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Health & Saf. Code, § 113200 · Article 2. Beverage Containers

Health & Saf. Code, § 113200

Verbatim from the official edition

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

As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) “Beverage” means beer or other malt beverages and mineral waters, soda water and similar carbonated soft drinks in liquid form and intended for human consumption.

(b) “Beverage container” means the individual, separate, sealed glass, metal or plastic bottle, can, jar or carton containing a beverage.

(c) “Flip-top container” means a metal beverage container so designed and constructed that a part of the container is severable in opening the containers.

(d) “In this state” means within the exterior limits of the State of California and includes all territory within these limits owned by or ceded to the United States of America.

(e) “Non-flip-top container” means a metal beverage container so designed and constructed that no part of the container is severable in opening the container.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 316. Effective September 29, 1996.

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=HSC&sectionNum=113200.
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