California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 8 - General Provisions

• Section 19340.
  No slaughterer shall own or control directly or indirectly, through stock ownership or control or otherwise, by himself or through his agents or employees, any...
• Section 19342.
  No slaughterer shall pick up or receive any dead animal at his slaughterhouse except those which have died en route and such animals shall be...
• Section 19343.
  Every establishment where animals are slaughtered for pet food, or where fresh or frozen pet food is processed or prepared shall be maintained and operated...
• Section 19344.
  All fresh or frozen meat, meat byproducts, horsemeat, and horsemeat byproducts sold or offered for sale to the public as pet food shall conform to...
• Section 19346.
  Any carcasses or parts or products of animals which are not intended for use as human food shall prior to their being offered for sale...
• Section 19347.
  The Legislature finds that the use in pet food of animals that died from reasons other than slaughtering and pet food prepared from diseased animals...
• Section 19348.
  (a) Unless a waiver is granted by the State Veterinarian in conjunction with implementation of Section 9562 or a declaration of a state of emergency or...
• Section 19348.1.
  The State Veterinarian is authorized to approve temporary research projects for the purpose of determining whether alternative methods of animal tissue disposal are capable of...
• Section 19348.5.
  Every person who transports a live horse or horses to a slaughterhouse subject to licensing under this chapter shall provide such horse or horses with...
• Section 19349.
  All trucks and every licensed premises of a dead animal hauler shall be inspected by the bureau at least once a year before the license...
• Section 19350.
  Vehicles used for dead animal hauling shall be completely unloaded, cleaned, and disinfected at the rendering plant.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 187, Sec. 8. Effective...
• Section 19352.
  Inspectors and duly authorized agents of the state, city, county, and city and county health departments shall have free access at all hours of operation...
• Section 19353.
  Horses, mules, burros, cattle, sheep, goats and swine may be slaughtered on the premises of a pet food slaughterer.(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 815.)
• Section 19354.
  A dead animal hauler shall register each vehicle used to transport dead animals with the bureau.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 187, Sec. 9. Effective January...
• Section 19355.
  No licensee shall refuse to permit entry or inspection by a representative of the department, or to permit the taking of a sample of products.(Added...
• Section 19356.
  No meat or meat byproduct or horsemeat or horsemeat byproduct shall be sold or offered for sale as pet food or for pet food purposes...
• Section 19357.
  All labels or other identification marks or methods for articles subject to this chapter shall be approved by the director in advance of their use.(Added...
• Section 19358.
  No person shall sell, transport, or offer for sale or transportation any meat or meat byproduct, horsemeat, or horsemeat byproduct subject to this article that...

Last modified: October 22, 2018