“Mature,” except when otherwise specifically defined, means having reached that stage of ripeness which will insure the completion of the ripening process to a degree which will insure palatability, after the removal of the product from the tree, plant, or vine.
Cal. Food & Agric. Code § 42513
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Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.
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