§ 18842 Sale Of Inspected Food Products

Food and Agricultural Code·California

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This law says you can't sell or move certain foods like meat or poultry if they haven't been checked for safety or if they're spoiled or labeled wrong.

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•You can't sell or transport meat or poultry that hasn't been inspected.
•You can't sell or transport spoiled or incorrectly labeled meat or poultry.
•This applies to selling or moving these items within the state.

Example

A farmer tries to sell chicken at a local market.

If the chicken hasn't been inspected or is spoiled, the farmer can't sell it.

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§ 18842 Sale Of Inspected Food Products

It is unlawful for any person to sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any article required to be inspected under this chapter, unless such article has been inspected and passed, or any livestock, poultry, livestock product, or poultry product which is capable of use as human food, which is adulterated or misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

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intrastate commerce inspected and passed adulterated misbranded

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 18842.

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