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CA Food & Agri Code § 18852 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 7 - Violations|Section 18852.

18852.  It is unlawful for any person to give, pay, or offer, directly or indirectly, to any officer or employee of this state authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter or by the regulations of the director, any money or other thing of value, with intent to influence such officer or employee in the discharge of any such duty.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18853 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 7 - Violations|Section 18853.

18853.  It is unlawful for any officer or employee of this state authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter to accept any money, gift, or other thing of value from any person, given with intent to influence his official action, or to receive or accept from any person engaged in intrastate commerce in meat food products or poultry products any gift, money, or other thing of value given with any purpose or intent whatsoever.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18854 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 7 - Violations|Section 18854.

18854.  It is unlawful for any person to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with any person while engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties under this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18855 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 7 - Violations|Section 18855.

18855.  It is unlawful for any person to neglect or refuse to attend and testify or to answer any lawful inquiry, or to produce documentary evidence, if such evidence is available to him, in obedience to the subpoena or lawful requirement of the director.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18856 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 7 - Violations|Section 18856.

18856.  It is unlawful for any person to willfully make, or cause to be made, any false entry or statement of fact in any report required to be made under this chapter or to willfully make, or cause to be made, any false entry in any account, record, or memorandum kept by any person subject to this chapter or to willfully neglect or fail to make, or to cause to be made, full, true, and correct entries in such accounts, records, or memoranda, of all facts and transactions appertaining to the business of such person. It is unlawful to willfully remove from the jurisdiction of this state, or willfully mutilate, alter, or by any other means falsify any documentary evidence of any person subject to this chapter or to willfully refuse to submit to the director or to any of his authorized agents, for the purpose of inspection and taking copies, any documentary evidence of any person subject to this chapter, which is in his possession or within his control.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18857 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 7 - Violations|Section 18857.

18857.  It is unlawful for any person required by this chapter to file any annual or special report to fail so to do within the time fixed by the director for filing the report.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18871 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 8 - Products in Violation|Section 18871.

18871.  Since it cannot be determined with certainty, by any present known method of inspection, whether meat, including any poultry meat, is unwholesome unless the organs and other tissues of an animal are inspected when slaughtered, and as meat and meat food products, and poultry products which are derived from uninspected livestock or poultry may be unfit for human food, the director, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall seize and destroy for human food purposes any meat, meat food product, or poultry product that does not bear the “inspected and passed” stamp, brand, mark, or label which is required by this chapter.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18872 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 8 - Products in Violation|Section 18872.

18872.  Whenever any livestock product or poultry product or any product exempted from the definition of a livestock product and from the definition of a poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry, is found by any authorized representative of the director upon any premises where it is held for purposes of, during, or after distribution in, intrastate commerce, or is otherwise subject to this chapter and there is reason to believe that any such article is adulterated or misbranded and is capable of use as human food, or that it has not been inspected, in violation of the provisions of this chapter or of the Federal Meat Inspection Act or the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or that such article or animal has been or is intended to be, distributed in violation of any such provisions, it may be detained by such representative for a period not to exceed 20 days, pending action under Section 18873 or notification of any federal authorities having jurisdiction over such article or animal, and shall not be moved by any person from the place at which it is located when so detained, until released by such representative. All official marks may be required by such representative to be removed from such article or animal before it is released unless it appears to the satisfaction of the director that the article or animal is eligible to retain such marks.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18873 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 8 - Products in Violation|Section 18873.

18873.  Any livestock product or poultry product or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry that is being transported in intrastate commerce, or is otherwise subject to this chapter, or is held for sale in this state after such transportation shall be liable to be proceeded against, seized, and condemned, at any time, in any proper court within the jurisdiction of which such article or animal is found, in any of the following cases:(a) The product is or has been prepared, sold, transported, or otherwise distributed or offered or received for distribution in violation of this chapter.(b) The product is capable of use as human food and is adulterated or misbranded.(c) In any other way is in violation of this chapter.If such article or animal is condemned it shall, after entry of the decree, be disposed of by destruction or sale as the court may direct and if sold the proceeds, less the court costs and fees, and storage and other proper expenses, shall be paid into the State Treasury, but in no event shall the article or animal be sold contrary to the provisions of this chapter, or the Federal Meat Inspection Act or the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act, or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The court may direct that such article or animal be delivered to the owner upon the execution and delivery of a good and sufficient bond upon the condition that the article or animal shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the provisions of this chapter, or the laws of the United States, and subject to such supervision by an authorized representative of the director as is deemed necessary to insure compliance with the applicable laws. When a decree of condemnation is entered against the article or animal and it is released under bond, or destroyed, court costs and fees, and storage and other proper expenses shall be awarded against the person, if any, intervening as claimant of such article or animal.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18874 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 8 - Products in Violation|Section 18874.

18874.  The provisions of Section 18873 shall in no way derogate from authority for condemnation or seizure conferred by other provisions of this chapter, or other laws.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18901 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 9 - Investigations|Section 18901.

18901.  The director may gather and compile information, and investigate the organization, business, conduct, practices, management, and the relation to other persons of any person subject to this chapter engaged in intrastate commerce.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18902 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 9 - Investigations|Section 18902.

18902.  The director may require, by general or special orders, persons subject to this chapter engaged in intrastate commerce, to file with him, in such form as he may prescribe, annual or special, reports or answers in writing to specific questions, furnishing such information as he may require as to the organization, business, conduct, practices, management, and relation to other persons, of the person filing such reports or answers in writing. Such reports and answers shall be made under oath, or otherwise, as the director may prescribe, and shall be filed with the director within such time as he may prescribe.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18903 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 9 - Investigations|Section 18903.

