Opinion ID: 2622966
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Heading: The Sherman Law Imposes Requirements Identical to Those Contained in Section 3h3(k)

Text: Like the FDCA, the Sherman Law broadly prohibits the misbranding of food. (Health & Saf.Code, § 110765.) Among various examples of what constitutes misbranded food (e.g., id., § 110660 et seq.), the Sherman Law uses language identical to section 343(k) to provide that food is misbranded if it bears or contains any ... artificial coloring ... unless its labeling states that fact. (Health & Saf.Code, § 110740.) The Sherman Law provides that disclosing the addition of color will suffice ( id., § 110725, subd. (a)) and requires that any disclosure be prominently placed ... and in terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use. ( Id., § 110705.) Additionally, the Sherman Law incorporates [a]ll food labeling regulations and any amendments to those regulations adopted pursuant to the [FDCA] as the food labeling regulations of this state. (Health & Saf.Code, § 110100, subd. (a).) Thus, California has adopted as its own the FDA regulations regarding the use of (and disclosure of the use of) astaxanthin and canthaxanthin in the feeding of farmed salmon (see 21 C.F.R. §§ 73.35, 73.75 (2007)).