Food and Agricultural Code section 9252

(a)

The secretary shall track, administer, and enforce the safe importation and sale of animal blood and blood component products from out-of-state blood banks for animals that produce those blood and blood component products in compliance with California standards.

(b)

Importation and sale of canine blood and blood component products from out-of-state sources shall only be permitted from community blood banks.

(c)

Out-of-state community blood banks that sell canine blood and blood component products in California under this section shall submit a quarterly report to the department every three months that includes the separate total amounts of canine whole blood, packed red blood cells, and fresh frozen plasma sold in the state during that quarter, in estimated milliliters based on weight in grams.

Source: Section 9252, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=9252.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2022; accessed Jul. 21, 2025).

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