Cal. FAC § 19281

This is the official text of Cal. FAC § 19281, part of California’s Food and Agricultural Code — regulates farming, food safety, and agricultural commerce.

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Official statutory text

The application shall be in a form which is prescribed by the director and shall contain the following:

(a) The name and address of the applicant.

(b) The application for license shall be accompanied by a certificate issued by a federal, state, or local health agency certifying that the slaughtering or processing facilities of the slaughterer or processor of the horsemeat or pet food are operated under sanitary conditions and that the meat, meat byproducts, horsemeat, horsemeat byproducts, poultry meat, or poultry meat byproducts processed or fresh or frozen pet food to be imported conforms to the requirements of this act or the regulations adopted hereunder.

(c) Such other information as the director may, by regulation, require.

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