Any food is misbranded if it bears or contains any artificial flavoring, artificial coloring, or chemical preservative, unless its labeling states that fact. Exemptions may be established by the department.
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 110740
Misbranded Food
Known as the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law
The act spans §§ 109875–111929 (490 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 42 Cal. 4th 1077 - Farm Raised Salmon Cases (2008)
Most recently applied in Figy v. Frito-Lay North America, Inc. (August 2014)
Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.