levies an administrative penalty pursuant to...
Section 27584. - 27584. If a respondent in an administrative action agrees to...
Section 27585. - 27585. After the exhaustion of the appeal and review of...
ARTICLE 8 - Powers of Enforcing Officers
Section 27591. - 27591. Any enforcement officer may do any of the following:...
Section 27592. - 27592. Any enforcement officer may, while enforcing this chapter or...
Section 27593. - 27593. A commissioner in each county or the director shall...
Section 27594. - 27594. (a) The director, or the commissioner under the direction...
Section 27595. - 27595. The enforcing officer may, and, if requested by an...
Section 27596. - 27596. The warning notice, and disposal order which directs the...
Section 27597. - 27597. The enforcing officer at the point of destination of...
Section 27598. - 27598. It is unlawful for any person to deliver any...
Section 27599. - 27599. It is unlawful for any person to dispose of...
Section 27600. - 27600. It is unlawful for any person to use or...
ARTICLE 9 - Abatement
Section 27601. - 27601. Upon the request of the director or an authorized...
ARTICLE 10 - Samples
Section 27611. - 27611. Any sample which is taken in accordance with the...
ARTICLE 11 - Shippers and Transporters
Section 27621. - 27621. Any person, forwarding company, or common carrier may decline...
ARTICLE 12 - Unlawful Acts, General
Section 27631. - 27631. It is unlawful for any person to violate any...
Section 27632. - 27632. It is unlawful for any person to mark any...
Section 27633. - 27633. It is unlawful for any person to engage in...
Section 27634. - 27634. It is unlawful for any person to sell or...
Section 27635. - 27635. It is unlawful for any person to sell or...
Section 27636. - 27636. It is unlawful for any person to sell as...
Section 27637. - 27637. It is unlawful for any person to make any...
Section 27638. - 27638. It is unlawful for any person to fail to...
Section 27639. - 27639. It is unlawful for any person to do any...
Section 27640. - 27640. It is unlawful for any person to move any...
Section 27641. - 27641. It is unlawful for any person to prepare, pack,...
Section 27642. - 27642. It shall be presumed from the fact of possession...
Section 27643. - 27643. (a) It is unlawful for an egg handler, as...
Section 27644. - 27644. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), it is...
Section 27644.5. - 27644.5. (a) It is unlawful for an egg handler, as...
ARTICLE 13 - Ungraded Eggs
Section 27651. - 27651. It is unlawful for any person to sell to...
Section 27652. - 27652. During an emergency which is proclaimed pursuant to Section...
ARTICLE 14 - Registered Brands
Section 27661. - 27661. Every egg handler shall register with the director each...
Section 27662. - 27662. It is unlawful for a brand registrant or his...
Section 27663. - 27663. Any person who, without prior authorization, acquires possession of...
Section 27664. - 27664. Every person who operates a container exchange business for...
Section 27665. - 27665. The director shall issue licenses to persons engaged in...
Section 27666. - 27666. Every licensee shall file with the director the name...
Section 27667. - 27667. A licensee may sell containers which do not have...
Section 27668. - 27668. The director may suspend or revoke any license for...
Section 27669. - 27669. It is unlawful for any common carrier or private...
ARTICLE 15 - Criminal Punishment and Procedure
Section 27671. - 27671. (a) The following persons are guilty of a misdemeanor:...
Section 27672. - 27672. It is unlawful for any person to fail to...
Section 27673. - 27673. Unless a person who is arrested for the transportation...
Section 27680. - 27680. If the grade determination and size determination required by...
Section 27681. - 27681. A registrant whose out-of-state location is inspected shall reimburse...
Section 27682. - 27682. The actual and necessary expenses of the department for...
Section 27683. - 27683. The department shall attempt to schedule as many out-of-state...
Section 27684. - 27684. The department shall perform sufficient inspections of the records...
Section 27685. - 27685. Before receiving a registration as required by this chapter,...
Section 27686. - 27686. All shipped eggs shall be transported under refrigeration in...
Section 27687. - 27687. (a) If the department determines that eggs are not...
Section 27688. - 27688. Each registrant shall submit a report as designated by...
Section 27688.5. - 27688.5. Any out-of-state registrant who fails to promptly submit required...
Section 27689. - 27689. The report required by Section 27688 shall give a...
Section 27690. - 27690. All brokers registered with California shall itemize in their...