{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-108931","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 108931","heading":"","body":"(a) No person or entity shall sell or offer for sale in the state sodium nitrite at a purity level that exceeds 10 percent without the following:\n(1) A clear and conspicuous label on the immediate container of the sodium nitrite stating: “WARNING: LETHAL TO INGEST. If ingested, call for emergency help. The recommended treatment for ingestion of sodium nitrite is intravenous methylene blue.”\n(2) A clear and conspicuous label on the outside of the shipping package that contains sodium nitrite stating: “WARNING: Contains sodium nitrite, which can be fatal if ingested.”\n(b) (1) A violation of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the first violation, and a civil penalty of at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and no more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for a second or subsequent violation. For purposes of this subdivision, failure to comply with paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) constitute separate violations. The Attorney General or a district attorney, county counsel, or city attorney may bring an action to impose a civil penalty pursuant to this subdivision.\n(2) The total civil penalty for a continuous violation of subdivision (a) shall not exceed the amount described in paragraph (1).","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 104. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH [106500. - 119406.]","PART 3. PRODUCT SAFETY [108040. - 109052.]","CHAPTER 10.6. Sodium Nitrite—Labeling [108931. - 108931.]"],"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":"2589c2a2275037a3c663624dd85916ca67935eb45bcfca8348924d8b9005ba6f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-108930","next":"us-ca/hsc-108935"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}