SECTIONS 25122-25128 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 25122-25128

25122. Poultry meat shall not be packed, repacked, cut up, recut,
or sold unless each container or each carcass is marked in the manner
which is required by this chapter and the regulations which are
adopted pursuant to it.

25123. A poultry meat inspector shall place or cause to be placed a
mark on each carcass or container of poultry meat before the poultry
meat is removed from a poultry plant.

25124. The marks which are required by this article are in addition
to those required by Section 24802 but may be in combination with
such marks.

25125. The director shall determine by regulation the official
design of the marks which are required by this article.

25126. Each poultry plant shall submit samples of the proposed
method of use of the design of a mark to the director. The method
shall be approved by the director before it is used.

25127. It is unlawful for any person to sell or mark as inspected
for wholesomeness any poultry meat that has not been inspected and
passed for wholesomeness pursuant to this chapter and regulations
which are adopted pursuant to it.

25128. It is unlawful for any person, other than the consumer of
poultry meat, to remove from any whole carcass of poultry meat, or
from any part of a dismembered carcass of poultry meat, any official
wholesomeness inspection mark of the United States Department of
Agriculture, or of any city, county, or state poultry meat inspection
service. As used in this section, "consumer" includes a restaurant
or other place where such poultry meat is cooked and sold for
consumption on or off the premises.