California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC |
Division 9. ANIMALS GENERALLY |
Part 3. SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS |
Chapter 5. Horsemeat and Pet Food |
ARTICLE 13. Penalties |
Section 19441.
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Any person who, as principal or agent, employer or employee, adulterates any other meat or meat food product intended for human food with horsemeat or the product of an animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter or the product of an animal slaughtered for pet food in accordance with this chapter, or represents horsemeat or pet food to be any other meat or meat food product, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or both.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 122. Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)