Food & Agr. Code, § 25855 · Chapter 4. Poultry and Rabbit Meat Classes
Food & Agr. Code, § 25855
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The following are the various classes of ducks:
(a) “Duckling” means a young duck of either sex (usually under 10 weeks of age) that is tender meated and has a bill that is not completely hardened and windpipe that is easily dented. This classification may include broilers, fryers, or roasters.
(b) “Duck” means a mature duck or an old duck (usually over 10 weeks of age) of either sex with toughened flesh, hardened bill, and a hardened windpipe.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.
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