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FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE
SECTION 19200-19216



19200.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions of
this article govern the construction of this chapter.



19201.  "Animals" means burros, cattle, goats, horses, mules, sheep,
swine and other large domesticated animals and poultry.



19202.  "Bureau" means Bureau of Meat and Poultry Inspection of the
Department of Food and Agriculture.



19203.  "Canned pet food" means any commercially sterile food
product packed in hermetically sealed containers and composed of
either edible fresh or frozen meat or horsemeat, meat or horsemeat
byproducts or fish, or a combination thereof. It may contain cereals,
edible accessory food products or edible mineral- or
vitamin-containing substances.



19204.  "Collection center" means a receiving area for the temporary
storage of animal carcasses, packinghouse waste, or other products
before transportation to a licensed rendering plant or pet food
processor.


19205.  "Dead animal hauler" means any person or company that
engages in the business of transporting the carcasses of dead
animals.


19206.  "Edible" means food fit to be eaten by dogs, cats, or other
carnivora.


19207.  "Horsemeat byproducts" means the parts other than horsemeat
which have been derived from horses, mules or burros, or any
combination of them.


19208.  "Horsemeat" means the uncooked muscle tissue of horse, mule
or burro, or any combination thereof, which is skeletal, with or
without the accompanying and overlaying fat, and the portion of
sinews, nerves and blood vessels which normally accompany the muscle
tissue and which are not separated from it in the process of
dressing.
   Except where otherwise provided herein, "horsemeat" shall include
horsemeat and the horse byproducts as such terms are defined in
Sections 19207 and 19208.



19209.  "Inspected horsemeat" means horsemeat produced in a
slaughtering establishment under federal, state or state-approved
municipal inspection.


19210.  "Meat" means the uncooked muscle tissue of a cow, goat,
sheep, swine, or poultry which is skeletal, with or without the
accompanying and overlaying fat, and the portion of sinews, nerves
and blood vessels which normally accompany the muscle tissue and
which are not separated from it in the process of dressing.




19210.5.  "Meat byproducts" means the edible parts other than meat
which have been derived from cattle, goats, sheep, swine, or poultry
or any combination of them.



19211.  "Pet" means any household animal including but not limited
to cats or dogs and other carnivora, whether or not for public
exhibition.


19212.  "Processed pet food" means a food for pets which has been
prepared by heating, drying, semidrying, canning, or by a method of
treatment prescribed by regulation of the State Department of Public
Health. The term includes special diet, health foods, supplements,
treats and candy for pets, but does not include fresh or frozen pet
foods subject to the control of the California Department of
Agriculture.



19213.  "Rendering" means all recycling, processing, and conversion
of animal and fish materials and carcasses and inedible kitchen
grease into fats, oils, proteins, and other products that are used in
the animal, poultry, and pet food industries and other industries.




19214.  "Slaughter" means to kill live animals and prepare for
consumption for pet food purposes.



19215.  "Transporter of inedible kitchen grease" means any person
who transports inedible kitchen grease.



19216.  "Inedible kitchen grease" means any fat or used cooking
greases and oils obtained from any source.


State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Fac > 19200-19216

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE
SECTION 19200-19216



19200.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions of
this article govern the construction of this chapter.



19201.  "Animals" means burros, cattle, goats, horses, mules, sheep,
swine and other large domesticated animals and poultry.



19202.  "Bureau" means Bureau of Meat and Poultry Inspection of the
Department of Food and Agriculture.



19203.  "Canned pet food" means any commercially sterile food
product packed in hermetically sealed containers and composed of
either edible fresh or frozen meat or horsemeat, meat or horsemeat
byproducts or fish, or a combination thereof. It may contain cereals,
edible accessory food products or edible mineral- or
vitamin-containing substances.



19204.  "Collection center" means a receiving area for the temporary
storage of animal carcasses, packinghouse waste, or other products
before transportation to a licensed rendering plant or pet food
processor.


19205.  "Dead animal hauler" means any person or company that
engages in the business of transporting the carcasses of dead
animals.


19206.  "Edible" means food fit to be eaten by dogs, cats, or other
carnivora.


19207.  "Horsemeat byproducts" means the parts other than horsemeat
which have been derived from horses, mules or burros, or any
combination of them.


19208.  "Horsemeat" means the uncooked muscle tissue of horse, mule
or burro, or any combination thereof, which is skeletal, with or
without the accompanying and overlaying fat, and the portion of
sinews, nerves and blood vessels which normally accompany the muscle
tissue and which are not separated from it in the process of
dressing.
   Except where otherwise provided herein, "horsemeat" shall include
horsemeat and the horse byproducts as such terms are defined in
Sections 19207 and 19208.



