California Code
ARTICLE 3 - Purchase and Sale of Meat
Section 22081.

22081. A wholesaler of meat shall not purchase the meat of any animal except from any of the following:

(a) A licensed slaughterer.

(b) Another wholesaler having an established place of business.

(c) An owner or producer of livestock which are slaughtered pursuant to Section 22007.

(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)