§ 14360 Livestock Treatment Disclosure Requirement

Food and Agricultural Code·California

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This law says a farmer or anyone selling treated animals or animal products must tell the buyer that they were treated, and they have to do it in the way the director says.

Key Takeaways

•Treated animals or products can’t be sold without a warning to the buyer.
•The warning must say the animal or product was treated.
•The warning has to follow the form the director sets.

Example

A dairy farmer gives a cow antibiotics and then wants to sell the milk before the medicine’s safe waiting time is over.

The farmer must let the milk buyer know the milk came from a treated cow, using the notice form the director requires, before the milk can be sold.

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§ 14360 Livestock Treatment Disclosure Requirement

It is unlawful for any livestock owner or his or her agent to sell or dispose of treated livestock or livestock products within the specified withdrawal period without first notifying the buyer that the livestock or products have been treated. The notification shall be in a form prescribed by the director. (Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 238, Sec. 1.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

Key Terms

livestock owner treated livestock withdrawal period notification director

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 14360.

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