Cal. FAC § 19400
This is the official text of Cal. FAC § 19400, part of California’s Food and Agricultural Code — regulates farming, food safety, and agricultural commerce.
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Official statutory text
Any person that slaughters any horse, mule, burro, sheep, goats, swine or any other bovine for use as pet food, or who by purchase or otherwise acquires possession of the meat of any horse, mule, burro, swine or bovine, and that sells or otherwise disposes of such meat for use as pet food, or operates a rendering plant shall make and keep for one year a correct record, separate from all other business records, of each such transaction, recorded at the time of the transaction, which shows all of the following:
(a) The quantity of meat, bones, or carcasses acquired or disposed of.
(b) The names and addresses of the parties to the transaction.
(c) The date.
(d) The place to which such meat was shipped or delivered.
(e) The name of the person that made the shipment or delivery.
(a) The quantity of meat, bones, or carcasses acquired or disposed of.
(b) The names and addresses of the parties to the transaction.
(c) The date.
(d) The place to which such meat was shipped or delivered.
(e) The name of the person that made the shipment or delivery.
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