§ 18725 Sanitary Inspection Requirements

Food and Agricultural Code·California

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The law gives the health director the power to inspect places that must be checked and to stop inspecting any place that makes food unsafe.

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•The director can inspect any place required to be inspected.
•If conditions make food unsafe, the director can stop inspecting that place.
•An unsafe establishment cannot operate without inspection.

Example

A chicken processing plant that doesn't keep its floors clean

Because the dirty conditions could make the chicken products unsafe, the director can refuse to inspect the plant and can shut it down until it fixes the problems.

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§ 18725 Sanitary Inspection Requirements

The director shall investigate the sanitary conditions of each establishment required to have inspection under Section 18721 and shall withdraw or otherwise refuse to provide inspection service at any establishment where the sanitary conditions are such as to render adulterated any livestock product or poultry product which is prepared or handled at the establishment. No such establishment shall be operated without inspection. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

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sanitary conditions inspection adulterated livestock product poultry product

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 18725.

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