California Health and Safety Code 111970 – No live animal or fowl shall be kept or allowed in any establishment …
No live animal or fowl shall be kept or allowed in any establishment where food is prepared, manufactured, kept, stored, offered for sale or sold unless the establishment is exclusively devoted to the slaughter, processing and/or sale of the animal or fowl. This section does not apply to dogs used by uniformed employees of private patrol operators and operators of a private patrol service who are licensed pursuant to Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 7580) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, while those employees are acting within the course and scope of their employment as private patrolmen.
The state department may adopt regulations as it determines are reasonably necessary under this section for the protection of the public health and safety.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 111970
- department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
- Food: as used in this chapter , includes all articles used for food, drink, confectionery, or condiment, whether simple or compound, and all substances and ingredients used in the preparation thereof. See California Health and Safety Code 111950
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)