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Title 13 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE›Division 6 — CONSUMER PROTECTION

Los Angeles County Municipal Code Ch. 13.48 Destroying Food Products

Los Angeles County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Los Angeles County

Cite as: Los Angeles County Municipal Code Chapter 13.48 · Text as of 2026-10-04

13.48.010 - Food product defined.

"Food product," as used in this chapter, shall include but shall not be limited to agricultural products, meats and meat products, poultry and poultry products, milk and milk products, and seafood.

(Ord. 11074 § 2, 1975.)

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13.48.020 - Destroying food products prohibited.

No person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation producing, processing, transporting, offering for sale or selling any food product for immediate or ultimate consumption by the public shall, for the purpose of influencing or attempting to influence the wholesale or retail price of any food product, knowingly and wilfully destroy, adulterate or otherwise render unfit for human consumption any food product which would otherwise be suitable for human consumption.

(Ord. 11074 § 1, 1975.)

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13.48.030 - Violation—Penalty.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of an infraction, which is punishable by a fine not exceeding $250.00.

(Ord. 83-0066 § 99, 1983: Ord. 11074 § 3, 1975.)

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