§ 10952 Swine Feed Heating Requirements

Food and Agricultural Code·California

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This law says you have to boil any garbage before you feed it to pigs, or treat it the way the director’s rules say.

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•All garbage must be boiled before being fed to swine.
•Boiling means heating the garbage to about 212°F and keeping it at that temperature for 30 minutes.
•If you don’t boil it, you must follow another treatment method that the director’s rules allow.

Example

A farmer collects kitchen scraps and wants to give them to his pigs.

Before the farmer can feed the scraps to the pigs, he must heat them up to a full boil (about 212°F) and keep them boiling for 30 minutes, unless the director’s regulations allow a different safe treatment.

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§ 10952 Swine Feed Heating Requirements

All garbage, regardless of previous processing, before being fed to swine, shall be thoroughly heated throughout to boiling or equivalent temperature (usually 212 degrees Fahrenheit at sea level) for 30 minutes, or otherwise treated in a manner which is prescribed in the regulations of the director. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

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garbage swine boiling 212 degrees Fahrenheit regulations of the director

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 10952.

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