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Article 4. General Regulations of California Health And Safety Code >> Division 104. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 4.
No storer shall place in cold storage any article of food
whose keeping qualities have been impaired by disease, taint, or
deterioration, or that has not been slaughtered, handled, and
prepared for storage in accordance with food laws pertaining thereto
and the regulations as may be prescribed by the state department for
the sanitary preparation of food products for cold storage.
Any article of food intended for use other than human
consumption shall, before being cold stored, be marked by the owner
in accordance with forms prescribed by the department in a way as to
indicate plainly that the article is not to be sold for human food.
Each separate lot of food, when deposited in cold storage,
shall be marked plainly with the lot number covering that particular
lot of articles of food indicated and recorded on the records
maintained on the premises.
The department shall inspect and supervise all cold storage
or refrigerating warehouses, and make the inspection of the entry of
articles of food therein as it deems necessary to secure the proper
enforcement of this chapter.
The department and its duly authorized employees shall be
permitted access to cold storage or refrigerating warehouses at all
reasonable times for purposes of inspection and enforcing this
chapter.
The department may also appoint at the salary as it may
designate, any person it deems qualified to make any inspection
required by this chapter.
No person shall keep any article of food in cold storage
for more than twelve calendar months, except with the consent of the
board. Thirty days prior to the expiration of the 12-month period,
the licensee shall send notice to the board advising them of this
fact. Duplicate notice shall be sent to the owner of the food.
The department shall, upon application, grant permission to
extend the period of storage beyond 12 months for a particular
consignment of goods, if the goods in question are found, upon
examination, to be in proper condition for further storage at the end
of 12 months. The length of time for which further storage is
allowed shall be specified in the order granting the permission.
For the purpose of determining whether or not food locker
plants come under the provisions of this chapter, the operators or
owners of all such frozen food locker plants shall make available,
upon request to any agent of the department, the names and addresses
of any and all persons, firms, or corporations renting, leasing, or
occupying the lockers or compartments.
Unless otherwise permitted by this article, it is unlawful
to represent or advertise as fresh goods articles of food that have
been placed in cold storage. This section shall not apply to
vegetables, fruit or other foods sold as "fresh frozen" and so
labeled, when stored at or below zero degrees Fahrenheit, or to eggs
held in cold storage for 30 days or less.
It is unlawful to return to cold storage any article of
food that has once been released from such storage and placed on the
market for sale to consumers. However, nothing in this section
prevents the transfer of goods from one cold storage or refrigerating
warehouse to another, if the transfer is not made for the purpose of
evading any provision of this chapter.
The department may make regulations to secure the proper
enforcement of this chapter, including regulations with respect to
the sanitary preparation of articles of food for cold storage, the
use of marks, tags, or labels, and the display of signs.
