California Code
DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
PART 6 - WHOLESALE FOOD

CHAPTER 3 - Enforcement and Penalties

Section 111940. - 111940. (a) If any person violates any provision of Chapter...

Section 111945. - 111945. In addition to injunctive relief, the court may impose...

CHAPTER 4 - Wholesale Food Processors

ARTICLE 1 - Food Processing Establishments

Section 111950. - 111950. “Food,” as used in this chapter, includes all articles...

Section 111955. - 111955. “Food processing establishment,” as used in this chapter, shall...

Section 111960. - 111960. Every food processing establishment shall be properly lighted, drained,...

Section 111965. - 111965. The floors, side walls, ceiling, furniture, receptacles, utensils, implements,...

Section 111970. - 111970. No live animal or fowl shall be kept or...

Section 111975. - 111975. The side walls and ceilings of every bakery, confectionery,...

Section 111980. - 111980. All interior woodwork of every bakery, confectionery, hotel, or...

Section 111985. - 111985. Every building, room, basement, or cellar occupied or used...

Section 111990. - 111990. Where practicable, the doors, windows, and other openings of...

Section 111995. - 111995. Every building, room, basement, or cellar occupied or used...

Section 112000. - 112000. The floors of toilet-rooms shall be made of cement,...

Section 112005. - 112005. The toilets shall be furnished with separate ventilating pipes...

Section 112010. - 112010. Lavatories and washrooms shall be adjacent to toilet-rooms and...

Section 112015. - 112015. Employees and others who handle the material from which...

Section 112020. - 112020. No employee or other person shall sit or lie...

Section 112025. - 112025. No employee or other person shall expectorate or discharge...

Section 112030. - 112030. No person shall, nor shall any person be allowed...

Section 112035. - 112035. No employer shall require or permit any person to...

Section 112040. - 112040. (a) Prior to January 1, 2001, the department, its...

Section 112045. - 112045. If upon inspection any building, room, basement, cellar, or...

Section 112050. - 112050. Every building, room, basement, cellar, or other place or...

Section 112055. - 112055. The sections contained in this article are to be...

ARTICLE 2 - Food Containers

Section 112060. - 112060. “Bottle,” as employed in this article, includes any bottle...

Section 112065. - 112065. This article is not applicable to containers subject to...

Section 112070. - 112070. The provisions of this article in reference to sterilization...

Section 112075. - 112075. The department shall issue a license to an applicant...

Section 112080. - 112080. An establishment is deemed properly equipped for the cleansing...

Section 112085. - 112085. All bottles shall be cleansed and sterilized as specified...

Section 112090. - 112090. A licensee shall issue a certificate of sterilization with...

Section 112095. - 112095. If any licensee fails to maintain his or her...

Section 112100. - 112100. Any purchaser of a bottle who shows a certificate...

Section 112105. - 112105. Nothing in this article prohibits the sale for use...

Section 112110. - 112110. Food containers manufactured from second-hand tin plate and intended...

Section 112115. - 112115. This article, with the exception of any licensing provisions,...

Section 112120. - 112120. A nonalcoholic soft drink, whether or not carbonated, shall...

ARTICLE 3 - Closed Containers

Section 112125. - 112125. Except when sold in bulk for manufacturing purposes, it...

ARTICLE 4 - Violations

Section 112130. - 112130. Any person, whether as principal or agent, employer or...

CHAPTER 5 - Sanitary Control of Shellfish

ARTICLE 1 - Declaration of Policy and Definitions

Section 112150. - 112150. The Legislature finds and declares that the public health...

Section 112155. - 112155. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth...

ARTICLE 2 - General Requirements

Section 112160. - 112160. (a) The director may declare any area within the...

Section 112165. - 112165. (a) The department shall adopt regulations regarding all of...

Section 112170. - 112170. (a) The director, or the director’s duly authorized agent,...

Section 112175. - 112175. It is unlawful for any person to engage in...

Section 112180. - 112180. The director, or the director’s duly authorized agent, may,...

Section 112185. - 112185. It is unlawful for any person to take, sell,...

Section 112190. - 112190. It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer,...

Section 112195. - 112195. It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer,...

Section 112200. - 112200. It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer,...

Section 112205. - 112205. It is unlawful for any person to operate a...

Section 112210. - 112210. It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer,...

Section 112215. - 112215. It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer,...

Section 112220. - 112220. The provisions of Sections 112210 and 112215, with respect...

Section 112225. - 112225. Any shellfish that are held or offered for sale...

Section 112230. - 112230. The director may suspend or revoke any certificate issued...

