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Cal. Health & Safety Code § 110890 — The California Organic Food and Farming Act

Cal. Health & Safety Code § 110890

Type
Statute
Source
California Health and Safety Code
Jurisdiction
California
Date
2003-01-01
Current through
Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)

(a) It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, advertise, or label any product in violation of this article.

Citator

Cal. Health & Safety Code § 110890 — The California Organic Food and Farming Act is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.

(a)  It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, advertise, or label any product in violation of this article.

(b)  Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a person engaged in business as a distributor or retailer of products who in good faith sells, offers for sale, labels, or advertises any product in reliance on the representations of a producer, handler, or other distributor that the product may be sold as organic, shall not be found to violate this article unless the distributor either: (1) knew or should have known that the product could not be sold as organic; (2) was engaged in producing or processing the product; or (3) prescribed or specified the manner in which the product was produced or processed.