{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-113861","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 113861","heading":"","body":"“pH” means the symbol for the negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration, which is a measure of the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a solution. Values between 0 and 7 indicate acidity and values between 7 and 14 indicate alkalinity. The value for pure distilled water is 7, which is considered neutral.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 104. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH [106500. - 119406.]","PART 7. CALIFORNIA RETAIL FOOD CODE [113700. - 114437.]","CHAPTER 2. Definitions [113728. - 113941.]"],"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":"13fd83bd22007771799532d6a6e59ea012c7f0f0a29adacf6bb0e08ed31e5a83","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-113859","next":"us-ca/hsc-113863"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}