Section 112895.

(a) It is unlawful to manufacture, sell, offer for sale, give away, or to possess imitation olive oil in California.

(b) This section does not prohibit the blending of olive oil with other edible oils, if the blend is not labeled as olive oil or imitation olive oil, is clearly labeled as a blended vegetable oil, and if the contents and proportions of the blend are prominently displayed on the container's label, or if the oil is a flavored olive oil.

(c) Any olive oil produced, processed, sold, offered for sale, given away, or possessed in California, that indicates on its label "California Olive Oil," or uses words of similar import that indicate that California is the source of the oil, shall be made of oil derived solely from olives grown in California.

(d) Any olive oil produced, processed, sold, offered for sale, given away, or possessed in California, that indicates on its label that it is from an area that is one of the approved American Viticultural Areas as set forth in Part 9 (commencing with Sec. 9.1) of Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations shall be made of oil 75 percent of which is derived solely from olives grown in that approved American Viticultural Area.

(e) Olive-pomace oil shall not be labeled as olive oil.

(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 567, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2012.)