112060-112120

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 112060-112120




112060.  "Bottle," as employed in this article, includes any bottle
or any glass or crockery food container, other than one not
previously used, that is used or sold for use in the manufacture,
production, preparation, compounding, blending, or packing for sale
of any food, drug, or liquor.



112065.  This article is not applicable to containers subject to
Division 15 (commencing with Section 32501) of the Food and
Agricultural Code.


112070.  The provisions of this article in reference to
sterilization procedures and methods in cleaning bottles, as in this
article defined, shall apply to all persons cleaning previously used
bottles who are engaged in the business of packaging food, drugs, or
liquors and to all persons maintaining a place of business for the
cleaning and resale of the bottles sold for and to be used for
packing a food, drug or liquor.
   The sale for use of any such bottle by any person not licensed by
the board as herein provided, when the use intended by purchaser is
to package for sale a food, drug or liquor produced or packaged by
the purchaser is unlawful, except in the case of a sale to a
purchaser for export out of this state or who is engaged in the
business of packaging food, drugs, or liquors at a fixed place of
business in this state and is equipped to cleanse and sterilize
bottles as in this article provided.



112075.  The department shall issue a license to an applicant
therefor upon the receipt of the evidence as the department may
require showing that the applicant is properly equipped for the
cleansing and sterilization of bottles as provided in this article,
or at its option upon the recommendation of a city, county or city
and county health officer. This license is nontransferable.
   The license provisions of this article shall not apply to food,
drug or liquor manufacturers or packers who buy bottles for their own
use and purposes, but do apply to any other person, firm or
corporation engaged in the business of cleaning, sterilizing and
reselling bottles to manufacturers or packers except as hereinabove
provided.



112080.  An establishment is deemed properly equipped for the
cleansing and sterilization of bottles if it maintains and employs
the following standards:
   (a) Cleanses and sterilizes bottles by first soaking them in a hot
caustic solution of not less than 120 degrees F. for a period of not
less than five minutes which temperature shall be indicated by a
thermometer. The solution shall contain not less than 2 1/2 percent
of caustic soda expressed in terms of sodium hydrates.
   (b) Changes the cleansing solution frequently so as to prevent its
becoming foul and insanitary.
   (c) Thoroughly rinses the bottles after the soaking.



112085.  All bottles shall be cleansed and sterilized as specified
in Section 112080, and shall be kept free from rust or contamination.



112090.  A licensee shall issue a certificate of sterilization with
each shipment of bottles to a purchaser, stating that the licensee
has cleansed and sterilized the bottles in the manner required by
this article.


112095.  If any licensee fails to maintain his or her equipment and
to cleanse or sterilize any bottle in the manner required by this
article, and issues a certificate knowing its contents to be untrue
the state department may revoke or suspend his or her license after a
hearing. The proceedings for the revocation or suspension of a
license shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing
with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the
Government Code, and the state department shall have all the powers
granted therein.


112100.  Any purchaser of a bottle who shows a certificate of
sterilization signed by a licensed seller thereof complies
sufficiently with this article.


112105.  Nothing in this article prohibits the sale for use of any
uncleansed or unsterilized bottle to a purchaser who is licensed
under this article.


112110.  Food containers manufactured from second-hand tin plate and
intended for the packing of hermetically sealed canned food products
intended to be used for human consumption shall not be so used
unless the tin plate from which they are manufactured has, prior to
their manufacture, been cleansed and sterilized by thorough immersion
in boiling water, and then dried on hot rolls or by the use of
heated air.
   The board may inspect any place where the containers are
manufactured for the purpose of enforcing this section.



112115.  This article, with the exception of any licensing
provisions, may be enforced by any local enforcement division, which
shall be construed to mean the local health department, headed by the
duly appointed, qualified and acting health officer of any county,
city or city and county. The territory may include one or more
counties, cities, or cities and counties.



112120.  A nonalcoholic soft drink, whether or not carbonated, shall
be deemed to be misbranded if in a bottle or other closed container
unless the name and address of the bottler or distributor thereof
appears on the container by being molded, printed, or otherwise
labeled thereon, or the name and address is shown on the crown or cap
of the container if the container is a permanently and distinctively
branded bottle. The beverage shall not be deemed to be misbranded
under this section if in a bottle or other closed container on which
is molded, printed or otherwise labeled the product name, trademark
or brand of the distributor or bottler thereof and if a sworn
affidavit has been filed with the department stating the name,
trademark, or brand of the beverage, a full and complete description
of each territory or area of the state in which the beverage is to be
distributed, and the names and addresses of the persons as are
responsible for the Miscellaneous Food, Food Facility, and Hazardous
Substances Act (Section 27) in the bottling and distribution of the
beverage in each territory or area of the state in which the beverage
is distributed. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to exempt
any bottler or distributor of a beverage or beverages from any
provision of Part 5 (commencing with Section 109875).