ARTICLE 3 - Fees

Section 112235. - 112235. The department shall charge and collect a fee for...

ARTICLE 4 - Penalties

Section 112240. - 112240. Any person who willfully violates any provision of this...

Section 112245. - 112245. One-half of all fines collected by any court or...

ARTICLE 5 - Proceedings

Section 112250. - 112250. (a) The Attorney General, any district attorney, or any...

Section 112255. - 112255. The department is not required to institute proceedings under...

Section 112260. - 112260. When the state asserts a violation of this chapter,...

Section 112265. - 112265. (a) Except to the extent otherwise provided in Section...

Section 112270. - 112270. In lieu of administrative proceedings pursuant to Section 112265,...

Section 112275. - 112275. A person who has exhausted all administrative remedies available...

Section 112280. - 112280. All regulations applicable to this chapter, and currently in...

CHAPTER 6 - Cold Storage

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions

Section 112350. - 112350. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth...

Section 112355. - 112355. “Cold storage” means a place artificially refrigerated to a...

Section 112360. - 112360. “Cold stored” means the keeping of articles of food...

Section 112365. - 112365. “Article of food” means any article of food used...

Section 112370. - 112370. “Storer” means a person who offers articles of food...

Section 112375. - 112375. This chapter does not apply to any cold storage...

Section 112380. - 112380. The term “locker plant” as used in this chapter...

ARTICLE 2 - Licenses

Section 112385. - 112385. Any person desiring to operate a cold storage or...

Section 112390. - 112390. On receipt of the application the board shall examine...

Section 112395. - 112395. If it finds the plant to be in a...

Section 112400. - 112400. No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in the...

Section 112405. - 112405. Each application for a license under this chapter shall...

Section 112410. - 112410. The director shall keep a full and correct account...

ARTICLE 3 - Licensee Regulations

Section 112415. - 112415. If any place or portion of a place for...

Section 112420. - 112420. Upon failure of the licensee to correct the situation...

Section 112425. - 112425. Every licensee shall keep an accurate record of receipts...

Section 112430. - 112430. When requested by the department or an agent thereof,...

ARTICLE 4 - General Regulations

Section 112435. - 112435. No storer shall place in cold storage any article...

Section 112440. - 112440. Any article of food intended for use other than...

Section 112445. - 112445. Each separate lot of food, when deposited in cold...

Section 112450. - 112450. The department shall inspect and supervise all cold storage...

Section 112455. - 112455. The department and its duly authorized employees shall be...

Section 112460. - 112460. The department may also appoint at the salary as...

Section 112465. - 112465. No person shall keep any article of food in...

Section 112470. - 112470. The department shall, upon application, grant permission to extend...

Section 112475. - 112475. For the purpose of determining whether or not food...

Section 112480. - 112480. Unless otherwise permitted by this article, it is unlawful...

Section 112485. - 112485. It is unlawful to return to cold storage any...

Section 112490. - 112490. The department may make regulations to secure the proper...

ARTICLE 5 - Violations

Section 112495. - 112495. Any person violating any of the provisions of this...

CHAPTER 7 - Frozen Foods

Section 112500. - 112500. When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise...

Section 112505. - 112505. No person hereafter shall engage within this State in...

Section 112510. - 112510. The annual license fee for a frozen food locker...

Section 112515. - 112515. Upon receipt of the application for a license accompanied...

Section 112520. - 112520. The license issued hereunder shall be in a form...

Section 112525. - 112525. The floors, walls and ceilings of frozen food locker...

Section 112530. - 112530. Any frozen food locker plant using a toxic gas...

Section 112535. - 112535. All rooms of a frozen food locker plant shall...

Section 112540. - 112540. Frozen food locker plants shall have an ample water...

Section 112545. - 112545. The director shall publish and declare reasonable regulations as...

Section 112550. - 112550. The refrigeration system for a frozen food locker plant...

Section 112555. - 112555. Any processor, prior to delivery to the consumer, shall...

Section 112560. - 112560. Thermometers in good order shall be provided in all...

Section 112565. - 112565. No frozen food locker plant shall be licensed under...

Section 112570. - 112570. A branch plant may be operated only in conjunction...

Section 112575. - 112575. Storage of fish and game by patrons shall comply...

Section 112580. - 112580. Every operator of a frozen food locker plant, shall...

Section 112585. - 112585. Only food for human consumption, or clean, sanitary byproducts...

Section 112590. - 112590. The person owning or operating a frozen food locker...

Section 112595. - 112595. Operators of frozen food locker plants operating solely as...

