When fruits or vegetables are shipped or transported in intrastate, interstate, or foreign commerce by common carriers, contract carriers, or proprietary carriers, as an incident to the exemption provided for in Section 6359, there are exempted from the taxes imposed by this part, the gross receipts from the sale of, and the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of, all of the following:
(a) Carbon dioxide used or employed in packing and shipping or transporting fruits or vegetables for human consumption, when those fruits or vegetables are not sold to the ultimate consumer in a package that contains the carbon dioxide.
(b) Any nonreturnable materials containing the carbon dioxide atmosphere.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 624, Sec. 1. Effective September 19, 1994. Operative January 1, 1995, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 624.)