2017 California Code
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 25 - Food Labeling
Section 82000.
For purposes of this division, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Quality date” means a date on a label affixed to the packaging or a container of food that communicates to consumers the date after which the food quality may begin to deteriorate but the food may still be acceptable for consumption.
(b) “Safety date” means a date on a label affixed to the packaging or container of food that communicates to consumers that the food should be consumed or frozen, if appropriate, by the date listed on the package that applies to perishable products with potential safety implications over time.
(c) “‘Sell by’ date” means a date on a label affixed to the packaging or container of food that is intended to communicate primarily to a distributor or retailer for purposes of stock rotation and that is not a quality date or a safety date.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 787, Sec. 2. (AB 954) Effective January 1, 2018.)
