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HomeFood and Agricultural CodeDiv. 12Pt. 1Ch. 2Art. 3§ 24713 Poultry Producer Retail Exemption

§ 24713 Poultry Producer Retail Exemption

Food and Agricultural Code·California
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§ 24713 Poultry Producer Retail Exemption

Key Takeaways

  • •This law is about small poultry farms where the farmer raises and kills the chickens on their own land.
  • •The farmer can sell the chicken meat directly to people in a few ways: on their farm, at a farmer’s market, or by delivering it to customers’ homes.
  • •Only small farmers qualify—those who work alone or with their immediate family, not big businesses with lots of employees.

Example

A family owns a small farm where they raise chickens. They kill the chickens on their farm and sell the meat at a local farmers’ market.

This family is allowed to sell their chicken meat this way because they are small farmers who do everything themselves without hiring outside workers.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

Official Source
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§ 24713 Poultry Producer Retail Exemption

(a) This chapter does not apply to a poultry plant where poultry which was produced on the premises is slaughtered if the poultry meat which is derived from the poultry is sold by the producer in any of the following ways: (1) At retail upon the premises. (2) At retail off of the premises, either direct to consumers at their homes or at a retail stand which is operated by the producer in a farmers’ market. (b) As used in this section, “producer” includes only an individual producer who does not employ, except in unforeseeable exigencies, any person except members of his or her immediate family. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 535, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

poultry plantproducerretailimmediate family

Related Statutes

  • § 25023 Poultry Sales Exemption Rules
  • § 24711 Poultry Plant Exemption
  • § 24714 Poultry Plant Exemption Rules
  • § 61871 Cooperative Milk Producer Transactions
  • § 10951 Swine Garbage Feeding Regulation

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 24713.
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