Section 112600. - 112600. Cold storage or refrigerating warehouses subject to Chapter 6...

Section 112605. - 112605. The licensing provisions of this chapter shall not apply...

Section 112610. - 112610. The department, after notice and hearing, may revoke the...

Section 112615. - 112615. In the event the director suspends or revokes any...

Section 112620. - 112620. The liability of the owner or operator of lockers...

Section 112625. - 112625. Upon the signed petition of at least 25 owners...

Section 112630. - 112630. This chapter shall be known as the “Frozen Food...

Section 112635. - 112635. Any person who violates any of the provisions of...

CHAPTER 8 - Canneries

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Scope

Section 112650. - 112650. “State board,” or “State Board of Public Health,” as...

Section 112655. - 112655. “Meat or meat products” as used in this chapter,...

Section 112660. - 112660. “Food product,” as used in this chapter, includes any...

Section 112665. - 112665. The operation of noncommercial canning centers by community canning...

Section 112670. - 112670. In lieu of a license, a permit to operate...

Section 112675. - 112675. Food products that do not require the use of...

Section 112680. - 112680. No act that is unlawful under Part 5 (commencing...

ARTICLE 2 - Cannery Inspection Board

Section 112685. - 112685. There is in the state government a Cannery Inspection...

Section 112690. - 112690. Each appointed member holds office for a term of...

Section 112695. - 112695. Members of the board serve without compensation. The board...

Section 112700. - 112700. The Cannery Inspection Board shall, subject to the approval...

Section 112705. - 112705. The estimate shall be made prior to the opening...

Section 112710. - 112710. For the purpose of prorating the estimated cost of...

Section 112715. - 112715. Based on the estimates required by the last three...

Section 112720. - 112720. The cost of laboratory control and research on products...

Section 112725. - 112725. If the delegation of discretion to determine whether the...

ARTICLE 3 - Proration of Costs

Section 112730. - 112730. At the end of each quarter, or at the...

Section 112735. - 112735. In making any separate inspection and laboratory control for...

Section 112740. - 112740. In making estimates, determinations, assessments, and prorations under this...

Section 112745. - 112745. In lieu of all other procedures in this article...

ARTICLE 4 - Licenses and Licensees

Section 112750. - 112750. It is unlawful for any person to engage in...

Section 112755. - 112755. The department shall issue an annual license, that is...

Section 112760. - 112760. Any person who has been denied the annual license...

Section 112765. - 112765. In addition to the annual license fee, the department...

Section 112770. - 112770. If the deposit made by any licensee is insufficient...

Section 112775. - 112775. If at the end of the calendar year, or...

Section 112780. - 112780. No food product subject to the inspection required by...

Section 112785. - 112785. The department may after notice and opportunity for hearing...

Section 112790. - 112790. After conviction for a violation of Part 5 (commencing...

Section 112795. - 112795. Proceedings for the suspension and revocation of licenses shall...

ARTICLE 5 - General Provisions

Section 112800. - 112800. No person shall permit another to operate a steam-controlled...

Section 112805. - 112805. It is unlawful for any person to place upon...

Section 112810. - 112810. Any food product packed in violation of this chapter...

Section 112815. - 112815. Any person who packs any food product that has...

Section 112820. - 112820. The Division of Cannery Inspections has supervision over the...

ARTICLE 6 - Rules and Enforcement

Section 112825. - 112825. The department may make regulations as it deems necessary...

Section 112830. - 112830. No rule or regulation or amendment thereto shall be...

Section 112835. - 112835. The state board shall enforce its regulations and the...

Section 112840. - 112840. The district attorney of the county in which any...

ARTICLE 7 - Funds

Section 112845. - 112845. The Cannery Inspection Fund is hereby established as a...

Section 112850. - 112850. Notwithstanding Section 112845, the department and the Department of...

ARTICLE 8 - Violations

Section 112855. - 112855. Any person who does not obtain a license required...

CHAPTER 9 - Olive Oil

ARTICLE 1 - Olive Oil Grades

Section 112875. - 112875. “Olive oil,” as used in this chapter means the...

Section 112876. - 112876. The hierarchy for virgin olive oil grades shall be,...

Section 112876.5. - 112876.5. The hierarchy for olive-pomace oil grades shall be, from...

Section 112877. - 112877. Olive oil grades are defined as follows: (a) “Virgin...

Section 112878. - 112878. “Flavored olive oil,” as used in this chapter, means...

Section 112879. - 112879. “Imitation olive oil,” as used in this chapter, means...

Section 112880. - 112880. For purposes this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:...

