SECTIONS 112800-112820 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 112800-112820

112800. No person shall permit another to operate a
steam-controlled retort used in the commercial canning industry for
the sterilization of food products, unless the latter first obtains a
permit from the department. The department may pass upon and
determine the qualifications of the applicant with a view to the
preservation of the public health.
Any permit granted is revocable by the department whenever in its
judgment the public health requires such action.

112805. It is unlawful for any person to place upon the label of
any bottle, can, jar, carton, case, box, barrel, or any other
receptacle, vessel, or container of whatever material or nature that
may be used by a packer, manufacturer, producer, jobber, or dealer
for enclosing any canned food product, fish or fish product, or meat
or meat product, any statement relative to the product having been
inspected, unless the statement has been approved in writing by the
department.
Approval of a statement is revocable at any time by the department
upon written notice.

112810. Any food product packed in violation of this chapter may be
quarantined by the department until a laboratory examination has
established that the product meets the requirements of this chapter.

112815. Any person who packs any food product that has been
quarantined by the department shall pay the department all reasonable
costs of any laboratory examination, determined by the Cannery
Inspection Board, subject to the approval of the department, to be
necessary to ascertain that the seized product was packed in
violation of this chapter.

112820. The Division of Cannery Inspections has supervision over
the inspection and examination of raw fish and fish products
preparatory to canning.
The cost of the inspection and examination shall be determined and
paid in the manner provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section
112685).