Food and Agricultural Code section 18947.2

“Smoking” means exposing meat or poultry products, for the purpose of food preservation, rather than as a method of flavor enhancement, to an environment of smoke generated from hardwood, hardwood sawdust, corn cobs, or natural or artificial liquid smoke that has been transformed into a true gaseous state by application of direct heat.

Source: Section 18947.2, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=18947.­2.­ (updated Jul. 26, 2011; accessed Dec. 1, 2025).

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