19020

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE
SECTION 19020




19020.  This chapter does not apply to any of the following:
   (a) Owners who slaughter, on their own premises, livestock of
their own raising where the meat is not for sale, but used
exclusively by the owners, members of the owner's household, the
owner's employees, and nonpaying guests.
   (b) A mobile slaughter operator who provides services to an owner
as specified in subdivision (a) where the slaughter occurs on the
owner's premises and the meat is thereafter transported for the owner
to an establishment for further processing.
   (c) Persons solely engaged in cutting, wrapping, and otherwise
processing farm or custom slaughter livestock or the processing and
sale of fresh meats derived from United States Department of
Agriculture inspected carcasses, except the curing, smoking, and
preparing of cooked or smoked sausages or cooked pork products that
are not exempted under subdivision (b) of Section 18814.
   (d) Livestock slaughter and meat and poultry processing inspected
by the United States Department of Agriculture.