Health & Saf. Code, § 25993.1 · Chapter 13.8. Farm Animal Cruelty
Health & Saf. Code, § 25993.1
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
It shall be a defense to any action to enforce subdivision (b) of Section 25990 that a business owner or operator relied in good faith upon a written certification by the supplier that the whole veal meat, whole pork meat, shell egg, or liquid eggs at issue was not derived from a covered animal who was confined in a cruel manner, or from the immediate offspring of a breeding pig who was confined in a cruel manner.
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History
Added November 6, 2018, by initiative Proposition 12, Sec. 7. Effective December 19, 2018.
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