California · Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
FAC §41361: The following fruits and vegetables shall not be canned, packed, shipped, or sold within this state: (a) Fruits or vegetables which are unclean, immature, mouldy, overripe, infested with brown rot, sc
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The following fruits and vegetables shall not be canned, packed, shipped, or sold within this state: (a) Fruits or vegetables which are unclean, immature, mouldy, overripe, infested with brown rot, scab, shothole fungus, or other defects to the extent of rendering the product unwholesome. (b) Olives which are unclean, immature, mouldy, overripe, infested with fungus, rot, or other defects to the extent of rendering the product unwholesome. (c) Olives which are processed or artificially colored to the extent that the meat has been turned black, or the flavor has been impaired.
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