§ 15042 Unsafe Commercial Feed Prohibition

Food and Agricultural Code·California

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This law says you can't sell animal food that has bad or unsafe stuff in it.

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•You can't sell pet or animal food if it has unsafe stuff in it.
•The government decides what is unsafe.
•If you sell bad food, you break the law.

Example

A store sells dog food that has too much of a bad chemical in it.

The store can get in trouble because the dog food is unsafe for pets.

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§ 15042 Unsafe Commercial Feed Prohibition

The sale or distribution of any lot, parcel, or package of commercial feed deemed by the secretary to bear or contain a poisonous, deleterious, or nonnutritive substance in amounts that are specified as being unsafe by the secretary by regulation is a violation of this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 683, Sec. 2. (SB 668) Effective January 1, 2019.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

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commercial feed poisonous, deleterious, or nonnutritive substance unsafe amounts secretary

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 15042.

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