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Health & Saf. Code, § 131130 · Article 1. General Provisions

Health & Saf. Code, § 131130

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

(a) Any person who willfully sells, keeps for sale, or offers for sale any food, drug, device, or cosmetic knowing, after a written notice from either (1) a manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, or importer, or (2) the department or a local health officer that the product linked to an outbreak of illness, injury, or product tampering is being ordered removed from sale by the department pursuant to Section 131080, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each day of violation, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both a fine and imprisonment.

(b) If a second or subsequent violation is committed after a previous conviction under this section has become final, the person shall be punished by a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each day of violation, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or by both a fine and imprisonment.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court may suspend the minimum fines provided for in this section if it determines that there are circumstances in mitigation and the court states on the record its reasons for suspending the minimum fine.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 204. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.

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