Any domesticated reindeer meat imported into this state
shall be accompanied by a bill of lading, a copy of which shall be forwarded to
the Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, within 24 hours after such
importation. The bill of lading shall indicate the number of carcasses or
pieces of reindeer meat, the total weight of the shipment, the country of
origin and the name of the importer.
(a) No domesticated reindeer carcass or
portion thereof shall be transported for sale or sold by an importer or
wholesaler unless each quarter and each loin or each piece of the carcass of
each reindeer is tagged with a domesticated game breeders tag or seal as
provided in sections
3206
and
3207 of
the Fish and Game Code.
(b) Tags or
seals must be affixed to reindeer meat at the point of origin or by the
importer before the meat is distributed for storage or sale in
California.
(c) No tag or seal so
affixed shall be used again.
(d) No
tag or seal shall be sold by the department to anyone other than a person who
is legally in possession of domesticated reindeer, reindeer carcasses or
portions thereof.
(e) The keeper of
a hotel, restaurant, boarding house, or club may sell portions of a quarter or
loin of a domesticated reindeer to a patron or guest for actual consumption on
the premises only.
(f) A retail
meat dealer may sell portions of a quarter or loin of a domesticated reindeer
carcass to a customer for actual consumption. All packages containing such
portions shall be marked to indicate the origin, place of sale, amount
contained in each package and date of sale. This marking shall be kept with the
reindeer meat until such meat is consumed.
(g) The premises of such importers,
wholesalers and retailers, together with the premises of such hotels,
restaurants, boarding houses and clubs shall be open to inspection by the
department at all times.
Notes
Cal. Code
Regs. Tit. 14, §
675
1. New
section filed 7-2-65, effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 65, No.
11).
2. Amendment of NOTE filed 7-16-81; effective thirtieth day
thereafter (Register 81, No. 29).
3. Editorial correction of NOTE
filed 9-20-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No.
38).
4. Amendment of undesignated first paragraph filed 4-18-91;
operative 5-18-91 (Register 91, No. 21).
Note: Authority cited: Section
3219,
Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
1006
and
3219,
Fish and Game Code.
1. New section filed
7-2-65, effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 65, No. 11).
2. Amendment of NOTE filed 7-16-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter
(Register 81, No. 29).
3. Editorial correction of NOTE filed
9-20-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 38).
4. Amendment of undesignated first paragraph filed 4-18-91; operative 5-18-91
(Register 91, No. 21).
