Chapter 3. Exemptions of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 12. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 3.

This part, except Section 26008, does not apply to poultry meat or a container of poultry meat which is marked with the official class as prescribed by the Consumer and Marketing Service of the United States Department of Agriculture; if such official class marking meets the requirements of this part.

This part, except Section 26008, does not apply to poultry meat which is marked as to a class that is officially approved by another inspection service whose requirements for class markings meet the requirements of this part.

(a) This part does not apply to poultry meat which is derived from poultry which is produced upon the premises where it is slaughtered if the poultry meat is sold by the producer in any of the following ways:
  (1) At retail upon the premises.
  (2) At retail off of the premises, either direct to consumers at their homes or at a retail stand which is operated by the producer in a farmers' market.
  (b) As used in this section, "producer" includes only an individual producer who does not employ, except in unforeseeable exigencies, any person except members of his or her immediate family.

This part does not apply to poultry meat which is derived from poultry which is slaughtered, dressed, and sold on the premises where it is produced for purposes other than resale, if the entire poultry meat output of the producer of such poultry is so sold.