SECTIONS 24561-24563 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 24561-24563

24561. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the
director may adopt by regulation standards and requirements equal to
those of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (71 Stat. 441, 21 U.S.C.
451, et seq. as amended by the Wholesome Poultry Products Act, Pub.
Law 90-492), including, but not limited to, standards and
requirements of inspection, sanitation, reinspection, preparation,
processing, buying, selling, transporting, storing, identification,
recordkeeping, registration, and labeling. The regulations shall not
be less restrictive than state statutory requirements. The director
may enter into cooperative agreements with departments, divisions,
bureaus, boards, or commissions of the United States to enforce such
standards and requirements in this state.

24562. Regulations adopted pursuant to this article or pursuant to
Section 24681 or Section 24991 shall conform, so far as practicable,
to the rules, regulations and standards of the United States
Department of Agriculture which govern the inspection, preparation,
and processing of poultry meat and poultry meat food products.

24563. If slaughtering or carcass preparation or processing of
poultry meats and poultry meat products is conducted in an
establishment where state inspection is maintained at hours
considered overtime for state employees or on legal holidays, the
owner or operator of the establishment shall, by contract or
agreement with the department, make arrangement to defray the
additional cost for salaries and expenses for persons employed by the
department to conduct the necessary poultry meat inspection work
during the overtime periods.
Moneys collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in
the General Fund.