California Administrative Code

This group specifies work practices for: (a) employees who mix, load, apply, store, transport, or otherwise handle pesticides for any use, except for manufacturing, formulating or repackaging of pesticides; and (b) for employees who are exposed to residues of pesticides after app…

A quarantine is established against the following pest, its hosts and possible carriers. (a) Pest. Boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis. (b) Area Under Quarantine. All states and districts of the United States except the States of Arizona and North Carolina. (c) Articles and Commoditi…

Licenses of eligibility for any person who enters or enlists in the recognized military service of the United States which were valid upon the date of his entering such service shall be extended by the period of military service plus six (6) months upon application to the Departm…

(a) An official number shall be assigned to each establishment granted a license by the Department. Such number shall be used to identify all products prepared in the establishment. More than one number shall not be assigned to an official establishment. (b) Each official establi…

Reimbursement for transportation expenses is allowable, as follows: (a) Reimbursement for public transportation is allowable up to the actual expenses incurred for economy travel. Public transportation includes commercial air, rail, bus, taxi, and transportation network. (b) Comm…

(a) Laboratories shall issue a separate laboratory test report for each composite sample. (b) The laboratory test report shall include the: (1) registration number, (2) unique sample identification number as assigned on the sample analysis request form, (3) name and contact infor…

When there is a reasonable suspicion by the Director or commissioner that a specific workplace has been or may be unsafe for workers due to exposure to active or inert ingredients in pesticide products, or breakdown products of these ingredients, the director or commissioner may …

(a) Registrants shall harvest the sampled crop only upon receipt of an electronic copy of a passing laboratory test report. (1) Registrants shall submit a harvest report to the commissioner within 72 hours following the completion of the harvest. The harvest report shall include …

(a) If the commissioner finds a cultivator has negligently violated Food and Agricultural Code Division 24 or this chapter, the commissioner shall issue a notice of violation and require a corrective action plan be provided by the cultivator. Negligent violations, defined as the …

(a) An acidifying agent consisting of one or any mixture of two or more of the following: a vinegar, lactic acid, citric acid, acetic acid, phosphoric acid, or other acidifying agents approved by the director may be used in pasteurized process cheese in such quantity that the pH …

A quarantine is established against the following pest, its hosts and possible carriers: (a) Pest. Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata). (b) Quarantine Area. All States, Districts and territories of the United States except the States of Alaska, Hawaii and Nevada. (…

Equipment and utensils in official establishments shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with 9 CFR section 416.3 (2006).

(a) The forms on which bacteria counts are kept shall be of satisfactory paper stock of suitable size, providing space for necessary information. (b) Each sheet shall be authenticated by the signature of the licensed technician and marked with the date upon which the tests were m…

Each official establishment must be operated and maintained in a manner to prevent the creation of insanitary conditions and to ensure that product is not adulterated. When the establishment is not operating during scheduled hours of operation, as indicated on MPES Form 79-038 (R…

When any filling material contains more than 5.0% of oil, grease or fat or a combination thereof the material is not permissible for sale in California.

Plants desiring to secure a license for the manufacture of modified milk, modified sterilized milk, or modified sterilized cream, as provided for in Sections 38347 and 38531 of the Food and Agricultural Code shall do so by letter, indicating therein the qualifications of the tech…

(a) The operator of property used for the commercial or research production of an agricultural plant commodity shall display at a central location the following application-specific information, while fieldworkers are employed to work in treated fields on the operator's property:…

Shall mean the fleece of sheep which has been scoured and carbonized. It shall be free of kemp and vegetable matter.

(a) Certain conditions of avian species and poultry must be reported to the Department within specified timeframes, pursuant to section 9101 of the Food and Agricultural Code and section 797 of Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations. The List of Reportable Conditions for A…

(a) When chloropicrin or methyl bromide is used, singly or in combination, to treat nursery potting soils or soil mixes, nursery stock, and other agricultural commodities, appliances, or equipment, it shall be done in a properly sealed fumigation chamber, railroad car, or truck t…

Livestock showing symptoms of certain metabolic, toxic, nervous, or circulatory disturbances, nutritional imbalances, or infectious or parasitic diseases shall be handled in accordance with 9 CFR section 309.4 (2006).

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 12002, subsection (b) of Section 12100 and in subsection (b) of this section, the definitions in Business and Professions Code section 19805 govern the construction of this article. (b) As used in this article: (1) “Applicant” means a n…

Mammary glands shall be handled in accordance with 9 CFR section 310.17 (2006).

Swine infected with or exposed to hog cholera shall be handled in accordance with 9 CFR section 309.5 (2006).

