SECTIONS 18650-18677 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 18650-18677

18650. This chapter shall be known as the California Meat and
Poultry Inspection Act.

18651. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in
this article govern the construction of this chapter.

18652. "Adulterated" means any livestock product or poultry product
which is in violation of Article 4 (commencing with Section 18751)
of this chapter.

18653. "Animal food manufacturer" means any person that is engaged
in the business of preparing any animal food which is derived wholly
or in part from any livestock or poultry carcass or any part or
product of any such carcass.

18654. "Broker" means any person that is engaged in the business of
buying or selling any livestock product or poultry product on
commission, or otherwise negotiating any purchase or sale of any
livestock product or poultry product, other than for his own account
or as an employee of another person.

18655. "Capable of use as human food" means any livestock or
poultry carcass, or any part or product of any such carcass, unless
it is denatured or otherwise identified as required by the director
to prevent its use as human food, or is naturally inedible by humans.

18656. "Container" or "package" means any box, can, tin, cloth,
plastic, or other receptacle, wrapper, or cover.

18657. "Federal acts" means the Federal Meat Inspection Act and
Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act.

18658. "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act" means the act so
entitled, approved June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1040; 21 U.S.C., Sec. 301
et seq.), and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.

18659. "Federal Meat Inspection Act" means the act so entitled
approved March 4, 1907 (34 Stat. 1260; 21 U.S.C., Sec. 71 et seq.),
as amended by the Wholesome Meat Act (81 Stat. 584; 21 U.S.C., Sec.
601 et seq.).

18660. "Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act" means the act so
entitled approved August 28, 1957 (71 Stat. 441; 21 U.S.C., Sec. 451
et seq.), as amended by the Wholesome Poultry Products Act (82 Stat.
791; 21 U.S.C., Sec. 451 et seq. ).

18661. "Inspector" means an employee of the department authorized
to perform any inspection function under this chapter.

18662. "Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic
matter upon any article or the immediate container of any article. It
does not, however, include package liners.

18663. "Livestock" means any cattle, sheep, swine, goat, or any
horse, mule or other equine, whether live or dead.

18664. "Livestock product" means any carcass, part of a carcass,
meat, or meat food product of any livestock.

18665. "Meat food product" means any product which is capable of
use as human food that is made wholly or in part from any meat or
other portion of the carcass of any cattle, sheep, swine, or goat.
The director may exempt from this definition any product which
contains meat or any other portion of such a carcass only in a
relatively small proportion which is found by the director not to be
a product of the meat food industry for the purposes of this chapter,
under such conditions as he may prescribe to assure that the meat or
other portion of such carcass which is contained in such product is
not adulterated and that such product is not represented as a meat
food product. The term meat food product, as applied to any food
product of any equine, has the same meaning as is provided in this
paragraph with respect to meat food products of cattle, sheep, swine,
and goats.

18666. "Misbranded" means any livestock product or poultry product
which is in violation of Article 5 (commencing with Section 18781) of
this chapter.

18667. "Official certificate" means any certificate which is
prescribed by regulations of the director for issuance by an
inspector or other person performing official functions under this
chapter.

18668. "Official device" means any device which is prescribed or
authorized by the director for use in applying any official mark.

18669. "Official establishment" means any establishment at which
inspection of the slaughter of livestock or poultry, or the
preparation of any livestock product or poultry product, is
maintained under the authority of this chapter.

18670. "Official inspection legend" means any symbol which is
prescribed by the director that shows that an article was inspected
and passed in accordance with this chapter.

18671. "Offical mark" means the official inspection legend or any
other symbol which is prescribed by the director to identify the
status of any article or livestock or poultry under this chapter.

18672. "Person" includes any individual, partnership, corporation,
limited liability company, association, or other business unit, and
any officer, agent, or employee thereof.

18673. "Pesticide chemical," "food additive," "color additive," and
"raw agricultural commodity" shall have the same meanings as under
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

18674. "Prepared" means slaughtered, canned, salted, stuffed,
rendered, boned, cut up, or otherwise manufactured or processed.

18675. "Poultry" means any domesticated bird, whether live or dead.

18676. "Poultry product" means any poultry carcass, any part of a
poultry carcass, or any product which is made wholly or in part from
any poultry carcass or any part of a poultry carcass. The director
may exempt from this definition any product which contains any
poultry ingredient only in a relatively small proportion which is
found by him not to be a product of the poultry food industry for the
purposes of this chapter, under such condition as he may prescribe
to assure that the poultry ingredient in such product is not
adulterated and that such product is not represented as a poultry
product.

18677. "Renderer" means any person that is engaged in the business
of rendering any livestock or poultry carcass, or any part or product
of such a carcass, except rendering conducted under inspection or
exemption under this chapter.