California Administrative Code

Except as provided for in section 6540, the employer shall ensure a means for the employee to immediately communicate with the certified applicator supervising the employee using a California restricted material specified in section 6400 pursuant to section 6406. This communicati…

Once a year each official establishment shall submit to the Branch Chief, in quadruplicate, a list of approvals for labels that have become obsolete, accompanied by a statement that such approvals are no longer desired. The approvals shall be identified by number, date of approva…

in the place of a number or percentage on the label are construed as equivalent to “0” or “0.00 percent,” as the case may be, for the purpose of applying the tolerances prescribed in these regulations.

A quarantine is established against the following pest, its hosts, and possible carriers. (a) Pest. Sweetpotato weevil (Cylas formicarius elegantulus). (b) Area Under Quarantine. (1) That portion of San Diego County bounded by a line drawn as follows: Beginning at the intersectio…

(a) The following list of Least Common Feed Ingredients are listed in 21 CFR 573 as food additives or 21 CFR 582 as GRAS ingredients. (b) 21 CFR 573 Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of Animals. (1) Subpart B Food Additive Listing. (A) Acrylamide-acrylic acid re…

(a) Application for a research authorization must be made on the Pesticide Research Authorization form (DPR-REG-027a, Est. 4/15), hereby incorporated by reference. (b) If at least one of the following criteria applies, the active ingredient may be omitted from the application for…

(a) Each apiary operator, or their designated representative, who desires to receive advance notification of pesticide applications toxic to bees from persons intending to apply pesticide(s) labeled toxic to bees, shall inform the commissioner when the apiary operator, or their d…

(a) Ingredients and articles listed in 9 CFR section 318.6(b)(1) through (12) (2006) shall be used in accordance with section 318.6(a) and (b)(1) through (12). Reference in section 318.6 to section 317.8(b)(3) shall be deemed to refer to section 909.5 of this subchapter. (b) Lett…

(a) General Provisions. (1) Technical Additives are substances added to feed during manufacturing that assist in the production of feed. Examples include, but are not limited to: acidifying agent, additives for biofuel processes that generate co-products used for feed, anticaking…

(a) Restricted materials listed in section 6400 shall only be used by or under the direct supervision of a certified private or commercial applicator operating within the scope of the individual's certification. (b) An individual who is a certified private or commercial applicato…

(a) A petitioning organization may submit a petition to the department to: (1) Establish a new appellation of origin; or (2) Amend an existing appellation of origin. (b) Petitions shall be submitted to the mailing address or email address listed on the Cannabis Appellations Progr…

Meetings will be held as follows: (a) Regular meetings of the Authority will be held on the fourth Tuesday of each month at Sacramento, California unless otherwise ordered by the Authority. (b) Special meetings of the Authority may be called by the Chairperson upon giving notice …

All specific requirements of sections 752 through section 752.5 of this article applying to beef breed cattle shall apply to bison.

Domestic garbage and sterilized foreign garbage sterilized in accordance with Section 774(d) may have recyclable materials separated and removed at an intermediate facility between the point of collection and disposal, provided the facility, method of separation, method of treatm…

Shipments of the following live plants shall meet the requirements of Article 3, Standards for Plants: Scientific Name Common Name Abelia spp. Abelia Acacia spp. Acacia Acer spp. Japanese maple Aeonium spp. Aeonium Aeschynanthus spp. Basket plant Agapanthus spp. Agapanthus Agonis…

Packed persimmons shall not vary in any one container more than one-half inch in diameter when measured through the widest portion of the cross-section of the persimmons.

Fruit may be added to Ricotta cheese or part skim Ricotta cheese. Whether the fruit is a single variety or a combination of two or more varieties, the amount which is added shall not be less than 10 percent and not more than 25 percent by weight of the finished product. Any fruit…

(a) Location. Public agencies, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the University of California, may conduct nonapproved cotton agronomic research at a maximum of twelve (12) locations for a total not to exceed two hundred forty (240) acres. Each planting shall be at…

(a) As used in this article: (1) “Accredited Veterinarian” means a veterinarian approved by the USDA in accordance with 9 CFR, Part 161 (2015) to perform functions specified in this article. (2) “Animal identification number (AIN)” means a numbering system for the official identi…

(a) “Viroid-infected” means infected by the sunblotch viroid. (b) “Index” means testing a plant for viroid infection by grafting with tissue from it to avocado seedling indicator plants. (c) “Off-type” means different from the variety or selection listed on the application for re…

Concentrate pesticides shall be weighed or measured accurately using devices which are calibrated to the smallest unit in which the pesticide is being weighed or measured.

