SECTIONS 19010-19017 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 19010-19017

19010. (a) Each person shall, before operating a meat processing
establishment or a custom livestock slaughterhouse, file an
application accompanied with an application fee, with the director
for a license to operate the establishment. The application shall be
in such form as the director may prescribe.
(b) The application fee is fifty dollars ($50) for a license for
one year for each establishment which the applicant desires to
operate. Each license shall expire on the last day of the calendar
year for which it was issued. The fee shall not be prorated.

19011. (a) Application for renewal of a license accompanied by a
fee of fifty dollars ($50) shall be made on or before its expiration.
To any fee which is not paid when due, there shall be added a
penalty of twenty dollars ($20). Failure to pay the renewal fee plus
the penalty within 90 days of expiration shall cause a revocation of
a license.
(b) No person shall operate an establishment performing any of the
functions stated in this chapter unless the establishment is
licensed and continues to meet building and sanitation standards
required by this chapter and the regulations thereunder.

19012. No person shall operate a licensed establishment performing
the functions stated in this chapter unless all livestock and
livestock products are inspected for wholesomeness and the facilities
are inspected for sanitation by a licensed livestock meat inspector
or a licensed processing inspector.

19013. No person shall operate a meat processing establishment
unless all livestock and poultry products used in processing and to
be sold have been inspected by the United States Department of
Agriculture, fallow deer products have been inspected at a custom
livestock slaughterhouse, or poultry products have been inspected in
accordance with the requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with
Section 24951) of Part 1 of Division 12 and the processing of the
product is inspected by a licensed processing inspector.

19014. Plant sanitation, sanitary dressing procedures, processing
procedures, vehicle equipment, facility standards, and sanitation,
including transportation and storage of products, shall follow
procedures which may be set forth in regulations or operations
manuals adopted by the department.

19015. Livestock carcasses and parts and livestock and poultry
products shall not be packed, repacked, cut up, recut, or sold unless
each container or each part or each carcass, whichever is
applicable, is marked in a manner which is required by this chapter
and the regulations thereunder.

19016. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), all custom
slaughtered livestock carcasses and parts shall be marked in a manner
required by the department to identify the inspected premises and
that the products are not for sale.
(2) Fallow deer carcasses and parts thereof intended for
transportation or sale shall be marked in a manner required by the
department to identify the inspected premises and to show that the
products have been inspected under this chapter.
(b) The department shall determine, by regulation, the official
design of the marks that are required by this chapter.

19017. It is unlawful to do any of the following:
(a) Operate an establishment not licensed by the department.
(b) Operate an establishment that is not clean.
(c) Operate an establishment in a manner or under conditions that
are not sanitary.
(d) Operate an establishment that does not meet the sanitary
building or equipment standards pursuant to the regulations of this
chapter.
(e) Operate an establishment in violation of an order of a
licensed livestock meat inspector, licensed processing inspector, or
a department inspector.
(f) Dispose of condemned and inedible livestock carcasses or parts
of livestock products in violation of this chapter or the
regulations thereunder.
(g) Misbrand or mislabel livestock and poultry products.