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DIVISION 9. ANIMALS GENERALLY 16301-19503›PART 3. SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS 18201-19503›CHAPTER 4. Meat and Poultry Inspection 18650-18935›ARTICLE 10. Penalties 18931-18935

§ 18933

California Food and Agricultural Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

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.)

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