It is unlawful for any person to misbrand any food.
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 110765
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 782 F. Supp. 2d 522 - Rikos v. Procter & Gamble Co. (May 2011)
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.