2011 California Code
Food and Agricultural Code
DIVISION 12. POULTRY, RABBITS, EGGS, AND EGG PRODUCTS [24501 - 27690]
CHAPTER 4. Poultry and Rabbit Meat Classes
Section 25855
The following are the various classes of ducks:
(a) Duckling means a young duck of either sex (usually under 10 weeks of age) that is tender meated and has a bill that is not completely hardened and windpipe that is easily dented. This classification may include broilers, fryers, or roasters.
(b) Duck means a mature duck or an old duck (usually over 10 weeks of age) of either sex with toughened flesh, hardened bill, and a hardened windpipe.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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