Food and Agricultural Code section 27642

It shall be presumed from the fact of possession by any person engaged in the sale of eggs that such eggs are for sale for human consumption unless they have been denatured and the containers are labeled in one-inch letters “Not for human consumption.”

Source: Section 27642, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=27642. (updated Jan. 1, 1971; accessed Jul. 21, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/food_and_agricultural_code_section_27642

Original Source: Section 27642, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=27642. (last accessed May 12, 2025).