Food and Agricultural Code section 19348.5

Every person who transports a live horse or horses to a slaughterhouse subject to licensing under this chapter shall provide such horse or horses with adequate food and water. A violation of this section shall constitute cruelty to an animal within the meaning of Section 597a of the Penal Code.

Source: Section 19348.5, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=19348.5. (updated Jan. 1, 1972; accessed Jul. 14, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/food_and_agricultural_code_section_19348.5

Original Source: Section 19348.5, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=19348.5. (last accessed May 12, 2025).