§ 36604 Product Quality Standards Compliance

• •If a product has rules set by the US Department of Agriculture, California can't make stricter rules unless California companies making the same product also follow those stricter rules.
• •This law makes sure California companies aren't treated unfairly compared to companies from other states.
• •The rules for products must be the same for everyone making that product in California.

A company in another state sells orange juice in California. The US Department of Agriculture says orange juice must have a certain amount of vitamin C.

California can't make a rule saying the orange juice must have even more vitamin C unless California companies making orange juice also have to follow that same stricter rule.