Food & Agr. Code, § 18758 · Article 4. Adulteration
Food & Agr. Code, § 18758
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
A livestock or poultry product is adulterated in each of the following cases:
(a) Any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted from the livestock or poultry product.
(b) Any substance has been substituted, wholly or in part, for any valuable constituent.
(c) Damage or inferiority has been concealed in any manner.
(d) Any substance has been added to the livestock or poultry product, or mixed or packed with it, so as to increase its bulk or weight, or reduce its quality or strength, or make it appear of a better value than it is.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.
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