111200-111220

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 111200-111220




111200.  As used in this article, the following definitions shall
apply:
   (a) "Hamburger" means chopped fresh or frozen beef, or a
combination of both fresh or frozen beef, with or without the
addition of beef fat as such, and with or without the addition of
seasoning. Hamburger shall not contain more than 30-percent fat, and
shall not contain added water, binders, or extenders. Beef cheek meat
(trimmed beef cheeks) may be used in the preparation of hamburger to
the extent of 25 percent, and if in excess of natural proportions,
its presence shall be declared on the label in the ingredient
statement, if any, and otherwise contiguous to the name of the
product.
   (b) "Imitation hamburger" means chopped fresh or frozen beef, or a
combination of both fresh or frozen beef, with or without the
addition of beef fat as such, and with or without the addition of
seasoning. Imitation hamburger may contain binders and extenders,
with or without the addition of partially defatted beef tissue,
without added water or with added water only in amounts that the
products' characteristics are essentially that of a meat pattie.
   (c) "Restaurant" means restaurants, itinerant restaurants,
vehicles, vending machines, or institutions including hospitals,
schools, asylums, eleemosynaries, and all other places where food is
served to the public for consumption on the premises of sale that are
not included within the definitions of the terms restaurants,
itinerant restaurants, vehicles, and vending machines.



111205.  (a) If imitation hamburger is sold or served in restaurant
a list of ingredients thereof shall appear on the menu, or, if there
is no menu, the information shall be posted as state department shall
by regulations require. No list of ingredients, however, shall be
required for imitation hamburger that contains not more than 10
percent added protein and water, and that does not contain other
binders or extenders.
   (b) No restaurant shall use the terms "hamburger," "burger," or
any other cognate thereof in any advertisement, or menu to refer to
any imitation hamburger. A restaurant selling or serving imitation
hamburger may refer to the product as imitation hamburger or by any
other term that accurately informs the customer of the nature of the
food product that he or she is sold or served.



111210.  It is unlawful and constitutes misbranding for any person
to advertise, offer for sale, sell, or serve as hamburger or
imitation hamburger in any restaurant any product that does not come
within the definitions of those terms contained in Section 111200. It
is unlawful and constitutes misbranding for any person to violate
any provision of this article or any regulation adopted pursuant
thereto.



111215.  It is the public policy of this state to require
restaurants selling hamburger and imitation hamburger to accurately
inform the consumer public of the contents of foods.



111220.  This article shall be enforced by the same persons and in
the same manner as provided in Article 7 (commencing with Section
28690) of Chapter 11 of Division 22.