Food & Agr. Code, § 19010 · Article 8. Licensed Meat Processing and Custom Livestock Slaughter Establishments
Food & Agr. Code, § 19010
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Each person shall, before operating a meat processing establishment or a custom livestock slaughterhouse, file an application accompanied with an application fee, with the secretary for a license to operate the establishment. The application shall be in the form as the secretary may prescribe.
(b) Subject to Section 19011.5, the application fee for a meat processing establishment or a new, previously unlicensed custom livestock slaughterhouse is five hundred dollars ($500) for a license for one year for each establishment that the applicant desires to operate. Each license shall expire on the last day of the calendar year for which it was issued. The fee shall not be prorated.
(c) The fee for a license application submitted upon a change of ownership of an existing, previously licensed custom livestock slaughterhouse shall be based on the number of head of livestock slaughtered by the custom livestock slaughterhouse during the preceding October through September time period, as described in subdivision (a) of Section 19011.
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2027, deletes or extends that date.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 392, Sec. 3. (SB 815) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.
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Food and Agricultural Code
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- Food & Agr. Code, § 19011.5Printed as Section 19010, 19011, 19240, 19260, 19280, or 24741
- Food & Agr. Code, § 19021Printed as Sections 19010 and 19022
- Food & Agr. Code, § 19229Printed as Section 19010, 19011, 19240, 19260, 19280, or 24741
- Food & Agr. Code, § 24745.5Printed as Section 19010, 19011, 19240, 19260, 19280, or 24741
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