California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §12024.5: It is unlawful for any person to sell or advertise for sale any dressed poultry or any other fowl or rabbit in dressed form, either cooked or uncooked, or smoked, fresh, frozen, cooked, dried, or pick

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

Sellers of dressed poultry, fowl, rabbit, and certain meats or fish must determine weight by sealed scale at sale or use pre-marked packaging showing net weight, with exceptions for ready-to-eat items consumed on-premises or prepared fresh.

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It is unlawful for any person to sell or advertise for sale any dressed poultry or any other fowl or rabbit in dressed form, either cooked or uncooked, or smoked, fresh, frozen, cooked, dried, or pickled meats or fish other than by weight determined at the time of sale on a scale properly sealed in accordance with this division. Any commodity specified in this section, however, need not be weighed at the time of sale if at that time it is packed in a package or container upon which appears the net weight of the commodity therein. Except as provided below, any person, including, but not limited to, a manufacturer, processor, packer, wholesaler, or jobber that packs any commodity specified in this section in any package which is intended for retail sale, shall mark the net weight of the commodity therein upon the package. Packages of these products intended for retail sale need not be marked by the packer with the net weight of the commodity if they are to be marked with the net weight of the commodity by the retailer who purchases or receives the packages from the packer. This section does not apply to any of the following ready-to-eat food items: (a) Items sold for consumption on the premises. (b) Items sold as one of three or more different elements, excluding condiments, comprising a ready-to-eat meal sold as a unit, for consumption elsewhere than on the premises where sold. (c) Ready-to-eat meat, poultry, or seafood cooked or heated on the premises but not packaged in advance of sale. (d) Sandwiches when offered or exposed for sale on the premises where packed or produced and not intended for resale.

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