Section 18947.2 Of Article 1. Definitions And Short Title From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 9. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 4.1. >> Article 1.

. "Smoking" means exposing meat or poultry products, for the purpose of food preservation, rather than as a method of flavor enhancement, to an environment of smoke generated from hardwood, hardwood sawdust, corn cobs, or natural or artificial liquid smoke that has been transformed into a true gaseous state by application of direct heat.