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Proposition 6 was aninitiativestatute that appeared on theNovember 3, 1998 California general election ballot. It was passed with 4,670,524Yes votes, for 59.4 percent of the total votes cast. The proposition added sections 598c and 598d to theCalifornia Penal Code, making it afelony for any person in the state to possess, transfer, receive, or hold a horse (defined to includeponies,donkeys andmules) with the intent to kill it, or have it killed, where the person knows, or should have known, that any part of the carcass will be used for human consumption.[1] An additional provision makes it amisdemeanor to sellhorse meat within the state asmeat intended for human consumption. The law further allows for anyone previously convicted of selling horsemeat to be charged with a felony in any future prosecutions for the same offense. Only about one percent of California horses were previously slaughtered for horsemeat, primarily forexport to markets inBelgium,France,Italy, andJapan.[2] Horsemeat is rarely eaten by people in theUnited States.
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