No storer shall place in cold storage any article of food whose keeping qualities have been impaired by disease, taint, or deterioration, or that has not been slaughtered, handled, and prepared for storage in accordance with food laws pertaining thereto and the regulations as may be prescribed by the state department for the sanitary preparation of food products for cold storage.
Source:
Section 112435, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=112435..