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2023 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(Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
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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.)
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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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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 7 - Processing Inspector License Meat Processing Establishment › Section 19000.

19000. Each person, before acting as a licensed processing inspector in a retail meat processing establishment, shall apply to the department and receive from the department a license after passing an examination and a demonstration that shows the applicant’s ability to understand laws and regulations that pertain to meat inspection and a practical knowledge of all the following:
(a) Conditions that affect adulteration, misbranding, and wholesomeness of livestock and poultry products.
(b) Sanitary meat and poultry processing procedures.
(c) Sanitation of the facilities and the equipment used in retail meat processing establishments.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 373, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 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 7 - Processing Inspector License Meat Processing Establishment › Section 19001.

19001. (a) A licensed processing inspector shall conduct a sanitation inspection before the establishment commences operations for the day, and shall make periodic inspections throughout the day.
(b) The licensed processing 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.
(c) The licensed processing inspector shall direct the application of the mark of inspection as provided by regulations on products that are inspected by him or her and found to be wholesome, not adulterated, and derived from (1) United States Department of Agriculture inspected carcasses, or (2) fallow deer carcasses at custom livestock slaughterhouses.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 373, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 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 7 - Processing Inspector License Meat Processing Establishment › Section 19002.

19002. The department may suspend or revoke the license of a licensed processing inspector for permitting the processing or labeling of products not meeting the requirements provided for in this article.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 680, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 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 8 - Licensed Meat Processing and Custom Livestock Slaughter Establishments › Section 19010.

19010. (a) Each person shall, before operating a meat processing establishment or a custom livestock slaughterhouse, file an application accompanied with an application fee, with the secretary for a license to operate the establishment. The application shall be in the form as the secretary may prescribe.
(b) Subject to Section 19011.5, the application fee for a meat processing establishment or a new, previously unlicensed custom livestock slaughterhouse is five hundred dollars ($500) for a license for one year for each establishment that the applicant desires to operate. Each license shall expire on the last day of the calendar year for which it was issued. The fee shall not be prorated.
(c) The fee for a license application submitted upon a change of ownership of an existing, previously licensed custom livestock slaughterhouse shall be based on the number of head of livestock slaughtered by the custom livestock slaughterhouse during the preceding October through September time period, as described in subdivision (a) of Section 19011.
(d) 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. 3. (SB 815) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.)
2023 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 8 - Licensed Meat Processing and Custom Livestock Slaughter Establishments › Section 19011.

19011. (a) Application for renewal of a license accompanied by a renewal fee shall be made on or before its expiration.
(1) Subject to Section 19011.5, the annual renewal fee for a custom livestock slaughterhouse is:
(A) Five hundred dollars ($500) if the plant slaughtered 1,000 or fewer head of livestock during the preceding October through September time period.
(B) Seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) if the plant slaughtered between 1,000 and 5,000 head of livestock during the preceding October through September time period.
(C) One thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) if the plant slaughtered over 5,000 head of livestock during the preceding October through September time period.
(2) Subject to Section 19011.5, the annual renewal fee for a meat reprocessing establishment is five hundred dollars ($500).
(b) Applicants for renewal who have not paid the renewal fee by the expiration date of the license shall be assessed a penalty of 10 percent of the unpaid balance. Failure to pay the renewal fee plus the penalty within 90 days of expiration shall cause a revocation of a license.
(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. 4. (SB 815) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.)
2023 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 8 - Licensed Meat Processing and Custom Livestock Slaughter Establishments › Section 19011.5.

19011.5. If a licensee has two or more licenses in effect at the same meat processing establishment, custom livestock slaughterhouse, place of business, or poultry plant, pursuant to Section 19010, 19011, 19240, 19260, 19280, or 24741, the license fee that is the highest amount shall be paid in full and each additional license fee shall be in an amount that is 50 percent of the fee that would otherwise be applicable.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 134, Sec. 3. (AB 107) Effective July 26, 2011.)