§ 14202 Drug Definition For Livestock

Food and Agricultural Code·California

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This law defines what counts as a "drug" for regulatory purposes, covering both medicines for people and substances used on animals that aren't food or water.

Key Takeaways

•A drug includes anything meant to treat or prevent disease.
•It also covers non‑food substances that affect livestock's structure or function.
•Food and water are excluded from the definition.

Example

A farmer gives a hormone to cows to make them grow faster.

The hormone is a substance (not food or water) meant to change the animals' body function, so the law treats it as a drug.

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§ 14202 Drug Definition For Livestock

“Drug” means any of the following substances: (a) Any substance which is intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, prevention, or treatment of disease. (b) Any substance, except food and water, which is intended to affect the structure or function of the body of any livestock. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

Key Terms

Drug diagnosis cure mitigation prevention treatment of disease structure or function of the body livestock

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 14202.

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