CA AB2909

Creates a registration system by January 1, 2020 for small-scale producers that slaughter or process 20,000 poultry or less per calendar year, allowing them to register with the Department of Food and Agriculture.

Registered small-scale producers are exempt from state poultry plant sanitation and inspection requirements (Chapters 2 and 3 of Food and Agricultural Code) and must instead declare knowledge of good practices and receive verification from a licensed poultry meat inspector trained in humane slaughter methods.

Authorizes registered small-scale producers to sell poultry meat within California to the same entities permitted under federal exemption (21 U.S.C. Section 451 et seq.) and requires compliance with federal labeling and identification requirements.

Establishes a Small-Scale Poultry Producer Account funded by registration fees (not to exceed reasonable implementation costs) with moneys continuously appropriated to the department for administering and enforcing the chapter.

Deems poultry meat from registered small-scale producers an "approved source" under the California Retail Food Code and grants county agricultural commissioners primary enforcement responsibility, with enforcement officers authorized to inspect premises in response to public food safety complaints and recover reasonable inspection costs.