ARTICLE 2 - Olive Oil Manufacture and Marketing

Section 112891. - 112891. Any olive oil and olive-pomace oil labeled for sale...

Section 112893. - 112893. Alpha-tocopherol may be added to refined olive oil, olive...

Section 112894. - 112894. Virgin olive oil not fit for human consumption, sometimes...

Section 112895. - 112895. (a) It is unlawful to manufacture, sell, offer for...

Section 112905. - 112905. It is unlawful to prepare, express, mix, or blend...

Section 112910. - 112910. All records of those operating under the provisions of...

Section 112915. - 112915. It is unlawful to reuse any olive oil container,...

Section 112920. - 112920. All olive oil for technical purposes shall be denatured...

Section 112925. - 112925. It is unlawful to sell or offer for sale...

Section 112930. - 112930. The department shall enforce this chapter. (Added by Stats....

Section 112935. - 112935. Any person violating any of the provisions of this...

CHAPTER 10 - Processed Pet Foods

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 113025. - 113025. “Processed pet food” means a food for pets that...

Section 113030. - 113030. “Pet” means any household animal including but not limited...

Section 113035. - 113035. “Pet food ingredients” means each of the constituent materials...

Section 113040. - 113040. Incubator reject eggs may not be used in food...

Section 113045. - 113045. The term “advertisement” means all representations disseminated in any...

Section 113050. - 113050. If an article is alleged to be misbranded because...

Section 113055. - 113055. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited,...

ARTICLE 2 - Licenses and Registration Certificates

Section 113060. - 113060. Every person who manufactures a processed pet food in...

Section 113065. - 113065. A separate license shall be required for each processing...

Section 113070. - 113070. An annual license or registration certificate shall be issued...

ARTICLE 3 - Prohibited Acts and Penalties

Section 113075. - 113075. The following acts and the causing thereof within the...

Section 113080. - 113080. (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions...

Section 113085. - 113085. In addition to other remedies herein provided, the department...

ARTICLE 4 - Adulteration

Section 113090. - 113090. A pet food ingredient or a processed pet food...

Section 113091. - 113091. A processed pet food is not adulterated because it...

ARTICLE 5 - Misbranding

Section 113095. - 113095. A pet food ingredient or processed pet food shall...

Section 113100. - 113100. A pet food shall be deemed to be misbranded...

Section 113105. - 113105. A processed pet food shall be deemed to be...

Section 113110. - 113110. A processed pet food shall be deemed to be...

ARTICLE 6 - Administration

Section 113115. - 113115. When in the judgment of the department the action...

Section 113120. - 113120. This chapter shall be administered by the department in...

CHAPTER 11 - Miscellaneous Food Laws

ARTICLE 1 - Dairy Product Safety

Section 113150. - 113150. (a) When there occurs, in the household of any...

Section 113155. - 113155. The department shall cooperate with the Department of Food...

ARTICLE 2 - Beverage Containers

Section 113200. - 113200. As used in this article, unless the context requires...

Section 113205. - 113205. On and after January 1, 1979, no person shall...

Section 113210. - 113210. The Secretary of the Resources Agency may extend permission...

Section 113215. - 113215. The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall conduct hearings...

Section 113220. - 113220. There shall be no administrative appeal of the secretary’s...

ARTICLE 3 - Frozen Foods

Section 113250. - 113250. “Low acid frozen food” means a food that, by...

Section 113255. - 113255. Low acid frozen food shall be packaged in a...

Section 113260. - 113260. The container shall bear a suitable legend to warn...

Section 113265. - 113265. Low acid foods that are to be frozen and...

Section 113270. - 113270. The department shall enforce this article. (Amended by Stats....

Section 113275. - 113275. The department may make regulations to secure the proper...

Section 113280. - 113280. Any person, firm, corporation, or agent violating any of...

ARTICLE 4 - Food Crop Growing

Section 113310. - 113310. The Legislature finds and declares that the people of...

Section 113315. - 113315. For the purposes of this article “food crop” shall...

Section 113320. - 113320. For the purpose of this article “food crop growing...

Section 113325. - 113325. Every employer shall provide or cause to be provided...

Section 113330. - 113330. Employees shall use the toilet and handwashing facilities provided....

Section 113335. - 113335. Toilet facilities shall provide privacy and shall be so...

Section 113340. - 113340. Handwashing facilities shall be such as to afford an...

Section 113345. - 113345. Toilet and handwashing facilities for food crop harvesting operations...

Section 113350. - 113350. (a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the department,...

Section 113355. - 113355. (a) The primary responsibility for enforcement of this article...

Section 113360. - 113360. Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any of...