(a) Commuter Herds. The Department may authorize the movement of commuter herds between California and another state using a Special Entry Permit when the requirements specified for the type of movement are met as follows: (1) Pasture to Pasture Permit. The owner of a beef breedi…

In addition to the requirements of Section 1390.14, potatoes which are being transported out of state for processing, preserving, or manufacturing shall be loose in bins that will hold 500 pounds or more, or in bulk loads. Containers holding 100 pounds or less may be used provide…

All services performed at the request of and in cooperation with an officially recognized seed-certifying agency shall be performed in accordance with the rules and regulations of that agency, insofar as consistent with the provisions of law.

Reduced-fat ultra-filtered milk shall contain not less than 1.9 percent milkfat, not more than 2.1 percent milkfat, and not less than 10 percent milk solids not fat, except that when lactose has been completely or partially removed by filtration the milk solids not fat percentage…

(a) Fruit imitation ice cream is imitation ice cream containing not less than 3 percent by weight of clean, mature, sound fruit or the juice thereof. (b) Fruit imitation ice milk is imitation ice milk containing not less than 3 percent by weight of clean, mature, sound fruit or t…

(a) Ultra-filtered milk products may be aseptically processed and packaged such that they would be UHT milk products. (b) UHT ultra-filtered milk shall contain not less than 3.25 percent milkfat and not less than 8.25 percent milk solids not fat, except that when lactose has been…

The provisions of this article pertain to pesticide applications made for the production of an agricultural commodity within ¼ mile of a schoolsite. (a) “Schoolsite” as used in sections 6690-6692 means (1) any property used as a child day care facility, as defined in Health and S…

(a) The following Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), United States Code (USC), and the federal directives and policies, as specified in these regulations (Subchapter 1 of Chapter 4, Division 2, of Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations), are incorporated by reference: (1) …

The board of supervisors of the county from which the potatoes are to be transported pursuant to the provisions of this article shall establish a schedule of fees, which shall be based upon the cost to the county in carrying out the provisions of this article, to be paid by any p…

(a) In order to confirm that industrial hemp was planted at a registered cultivation site, registrants shall submit a signed planting report to the commissioner within 72 hours following the completion of the planting. A separate planting report shall be completed for each planti…

(a) The department may provide analytical, diagnostic, inspection, testing and other non-regulatory services related to nursery stock, plants, seed, or other plant pests and diseases on a charge-for-service basis. (b) Service charges may include the approximate hourly labor costs…

(a) The Department shall conduct mandatory annual maintenance training for licensed livestock meat inspectors and processing inspectors. The Department shall provide licensees with training information at least one month before scheduled training, including the location and dates…

These regulations shall not be construed as prohibiting the use in conjunction with the prescribed names or descriptive terms, of additional words or phrases that correctly designate and more fully describe any filling material, when such additional words or phrases are required …

(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) Upon finding a violation, the Department shall issue a notice in accordance with Section 14408 Food and Agricultural Code. (b) A person who violates this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) for each day a violation occurs. (c) F…

The following terms shall be stated on the law label when applicable in addition to other labeling nomenclature required by these regulations. (a) “Batting” shall mean fibers which have been carded or garnetted into layer form. (b) “Bleached” shall mean any product whose intrinsi…

(a) All livestock offered for slaughter in an official establishment shall be inspected on the day of and before slaughter unless prior arrangements acceptable to the Department have been made in specific cases for such inspection to be made on a different day before slaughter. (…

As used in these rules: (a) “Chairman” means the member elected by the Board to be Chairman of the Board and its presiding member. (b) “Commissioner” means a member of the Board. (c) “Age of Horse” means the age as reckoned beginning on the first day of January of the year in whi…

(a) General Provisions. The milk room shall be located under the same roof (extended) as the milking barn. The milk room shall consist of one or more rooms for the care of the milk and the cleaning, sterilizing, and storage of milk handling equipment. Hot and cold running water o…

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…

The definitions for “products resembling milk products,” “filled products,” “imitation milk products,” “nondairy products,” and “trade products” stated in sections 38911-38916 are applicable to this article.

(a) Initial and renewal license and work permit applications submitted pursuant to this chapter will be processed within the following timeframes: (1) The Bureau will notify the applicant in writing within ten business days after the receipt of an application that the application…

The abdominal and thoracic viscera shall be removed at the time of slaughter in order to allow proper inspection. The sternum shall be split to permit visual inspection of the thoracic cavity if such inspection is determined necessary by an inspector.

Each licensed pest control dealer of a high-volatile organic compound (VOC) nonfumigant product specified in the Annual VOC Emissions Inventory Report, shall provide VOC information, in writing, to the purchaser at time of purchase or delivery pursuant section 6577 if the sale is…