Article 2. Olive Oil Manufacture And Marketing of California Health And Safety Code >> Division 104. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 9. >> Article 2.

Any olive oil and olive-pomace oil labeled for sale shall be consistent with this chapter.

Alpha-tocopherol may be added to refined olive oil, olive oil, refined olive-pomace oil, and olive-pomace oil to restore natural tocopherol lost in the refining process. The concentration of alpha-tocopherol in the final product shall not exceed 200 milligrams per kilogram.

Virgin olive oil not fit for human consumption, sometimes known as lampante virgin olive oil, shall be refined before consumption.

(a) It is unlawful to manufacture, sell, offer for sale, give away, or to possess imitation olive oil in California.
  (b) This section does not prohibit the blending of olive oil with other edible oils, if the blend is not labeled as olive oil or imitation olive oil, is clearly labeled as a blended vegetable oil, and if the contents and proportions of the blend are prominently displayed on the container's label, or if the oil is a flavored olive oil.
  (c) If any olive oil is produced, processed, sold, offered for sale, given away, or possessed in California, that indicates on its label "California Olive Oil," or uses words of similar import that indicate that California is the source of the oil, 100 percent of that oil shall be derived from olives grown in California.
  (d) Olive oil produced, processed, sold, offered for sale, given away, or possessed in California, that indicates on its label that it is from a specific region of California shall be made of oil at least 85 percent of which , by weight, is derived from olives grown in the specified region.
  (e) Olive oil produced, processed, sold, offered for sale, given away, or possessed in California, that indicates on its label that it is from a specific estate in California shall be made of oil at least 95 percent of which, by weight, is derived from olives grown on the specified estate.
  (f) Olive-pomace oil shall not be labeled as olive oil.

It is unlawful to prepare, express, mix, or blend olive pomace or meats with any bland fixed oil other than olive oil.

All records of those operating under the provisions of this chapter that concern the amounts of olive oil produced, purchased, or produced and purchased, or the sale, distribution, or sale and distribution of any olive oil, shall be open to inspection upon demand of any agent of the department.

It is unlawful to reuse any olive oil container, can, or drum for repacking any fixed oil intended to be used for food purposes, except on the premises of the processor or when a consumer fills a clean container from a sanitary olive oil dispenser at a retail outlet.

All olive oil for technical purposes shall be denatured with an odoriferous substance so as to render it unfit for food purposes.

It is unlawful to sell or offer for sale olive oil containing more than 5 percent free fatty acid without first denaturing the oil and making it unfit for human consumption.

The department shall enforce this chapter.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not exceeding one year, or by both fine and imprisonment.