18903.  For the purpose of this chapter, the director shall at all reasonable times have access to examine and to copy any documentary evidence of any person being investigated or proceeded against, and may require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all documentary evidence of any person relating to any matter under investigation. The director may sign subpoenas and may administer oaths and affirmations, examine witnesses, and receive evidence.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18904 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 9 - Investigations|Section 18904.

18904.  Attendance of witnesses, and the production of documentary evidence, may be required at any designated place of hearing. In case of disobedience to a subpoena the director may invoke the aid of any superior court designated in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18905 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 9 - Investigations|Section 18905.

18905.  The superior court within the jurisdiction of which such inquiry is carried on may, in case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, issue an order requiring such person to appear before the director or to produce documentary evidence if so ordered, or to give evidence concerning the matter in question. Failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18906 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 9 - Investigations|Section 18906.

18906.  The director may order testimony to be taken by deposition in any proceeding or investigation pending under this chapter at any stage of such proceeding or investigation. Such depositions may be taken before any person designated by the director and having power to administer oaths. Such testimony shall be reduced to writing by the person taking the deposition, or under his direction and shall then be subscribed by the deponent. Any person may be compelled to appear and depose, and to produce documentary evidence in the same manner as witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify and produce documentary evidence before the director as previously provided.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18907 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 9 - Investigations|Section 18907.

18907.  Witnesses summoned before the director shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the superior court of this state, and witnesses whose depositions are taken and the persons taking the same shall be entitled to the same fees as are paid for such services in such courts.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18908 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 9 - Investigations|Section 18908.

18908.  No person shall be excused from attending and testifying, or from producing books, papers, schedules of charges, contracts, agreements, or other documentary evidence before the director or in obedience to the subpoena of the director, whether such subpoena be signed or issued by him or his delegate, or in any cause or proceeding, criminal or otherwise, based upon or growing out of any alleged violation of this chapter, on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him or it may tend to incriminate him or it or subject him or it to a penalty or forfeiture. No individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to a penalty or forfeiture for, or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, except that any individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18931 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 10 - Penalties|Section 18931.

18931.  Upon the issuance of an order of the director pursuant to Section 18725, 18728, 18729, or 18730, the operator of the establishment may seek administrative review before the director by filing his written request therefor within 10 days after issuance of the order. Proceedings for such administrative review, except as provided in this section, shall be in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. The decision of the director shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to Section 11523 of the Government Code. Any order of the director issued pursuant to Section 18725, 18728, 18729, or 18730, shall remain in force during such administrative and judicial review.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18932 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 10 - Penalties|Section 18932.

18932.  Any person who is found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations promulgated under this chapter is subject to imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year or a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both such imprisonment and fine, but if the violation is committed after a conviction of such person under this section has become final, or the violation is committed with intent to defraud or mislead, the person shall be subject to imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both that imprisonment and fine.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 119. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18932.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 10 - Penalties|Section 18932.1.

18932.1.  Any person that violates any provision of this chapter, or any regulation that is issued pursuant to it, is liable civilly for a penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each such violation. If the court finds that a violation of this chapter was a serious violation, or that the violation is a second or subsequent violation, the person is civilly liable for a penalty not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for each violation. Any money that is received pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, and upon appropriation by the Legislature, shall be used for the purposes described in Section 221.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 133, Sec. 16. (AB 120) Effective July 26, 2011.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18933 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 10 - Penalties|Section 18933.

18933.  Any person who, as principal or agent, employer or employee, adulterates any meat or meat food product or poultry product intended for sale as human food with the product of an animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter or the product of an animal which has not been slaughtered under inspection in accordance with this chapter, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or both that imprisonment and fine.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 120. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18934 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 10 - Penalties|Section 18934.

18934.  In addition to the remedies provided in this chapter, the department may bring an action in superior court and such court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and for cause shown, to grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter. Any proceeding under the provisions of this section shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 525) of Title 7 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The department shall not, however, be required to allege facts necessary to show or tending to show lack of adequate remedy at law or to show or tending to show irreparable damage or loss. The court may require such acts or course of conduct as necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18935 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 9 - ANIMALS GENERALLY|PART 3 - SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS|CHAPTER 4 - Meat and Poultry Inspection|ARTICLE 10 - Penalties|Section 18935.

18935.  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the director to report for prosecution or to institute injunction proceedings for any minor violation of this chapter whenever he believes that the public interest will be adquately served by a suitable written notice of warning, and compliance with such notice.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18940 (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 18940.

18940.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act and supplements the provisions of the California Meat and Poultry Inspection Act, Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18650).(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1128, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18940.5 (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 18940.5.

18940.5.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in Article 1 (commencing with Section 18650) of Chapter 4 govern the construction of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1128, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18941 (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 18941.

18941.  “Inspector” means an employee of the department authorized to perform inspection functions under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18650) and under this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1128, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18942 (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 18942.

18942.  “Licensed livestock meat inspector” means a person who is licensed by the department to perform inspection functions under this chapter in custom livestock slaughterhouses.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 680, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 18942.2 (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 18942.2.

18942.2.  “Licensed processing inspector” means a person who is licensed by the department to perform inspection functions under this chapter in licensed meat processing establishments.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 680, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1999.)