§ 18811 Federal Inspection Exemptions

Food and Agricultural Code·California

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This law lets the director skip checking some meat or poultry places if they'd be skipped under federal rules too.

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•The director can skip checking some meat or poultry places.
•This only happens if federal rules would also skip checking them.
•It applies to places selling only in California.

Example

A small farm sells chicken only in California.

If the federal government says small farms like this don't need checks, California can skip checking them too.

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§ 18811 Federal Inspection Exemptions

For the purposes of Article 2 (commencing with Section 18691) of this chapter, the director may exempt the operations of any person from inspection or other requirements of this chapter to the extent such operations would be exempt from the corresponding requirements under the Federal Meat Inspection Act or the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act if they were conducted in interstate commerce or if the state were designated as one in which the federal requirements apply to intrastate commerce by the federal acts. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

Key Terms

Federal Meat Inspection Act Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act exempt interstate commerce intrastate commerce

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 18811.

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