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CA Food & Agri Code § 18943 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title|Section 18943.

18943.  “Livestock” means any cattle, sheep, swine, and goat, and pursuant to regulations adopted by the Fish and Game Commission, for the purposes of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18650) and this chapter, fallow deer (Dama dama) whether alive or dead.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 373, Sec. 1.5. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18944 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title|Section 18944.

18944.  “Livestock product” means any carcass, part of the carcass, meat, or meat food product of any livestock.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1128, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18945 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title|Section 18945.

18945.  “Slaughter” means the stunning, bleeding, eviscerating, skinning, splitting, and preparing of livestock for human consumption.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1128, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18946 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title|Section 18946.

18946.  “Custom livestock slaughterhouse” means a licensed establishment where:(a) Cattle, sheep, swine, or goats are slaughtered and prepared for the owners of the livestock.(b) Fallow deer are slaughtered and prepared for transportation or sale, or transportation and sale.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 373, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18947 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title|Section 18947.

18947.  “Meat processing establishment” means a licensed establishment required to be inspected pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18650) where livestock or poultry products are prepared by curing, drying, smoking, or rendering and the products are sold on the premises to household consumers, and a licensed establishment where fallow deer products may be prepared for transportation or sale, or transportation and sale.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 133, Sec. 18. (AB 120) Effective July 26, 2011.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18947.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title|Section 18947.2.

18947.2.  “Smoking” means exposing meat or poultry products, for the purpose of food preservation, rather than as a method of flavor enhancement, to an environment of smoke generated from hardwood, hardwood sawdust, corn cobs, or natural or artificial liquid smoke that has been transformed into a true gaseous state by application of direct heat.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 133, Sec. 19. (AB 120) Effective July 26, 2011.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18948 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title|Section 18948.

18948.  “Sanitary” means free from dirt, filth, and contamination and free from any other substance or organisms which are known to be injurious to human health or which would render the product adulterated.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1128, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18949 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and Short Title|Section 18949.

18949.  “Establishment” means any business, firm, or facility that is required to be licensed by the director under this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1128, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18950 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 18950.

18950.  The Legislature finds and declares that:(a) Sausage products and cured and smoked meat products which are processed and sold at retail meat processing establishments and custom slaughtered carcasses are an important source of the food supply in California; and it is essential and in the public interest that the health and welfare of consumers of these products are protected by ensuring that meat, both slaughtered and processed, is wholesome and not adulterated.(b) Meat processing establishments and custom slaughter establishments exempt from federal inspection have been required to be inspected in California.(c) There is a public demand for specialty meat food products and there has been an increase in the number of meat processing establishments manufacturing these products.(d) Specialty meat food products are sold and displayed in meat markets and are difficult to distinguish from United States Department of Agriculture inspected and passed products.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 417, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18951 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 18951.

18951.  The Legislature further finds and declares that:(a) A significant number of persons raise their own animals or purchase their animals alive and then have them slaughtered.(b) Rather than have their animals slaughtered under unsanitary conditions, those persons would prefer to have their animals slaughtered at sanitary slaughter establishments and have an informed determination made as to the fitness of the carcasses and parts for food.(c) With the reduction in number of United States Department of Agriculture inspected slaughter plants in California, there has been a substantial increase in small custom slaughter houses to serve that need.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1128, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18952 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 18952.

18952.  The objectives of this chapter are to require sanitation and wholesomeness inspection at licensed custom slaughter establishments and licensed meat processing establishments exempt from federal inspection and to provide a cost-effective program using trained and licensed establishment personnel under department supervision.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1128, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18955 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 18955.

18955.  No person shall operate an establishment performing any of the functions stated in this chapter unless the establishment is licensed and continues to meet building and sanitation standards required by this chapter and the regulations thereunder.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 133, Sec. 20. (AB 120) Effective July 26, 2011.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18960 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 18960.

18960.  The director may adopt, by regulation, standards and requirements relating to inspection, sanitation, facilities, equipment, reinspection, preparation, processing, buying, selling, transporting, storing, identification, recordkeeping, registration and labeling, and marking for carrying out the purposes of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1128, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18961 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 18961.

