California Food and Agricultural Code

§ 26661

FAC § 26661 Effective Jun 16, 1994Div. 12 · Part 3 · Ch. 2 · Art. 5.5

Statute text

(a)(1) No person who processes, butchers, slaughters, packs, repacks, or sells poultry or poultry meat shall advertise, hold out, distribute, or sell as “fresh” any poultry or poultry meat whose internal temperature has been below 26 degrees Fahrenheit.

(2)No person who processes, butchers, slaughters, packs, repacks, or sells poultry or poultry meat shall label as “fresh” any poultry or poultry meat whose internal temperature has been below 26 degrees Fahrenheit.

(3)No poultry or poultry meat that is distributed or sold as “fresh” shall be stored or handled in such a manner that it reaches an internal temperature below 26 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 106, Sec. 2. Effective June 16, 1994.