The director shall complete the evaluation of data submitted pursuant to Section 6170 for a pesticide containing any active ingredient not currently registered by the director or for any new major use within 120 days of receipt of all such data, and within 60 days of receipt of s…

(a) Any written procedures required pursuant to this Chapter must be submitted to the Bureau for their review and approval. This includes any amendments made to the written procedures after initial approval. (b) The written procedures must be established and implemented in accord…

During the review and evaluation of proposed pesticide labeling and data to support registration, the director shall give special attention to the provisions of Sections 11501, 12824, 12825, 12826, 14102, and 14103 of the Food and Agricultural Code and to each of the following fa…

A product claimed, represented and intended solely as a deodorizer or deodorant, or as a cleansing agent, is not considered to be a pesticide.

An Applicant shall submit a completed Application Form by the date specified in the Application Form Overview and Instructions. Application Forms submitted after the final filing date will not be accepted for review and evaluation and will be returned. Application Forms must be s…

(a) The Executive Director shall review and grant or deny applications for registration in accordance with this chapter. (b) The Executive Director shall approve an application for registration under this chapter if the application satisfies the requirements of Section 12301(b) o…

(a) No person shall affix or place, or cause to be affixed or placed, the official inspection legend or any other official mark, or any abbreviation or simulation of any official mark, to or on any product, or container thereof, except under the supervision of an inspector, or as…

For any delinquency in making a return, or any deficiency in payment, of the pesticides mill assessment which is received after the date due (one calendar month after March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 of each year), a penalty of 10 percent of the amount which is du…

(a) For bulk sales of commingled milk from members' ranches to a distributor when such deliveries are made by a non-profit cooperative association or its agent, the non-profit cooperative association shall be deemed a single producer subject to the provisions of section 34231(b) …

No article which is imperfect, irregular, a second or damaged shall be advertised in any manner which represents, or implies that the article is free from defects or is of the same grade or quality of the article as usually and customarily offered for sale in the regular course o…

(a) In addition to the requirements of this section, cattle and bison moving into California must meet the identification and documentation requirements pursuant to Title 3, California Code of Regulations, sections 831.3 and 831.4 respectively, for the purposes of animal disease …

Information considered as trade secrets and therefore confidential will be withheld from public disclosure unless the Secretary has determined that disclosure is necessary to protect against an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment. (a) Designating information …

The petition shall describe the name and history of the proposed appellation of origin, including: (a) In narrative form, an explanation of how the name has been used in the geographical area covered by the proposed appellation of origin, supported by evidence of name usage. The …

All persons coming in contact with Grade “A” raw milk, or Grade “A” raw cream, who, through the provisions of Section 35892 of the Food and Agricultural Code are subject to the physical and laboratory examinations, may be physically examined by their own physician and may go to t…

(a) Permits for agricultural use of a restricted material shall be issued in the name of the operator of the property to be treated. The permittee or, when allowed by the commissioner, the permittee's authorized representative or licensed agricultural pest control adviser, shall …

The jurisdiction of the Board over matters covered by law or the rules is continuous throughout the year.

(a) An Interstate Livestock Entry Permit may be required for the importation of animals into California pursuant to the requirements of this chapter. (b) Requests for Interstate Livestock Entry Permits must be made to the Department's Animal Health Branch before the animals are t…

(a) The amount of pesticides containing aldicarb that may be applied to the following crops shall not exceed: Crop Stage of Growth of Crop Pounds of 15G/ Acre/Application Ounces 15G/1000 Feet of Row (1) Cotton 40″ row spacing At Planting 7 8.5 At First Squaring 14 17 From Squarin…

In the enforcement of Division 10, Chapter 6, Article 1 of the Food and Agricultural Code, licensed and posted public auction salesyards shall only receive brand inspection until 1600 hours (4:00 p.m.) each sale day. Cattle arriving too late to receive brand inspection shall not …

(a) The terms and conditions of Qualified Loans, including interest rates, fees and other conditions, shall be determined solely by agreement of the Participating Financial Institution and the Borrower. (b) A Participating Financial Institution shall be authorized to enroll under…

(a) When sale of a high-volatile organic compound (VOC) nonfumigant product with agricultural uses, specified in the Annual Volatile Organic Compound Emissions Inventory Report required in section 6881, is made to or for the operator of the property with an operator identificatio…

A salesyard with established hours of sale time beginning after 1600 hours (4:00 p.m.) may request to have inspection between 1600 hours (4:00 p.m.) and 1800 hours (6:00 p.m.) and in no case will inspection be made after sunset. The request must be made to the Bureau of Livestock…

(a) The Director shall have the authority pursuant to contract with the county involved to designate the county agricultural commissioner and employees of the agricultural commissioner to act as agents of the Director in the performance of services performed by the Director pursu…

The Department will accept an electronic signature that complies with Civil Code section 1633.2(h) on any documents required to be submitted to the Department and that are submitted electronically, except documents that are required to be notarized.