Article 9. Exemptions of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 9. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 4.1. >> Article 9.

This chapter does not apply to any of the following:
  (a) Owners who slaughter, on their own premises, livestock of their own raising where the meat is not for sale, but used exclusively by the owners, members of the owner's household, the owner's employees, and nonpaying guests.
  (b) A mobile slaughter operator who provides services to an owner as specified in subdivision (a) where the slaughter occurs on the owner's premises and the meat is thereafter transported for the owner to an establishment for further processing.
  (c) Persons solely engaged in cutting, wrapping, and otherwise processing farm or custom slaughter livestock or the processing and sale of fresh meats derived from United States Department of Agriculture inspected carcasses, except the curing, smoking, and preparing of cooked or smoked sausages or cooked pork products that are not exempted under subdivision (b) of Section 18814.
  (d) Livestock slaughter and meat and poultry processing inspected by the United States Department of Agriculture.