Health & Saf. Code, § 25981 · Chapter 13.4. Force Fed Birds

Health & Saf. Code, § 25981

Verbatim from the official edition

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

A person may not force feed a bird for the purpose of enlarging the bird’s liver beyond normal size, or hire another person to do so.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 904, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005. Operative July 1, 2012, pursuant to Section 25984.

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=25981.
Text hash: sha256 80f00cfb614631530f6a328d64b7b91aed0ab654696157d5b852d110914e79a4
Composed by: compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section

Cited by 1 provision

Provisions in this library whose text cites Health & Saf. Code, § 25981. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.

Health and Safety Code

Health & Saf. Code, § 25984Printed as Sections 25980, 25981, 25982, and 25983 of this chapter

Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.