18961.  The director, by regulation, may adopt provisions of the rules and regulations made under federal acts with such changes therein as he or she deems appropriate to make them applicable to operations and transactions subject to this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1128, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18962 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 18962.

18962.  The department may adopt, by regulation, provisions to examine applicants for the positions of licensed livestock meat inspector and licensed processing inspector.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 680, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18963 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 3 - Regulations|Section 18963.

18963.  The department, in consultation with the State Department of Health Services, shall, on or before December 31, 2001, adopt, by regulations, standards and requirements relating to inspection, sanitation, facilities, equipment, reinspection, preparation, processing, buying, selling, transporting, storing, identification, recordkeeping, registration and labeling, and marking for fallow deer slaughtered and processed under this chapter. The regulations shall provide for the safe and humane handling and transportation of the fallow deer to a state inspected slaughter facility. No custom livestock slaughterhouse or meat processing establishment shall be approved by the department to slaughter or process fallow deer until adoption of these regulations.(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 373, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18970 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 4 - Inspection Granting and Withdrawal|Section 18970.

18970.  (a) Prior to the issuance of a license to an establishment required to be licensed pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 19010), the establishment shall meet the department’s building and equipment standards.(b) Building plans and specifications shall be submitted to the director for approval prior to any intended construction or major reconstruction for any establishment licensed pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 19010).(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1128, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18971 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 4 - Inspection Granting and Withdrawal|Section 18971.

18971.  The director shall investigate the sanitary conditions of each establishment required to be licensed pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 19010) and shall withdraw or otherwise refuse to provide inspection services at any establishment where the sanitary conditions are such as to render adulterated or permit adulteration of any livestock product or poultry product which is prepared or handled at such establishment. No such establishment shall be operated without inspection.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1128, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18972 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 4 - Inspection Granting and Withdrawal|Section 18972.

18972.  The director may inspect, reinspect, or order the reinspection of any livestock or poultry product which is slaughtered, processed, or stored in an establishment licensed pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 19010).(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1128, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18973 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 4 - Inspection Granting and Withdrawal|Section 18973.

18973.  (a) Licensed livestock meat inspectors, licensed processing inspectors, and department inspectors are authorized to supervise the operations of licensed establishments, to order the establishments not to operate until required standards are met, and to cease operations when the standards are violated. These persons are also authorized to require withholding from movement, sale, or the delivery of products that may be unfit, because the products were derived from unfit animals or processed in unsanitary conditions and to require denaturing and condemnation of the unfit products.(b) The department may immediately withdraw or refuse to provide inspection services to any establishment under this chapter that fails to cease operations, hold any retained product, or destroy any condemned product in accordance with the order of a department inspector or licensed livestock meat inspector or licensed processing inspector. It is unlawful to violate any such order.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 680, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18974 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 4 - Inspection Granting and Withdrawal|Section 18974.

18974.  The director may order any labeling or containers to be withheld from use if he or she determines that the labeling is false or misleading or the containers are of a misleading size or form.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1128, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18975 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 4 - Inspection Granting and Withdrawal|Section 18975.

18975.  If an action of a livestock meat inspector, licensed processing inspector, or department inspector in condemning any livestock or poultry product is questioned, appeal by the licensed establishment operator may be made to the immediate supervisor of the inspector and from his or her decision appeal may be made to the Chief of the Meat and Poultry Inspection Branch. The operator shall abide by the decision of the inspector until or unless the decision is modified by the supervisor or the chief.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 680, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18976 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 4 - Inspection Granting and Withdrawal|Section 18976.

18976.  If slaughtering, carcass preparation, or processing of any meat, meat products, poultry, or poultry products, or training of licensed livestock meat inspectors or licensed processing inspectors is conducted in an establishment licensed under Article 8 (commencing with Section 19010) during hours considered overtime for state employees or on legal holidays, the owner or operator of the establishment, by contract or agreement with the department, shall pay the additional costs for salaries and expenses for persons employed by the department, as determined by the department, to conduct the necessary inspection work or training during the overtime period.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 680, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18977 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 4 - Inspection Granting and Withdrawal|Section 18977.