19209.  "Inspected horsemeat" means horsemeat produced in a
slaughtering establishment under federal, state or state-approved
municipal inspection.


19210.  "Meat" means the uncooked muscle tissue of a cow, goat,
sheep, swine, or poultry which is skeletal, with or without the
accompanying and overlaying fat, and the portion of sinews, nerves
and blood vessels which normally accompany the muscle tissue and
which are not separated from it in the process of dressing.




19210.5.  "Meat byproducts" means the edible parts other than meat
which have been derived from cattle, goats, sheep, swine, or poultry
or any combination of them.



19211.  "Pet" means any household animal including but not limited
to cats or dogs and other carnivora, whether or not for public
exhibition.


19212.  "Processed pet food" means a food for pets which has been
prepared by heating, drying, semidrying, canning, or by a method of
treatment prescribed by regulation of the State Department of Public
Health. The term includes special diet, health foods, supplements,
treats and candy for pets, but does not include fresh or frozen pet
foods subject to the control of the California Department of
Agriculture.



19213.  "Rendering" means all recycling, processing, and conversion
of animal and fish materials and carcasses and inedible kitchen
grease into fats, oils, proteins, and other products that are used in
the animal, poultry, and pet food industries and other industries.




19214.  "Slaughter" means to kill live animals and prepare for
consumption for pet food purposes.



19215.  "Transporter of inedible kitchen grease" means any person
who transports inedible kitchen grease.



19216.  "Inedible kitchen grease" means any fat or used cooking
greases and oils obtained from any source.



State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Fac > 19200-19216

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE
SECTION 19200-19216



19200.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions of
this article govern the construction of this chapter.



19201.  "Animals" means burros, cattle, goats, horses, mules, sheep,
swine and other large domesticated animals and poultry.



19202.  "Bureau" means Bureau of Meat and Poultry Inspection of the
Department of Food and Agriculture.



19203.  "Canned pet food" means any commercially sterile food
product packed in hermetically sealed containers and composed of
either edible fresh or frozen meat or horsemeat, meat or horsemeat
byproducts or fish, or a combination thereof. It may contain cereals,
edible accessory food products or edible mineral- or
vitamin-containing substances.



19204.  "Collection center" means a receiving area for the temporary
storage of animal carcasses, packinghouse waste, or other products
before transportation to a licensed rendering plant or pet food
processor.


19205.  "Dead animal hauler" means any person or company that
engages in the business of transporting the carcasses of dead
animals.


19206.  "Edible" means food fit to be eaten by dogs, cats, or other
carnivora.


19207.  "Horsemeat byproducts" means the parts other than horsemeat
which have been derived from horses, mules or burros, or any
combination of them.


19208.  "Horsemeat" means the uncooked muscle tissue of horse, mule
or burro, or any combination thereof, which is skeletal, with or
without the accompanying and overlaying fat, and the portion of
sinews, nerves and blood vessels which normally accompany the muscle
tissue and which are not separated from it in the process of
dressing.
   Except where otherwise provided herein, "horsemeat" shall include
horsemeat and the horse byproducts as such terms are defined in
Sections 19207 and 19208.



19209.  "Inspected horsemeat" means horsemeat produced in a
slaughtering establishment under federal, state or state-approved
municipal inspection.


19210.  "Meat" means the uncooked muscle tissue of a cow, goat,
sheep, swine, or poultry which is skeletal, with or without the
accompanying and overlaying fat, and the portion of sinews, nerves
and blood vessels which normally accompany the muscle tissue and
which are not separated from it in the process of dressing.




19210.5.  "Meat byproducts" means the edible parts other than meat
which have been derived from cattle, goats, sheep, swine, or poultry
or any combination of them.



19211.  "Pet" means any household animal including but not limited
to cats or dogs and other carnivora, whether or not for public
exhibition.


19212.  "Processed pet food" means a food for pets which has been
prepared by heating, drying, semidrying, canning, or by a method of
treatment prescribed by regulation of the State Department of Public
Health. The term includes special diet, health foods, supplements,
treats and candy for pets, but does not include fresh or frozen pet
foods subject to the control of the California Department of
Agriculture.



19213.  "Rendering" means all recycling, processing, and conversion
of animal and fish materials and carcasses and inedible kitchen
grease into fats, oils, proteins, and other products that are used in
the animal, poultry, and pet food industries and other industries.




19214.  "Slaughter" means to kill live animals and prepare for
consumption for pet food purposes.



19215.  "Transporter of inedible kitchen grease" means any person
who transports inedible kitchen grease.



19216.  "Inedible kitchen grease" means any fat or used cooking
greases and oils obtained from any source.