Food and Agricultural Code section 19203

“Canned pet food” means any commercially sterile food product packed in hermetically sealed containers and composed of either edible fresh or frozen meat or horsemeat, meat or horsemeat byproducts or fish, or a combination thereof. It may contain cereals, edible accessory food products or edible mineral- or vitamin-containing substances.

Source: Section 19203, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=19203.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1969; accessed Jul. 21, 2025).

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