18977.  The director may require a deposit to pay for the overtime charges which he or she shall deposit in the General Fund, and may refuse inspection if the deposit is not made in a timely fashion. The director shall withdraw inspection services at any establishment licensed under Article 8 (commencing with Section 19010) that does not pay the overtime charges 15 days after the mailing of an invoice therefor.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1128, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18980 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 5 - Livestock Meat Inspector and Processing Inspector Licenses General Provisions|Section 18980.

18980.  (a) The application fee for a livestock meat inspector’s license or a processing inspector’s license is one hundred dollars ($100). If an applicant for a license does not take the examination within one year after the date of the receipt of the application by the secretary, the application expires. Reexamination requires the payment of an additional application fee.(b) Each license shall expire on the last day of the calendar year for which it is issued. The fee shall not be prorated.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2027, deletes or extends that date.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 392, Sec. 1. (SB 815) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18981 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 5 - Livestock Meat Inspector and Processing Inspector Licenses General Provisions|Section 18981.

18981.  (a) Application for renewal of a license accompanied by a fee of one hundred dollars ($100) shall be made on or before its expiration. Applicants for renewal of a license who have not paid the renewal fee by the expiration date of the license shall be assessed a twenty-five dollar ($25) penalty. Failure to pay the renewal fee plus the penalty within 90 days of expiration shall cause a revocation of a license.(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2027, deletes or extends that date.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 392, Sec. 2. (SB 815) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18982 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 5 - Livestock Meat Inspector and Processing Inspector Licenses General Provisions|Section 18982.

18982.  The department shall conduct periodic training for licensed livestock meat inspectors and licensed processing inspectors to maintain and increase their competence in the performance of their official duties.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 680, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18983 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 5 - Livestock Meat Inspector and Processing Inspector Licenses General Provisions|Section 18983.

18983.  Licensed livestock meat inspectors and licensed processing inspectors shall participate in annual training meetings sponsored by the department to maintain and increase their competence in the performance of their official duties. Failure to participate may be a cause to revoke their license.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 680, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18990 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 6 - Livestock Meat Inspector License Custom Livestock Slaughter|Section 18990.

18990.  (a) Each person, before acting as a livestock meat inspector in a livestock custom slaughterhouse, shall apply to the director and shall receive from the director a license after passing an examination and a demonstration that shows the applicant’s ability to understand laws and regulations which pertain to meat inspection and a practical knowledge of all the following:(1) Conditions which affect adulteration and wholesomeness of livestock and livestock products.(2) The anatomy of livestock.(3) Sanitary livestock slaughter and dressing procedures.(4) Sanitation of the facilities and equipment used in custom livestock slaughterhouses.(b) Applicants shall not be less than 18 years old.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1128, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18991 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4.1 - California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act|ARTICLE 6 - Livestock Meat Inspector License Custom Livestock Slaughter|Section 18991.

18991.  (a) A licensed livestock meat inspector, in accordance with regulations adopted hereunder, shall conduct antemortem examination of each animal to be slaughtered in a licensed establishment and shall permit the slaughter of apparently healthy animals and withhold from slaughter all animals suspected, as well as those plainly showing evidence, of a disease. Animals so withheld shall be examined by a department employee who shall order the disposition of the animal pursuant to the regulations adopted hereunder.(b) The licensed livestock meat inspector shall conduct a postmortem examination and make dispositions of carcasses and parts thereof in accordance with regulations adopted hereunder.(c) A licensed livestock meat inspector shall conduct a sanitation inspection before the establishment commences operations for the day, and make periodic inspections throughout the day.(d) The licensed livestock meat inspector shall order the establishment not to begin operations or to cease operations at any time that the establishment sanitation fails to meet the requirements of this chapter and the regulations adopted thereunder, or at any time any product is not handled, retained, condemned, or disposed of in violation of this chapter or the regulations thereunder.(e) (1) Passed carcasses and parts of cattle, sheep, swine, and goat shall be stamped by the licensed livestock meat inspector or under his or her supervision with an approved California identification number.(2) Passed carcasses and parts of fallow deer slaughtered and prepared for transportation or sale shall be stamped with an approved mark of inspection.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 373, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2001.)