ARTICLE 6. Marks and Labels [25122. - 25128.]

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC 6.
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Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 25122. Section 25122.

Poultry meat shall not be packed, repacked, cut up, recut, or sold unless each container or each carcass is marked in the manner which is required by this chapter and the regulations which are adopted pursuant to it.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 25126. Section 25126.

Each poultry plant shall submit samples of the proposed method of use of the design of a mark to the director. The method shall be approved by the director before it is used.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 25127. Section 25127.

It is unlawful for any person to sell or mark as inspected for wholesomeness any poultry meat that has not been inspected and passed for wholesomeness pursuant to this chapter and regulations which are adopted pursuant to it.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 25128. Section 25128.

It is unlawful for any person, other than the consumer of poultry meat, to remove from any whole carcass of poultry meat, or from any part of a dismembered carcass of poultry meat, any official wholesomeness inspection mark of the United States Department of Agriculture, or of any city, county, or state poultry meat inspection service. As used in this section, “consumer” includes a restaurant or other place where such poultry meat is cooked and sold for consumption on or off the premises.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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