Article 1. Definitions And Scope of California Health And Safety Code >> Division 104. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 8. >> Article 1.

"State board," or "State Board of Public Health," as used in this chapter, means the State Department of Health Services.

"Meat or meat products" as used in this chapter, means any meat or meat product or poultry or poultry product that is not subject to the inspection of the Bureau of Meat Inspection or the Bureau of Poultry Inspection of the Department of Food and Agriculture, or of the Meat Inspection Division or Poultry Division of the United States Department of Agriculture, or of an approved municipal inspection department or establishment.

"Food product," as used in this chapter, includes any fish or fish product, meat or meat product, or any other food product.

The operation of noncommercial canning centers by community canning centers, schools, churches, other organizations, or housewives who pack hermetically sealed canned food products for their own consumption and do not sell the canned food, is exempt from the licensing provisions of this chapter.

In lieu of a license, a permit to operate a canning center shall be issued without cost by the department upon the submission of evidence as the department requires to show that the persons operating the center are qualified and that the center is properly equipped and meets all other provisions of this chapter.

Food products that do not require the use of a pressure cooker but necessitate acidulation and pH determinations come within this chapter.

No act that is unlawful under Part 5 (commencing with Section 109875), relating to the adulterating, mislabeling, misbranding, false advertising, and sale of foods, is lawful by reason of this chapter.