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2009 California Health and Safety Code - Section 112800-112820 :: Article 5. General Provisions
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODESECTION 112800-112820
112800. No person shall permit another to operate a steam-controlled retort used in the commercial canning industry for the sterilization of food products, unless the latter first obtains a permit from the department. The department may pass upon and determine the qualifications of the applicant with a view to the preservation of the public health. Any permit granted is revocable by the department whenever in its judgment the public health requires such action. 112805. It is unlawful for any person to place upon the label of any bottle, can, jar, carton, case, box, barrel, or any other receptacle, vessel, or container of whatever material or nature that may be used by a packer, manufacturer, producer, jobber, or dealer for enclosing any canned food product, fish or fish product, or meat or meat product, any statement relative to the product having been inspected, unless the statement has been approved in writing by the department. Approval of a statement is revocable at any time by the department upon written notice. 112810. Any food product packed in violation of this chapter may be quarantined by the department until a laboratory examination has established that the product meets the requirements of this chapter. 112815. Any person who packs any food product that has been quarantined by the department shall pay the department all reasonable costs of any laboratory examination, determined by the Cannery Inspection Board, subject to the approval of the department, to be necessary to ascertain that the seized product was packed in violation of this chapter. 112820. The Division of Cannery Inspections has supervision over the inspection and examination of raw fish and fish products preparatory to canning. The cost of the inspection and examination shall be determined and paid in the manner provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 112685).
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