{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fac-42513","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAC § 42513","heading":"","body":"“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.","path":["Food and Agricultural Code - FAC","DIVISION 17. FRUIT, NUT, AND VEGETABLE STANDARDS [42501. - 49025.8.]","CHAPTER 1. Definitions [42501. - 42520.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"5746ebbc255e513f9f84dc15572c9d26c5ff17acbd5d20edc1b9d151a07e1df1","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fac-42512","next":"us-ca/fac-42514"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}