Section 9242 - Registration of blood or blood component productThe secretary shall register blood or a blood component product that meets all of the following requirements:
(a) It is produced under acceptable procedures.(b) It has been demonstrated to the secretary that the blood or blood component product is safe and noninjurious to animal health.(c) It has been demonstrated to the secretary that the blood or blood component product is of value for the purpose intended.(d) It is labeled for proper handling and use, and is not misrepresented.(e) It is produced in an establishment that meets the requirements of Section 9210.Ca. Food and Agric. Code § 9242
Amended by Stats 2010 ch 235 (AB 1709),s 16, not operative until the first day on or after January 1, 2013, that all California biological products, as defined in Section 101.2 of Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations, registered with the Department of Food and Agriculture by December 31, 2010, have obtained a United States Veterinary Biological Product License from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Center for Veterinary Biologics except those products for which the Department of Food and Agriculture has received written documentation from a firm that the firm has chosen not to obtain that license. However, new registrations of biologics will not be processed by the Department of Food and Agriculture after December 31, 2010. When this act becomes operative, the Department of Food and Agriculture shall post that fact on its Internet Web site.