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Food & Agr. Code, § 22083 · Article 3. Purchase and Sale of Meat

Food & Agr. Code, § 22083

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

Every peddler or retailer of meat that purchases the meat of any animal shall enter all of the following in a book which he keeps for that purpose and exhibit it on demand to any agent of the department or any peace officer:

(a) The name and address of the person from whom the meat was purchased or obtained.

(b) The date of purchase and the price which was paid.

(c) An itemized description of the weight and quantity which was purchased.

(d) The time and place of the delivery of the meat.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.

Source of truth

Edition
As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC&sectionNum=22083.
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