{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-110890","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 110890","heading":"","body":"(a) It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, advertise, or label any product in violation of this article.\n(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a person engaged in business as a distributor or retailer of products who in good faith sells, offers for sale, labels, or advertises any product in reliance on the representations of a producer, handler, or other distributor that the product may be sold as organic, shall not be found to violate this article unless the distributor either: (1) knew or should have known that the product could not be sold as organic; (2) was engaged in producing or processing the product; or (3) prescribed or specified the manner in which the product was produced or processed.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 104. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH [106500. - 119406.]","PART 5. SHERMAN FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC LAWS [109875. - 111929.5.]","CHAPTER 5. Food [110425. - 111224.6.]","ARTICLE 7. The California Organic Food and Farming Act [110810. - 110959.]"],"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":"7846c853e6b6808b8e07b33c5c4173b3d5d80a6eb6b47407d5064a7d559745de","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-110885","next":"us-ca/hsc-110895"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}