Health and Safety Code section 112555

Any processor, prior to delivery to the consumer, shall quick-freeze all meat or meat products in a blast-type freezing room at zero degrees Fahrenheit with one side of the package exposed to circulated air, or in a still-air-type freezing room at a minimum of minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit with one surface side of each package in direct contact with coils of a freezing plate. This section shall not apply to the sale of retail cuts of meat sold over the counter.

Source: Section 112555, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=112555. (updated Jan. 1, 1996; accessed Jul. 28, 2025).

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Original Source: Section 112555, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=112555. (last accessed May 12, 2025).