California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 19038

Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 680, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 1999.

It is unlawful for any person knowingly to represent that an article has been examined by a licensed livestock meat inspector, licensed processing inspector, or department inspector or exempted under this chapter when in fact it has respectively not been so examined or exempted.

Cite this section

Cal. Food & Agric. Code § 19038 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/fac/division-9-animals-generally/part-3-slaughtered-animals/chapter-4-1-california-meat-and-poultry-supplemental-inspection-act/article-10-violations-and-penalties/section-19038

Other sections in Article 10 - Violations and Penalties

§ 19030§ 19031§ 19032§ 19033§ 19033.1§ 19034§ 19035§ 19036§ 19037§ 19038§ 19039

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