SECTIONS 19400-19404 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 19400-19404

19400. Any person that slaughters any horse, mule, burro, sheep,
goats, swine or any other bovine for use as pet food, or who by
purchase or otherwise acquires possession of the meat of any horse,
mule, burro, swine or bovine, and that sells or otherwise disposes of
such meat for use as pet food, or operates a rendering plant shall
make and keep for one year a correct record, separate from all other
business records, of each such transaction, recorded at the time of
the transaction, which shows all of the following:
(a) The quantity of meat, bones, or carcasses acquired or disposed
of.
(b) The names and addresses of the parties to the transaction.
(c) The date.
(d) The place to which such meat was shipped or delivered.
(e) The name of the person that made the shipment or delivery.

19401. This article does not apply to any of the following:
(a) Retail sales of any fresh or processed meat or meat product in
a quantity of five pounds or less to any one person.
(b) Any canned or prepackaged meat or meat product in any package
of five pounds or less which is conspicuously labeled to show the
common or usual names of the ingredients arranged in the order of the
predominance contained in the package.

19402. All horsemeat and animal food records shall be open at all
times during the hours of operation to the inspection of the
director, any health officer or sanitation inspector.

19403. It is unlawful for any person that is required to keep
horsemeat and pet food records to fail to keep such records, or to
fail or refuse to permit an authorized inspection of the horsemeat
and pet food records.

19404. Every dead animal hauler shall keep a record when and where
each carcass is picked up and delivered. The record shall be kept for
a period of one year, and open to inspection by any agent of the
department.