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CA - Horse slaughter - § 598d. Sale of horsemeat for human consumption | Animal Legal & Historical Center
Full Statute Name: West's Annotated California Codes. Penal Code. Part 1. Of Crimes and Punishments. Title 14. Malicious Mischief. § 598d. Sale of horsemeat for human consumption
Primary Citation: CA PENAL § 598d
Last Checked: September, 2015
Alternate Citation: West's Ann. Cal. Penal Code § 598d
Date Adopted: 1998
This statute prohibits the sale of horsemeat for human consumption. No restaurant, cafe, or other public eating place may offer horsemeat for sale for human consumption. A first time violation is a misdemeanor.
Statute Text: (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, horsemeat may not be offered for sale for human consumption. No restaurant, cafe, or other public eating place may offer horsemeat for human consumption.
(b) Violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by confinement in jail for not less than 30 days nor more than two years, or by both that fine and confinement.
(c) A second or subsequent offense under this section is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than two years nor more than five years.
(Added by Initiative Measure (Prop. 6, § 5, eff. Nov. 4, 1998). Amended by Stats.2011, c. 15 (A.B.109), § 413, eff. April 4, 2011, operative Oct. 1, 2011; Stats.2011, c. 39 (A.B.117), § 19, eff. June 30, 2011, operative Oct. 1, 2011.)