California Health and Safety Code

§ 112895

HSC § 112895 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 104 · Part 6 · Ch. 9 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)It is unlawful to manufacture, sell, offer for sale, give away, or to possess imitation olive oil in California.

(b)This section does not prohibit the blending of olive oil with other edible oils, if the blend is not labeled as olive oil or imitation olive oil, is clearly labeled as a blended vegetable oil, and if the contents and proportions of the blend are prominently displayed on the container’s label, or if the oil is a flavored olive oil.

(c)If any olive oil is produced, processed, sold, offered for sale, given away, or possessed in California, that indicates on its label “California Olive Oil,” or uses words of similar import that indicate that California is the source of the oil, 100 percent of that oil shall be derived from olives grown in California.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 466, Sec. 1. (AB 535) Effective January 1, 2022.