Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 19200. Section 19200.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions of this article govern the construction of this chapter.
ARTICLE 1. Definitions [19200. - 19216.]
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in effectCal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 19201. Section 19201.
“Animals” means burros, cattle, goats, horses, mules, sheep, swine and other large domesticated animals and poultry.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 19202. Section 19202.
“Bureau” means Bureau of Meat and Poultry Inspection of the Department of Food and Agriculture.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 19203. Section 19203.
“Canned pet food” means any commercially sterile food product packed in hermetically sealed containers and composed of either edible fresh or frozen meat or horsemeat, meat or horsemeat byproducts or fish, or a combination thereof. It may contain cereals, edible accessory food products or edible mineral- or vitamin-containing substances.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 19204. Section 19204.
“Collection center” means a receiving area for the temporary storage of animal carcasses, packinghouse waste, or other products before transportation to a licensed rendering plant or pet food processor.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 19205. Section 19205.
“Dead animal hauler” means any person or company that engages in the business of transporting the carcasses of dead animals.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 19206. Section 19206.
“Edible” means food fit to be eaten by dogs, cats, or other carnivora.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 19207. Section 19207.
“Horsemeat byproducts” means the parts other than horsemeat which have been derived from horses, mules or burros, or any combination of them.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 19208. Section 19208.
“Horsemeat” means the uncooked muscle tissue of horse, mule or burro, or any combination thereof, which is skeletal, with or without the accompanying and overlaying fat, and the portion of sinews, nerves and blood vessels which normally accompany the muscle tissue and which are not separated from it in the process of dressing.
Except where otherwise provided herein, “horsemeat” shall include horsemeat and the horse byproducts as such terms are defined in Sections 19207 and 19208.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 19209. Section 19209.
“Inspected horsemeat” means horsemeat produced in a slaughtering establishment under federal, state or state-approved municipal inspection.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 19210. Section 19210.
“Meat” means the uncooked muscle tissue of a cow, goat, sheep, swine, or poultry which is skeletal, with or without the accompanying and overlaying fat, and the portion of sinews, nerves and blood vessels which normally accompany the muscle tissue and which are not separated from it in the process of dressing.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 19210.5. Section 19210.5.
“Meat byproducts” means the edible parts other than meat which have been derived from cattle, goats, sheep, swine, or poultry or any combination of them.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 19211. Section 19211.
“Pet” means any household animal including but not limited to cats or dogs and other carnivora, whether or not for public exhibition.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 19212. Section 19212.
“Processed pet food” means a food for pets which has been prepared by heating, drying, semidrying, canning, or by a method of treatment prescribed by regulation of the State Department of Public Health. The term includes special diet, health foods, supplements, treats and candy for pets, but does not include fresh or frozen pet foods subject to the control of the California Department of Agriculture.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 19213. Section 19213.
“Rendering” means all recycling, processing, and conversion of animal and fish materials and carcasses and inedible kitchen grease into fats, oils, proteins, and other products that are used in the animal, poultry, and pet food industries and other industries.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 19214. Section 19214.
“Slaughter” means to kill live animals and prepare for consumption for pet food purposes.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 19215. Section 19215.
“Transporter of inedible kitchen grease” means any person who transports inedible kitchen grease.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 19216. Section 19216.
“Inedible kitchen grease” means any fat or used cooking greases and oils obtained from any source.
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