California Administrative Code

(a) Propagation and/or Sale. The propagation and/or sale of Meyer lemon plants is prohibited except under permit from the director for scientific and research purposes. (b) Declaration of Nuisance and Abatement. All Meyer lemon plants are declared to be a public nuisance subject …

(a) Proclamation of Eradication Area. That portion of the State of California described as follows, within which a certain pest, Chrysanthemum white rust disease (Puccinia horiana), is known to exist, is hereby proclaimed to be an eradication area with respect to said disease: (1…

(a) The Legislature has declared that the plant killing bacterium, Xylella fastidiosa and the resulting Pierce's disease, and its vectors present a clear and present danger to California's grape industry, as well as to many other commodities and plant life. The Legislature has cr…

(a) The Pierce's Disease Control Program is to be conducted by the local public entity designated by that county's board of supervisors under a Department approved local Pierce's disease workplan, including proposed treatment of Pierce's disease and its vectors. (b) The Departmen…

(a) An area shall be designated as non-infested based on written affirmation to the Department by the local public entity that the area has been surveyed in a manner approved by the Department to detect vectors with negative results. (b) An area shall be designated as infested wh…

(a) Bulk grapes shall meet the following standards prior to shipment from an infested area to a non-infested area: (1) The bulk grapes have originated from a vineyard which has been harvested, handled, or treated in a manner approved by the Department to eliminate vectors and the…

Shipments of bulk grapes shall be certified as meeting the standards for movement in the following manner: (a) Each shipment of bulk grapes shall be accompanied by a certificate issued by the county agricultural commissioner at origin affirming that the shipment meets the standar…

Restrictions are hereby established against the following pest, its hosts, and possible carriers. (a) Pest. A fungus, Phytophthora ramorum, which causes oak mortality disease (sudden oak death). (b) Regulated Area. The regulated area for the pest is: The entire counties of Alamed…

Mechanical harvesters, module builders, module movers, and trailers that have held colored cotton shall be inspected and released by the department before they are used for other cotton. Prior to movement, all modules, trailers, or other containers holding colored cotton shall be…

The director, upon receipt of the annual application, will forward such application to the Board for review and comment. The Board may require the applicant to appear in person to present his or her nonapproved cotton testing program. The director, after Board review and comment,…

(a) Cotton lint ginned within the District and not from an approved cotton shall be identified as “SJV EXPERIMENTAL”, “CALIFORNIA UPLAND”, “CALIFORNIA PIMA”, or “CALIFORNIA NATURALLY COLORED” cotton at all times. (b) Identification tags and decals shall be affixed to bales under …

The department shall be notified by the delinter at least 48 hours prior to the delinting of any nonapproved white cottonseed. All delinting shall be done in a manner that assures the Secretary that proper identification of nonapproved cottonseed, equipment cleanup, and separatio…

The director shall refuse an application or revoke an authorization granted under these regulations, if: (a) The proposed location does not meet the isolation requirements under Sections 3810(a), 3811(a), and 3815(a) or 3816(a); (b) The applicant or his cooperators fail to comply…

The standards of germination indicated in Section 3900, Schedule II, are the germination standards for vegetable seeds for the purpose of the label statements required by Section 52453, Food and Agricultural Code. The standards include hard seeds, if present, provided that in pac…

(a) Procedure. The following procedure shall be followed for securing official samples and is recommended for all other samples: (1) General. (A) Approximately equal portions shall be taken from fairly evenly distributed parts of the quantity of seed to be sampled. Access shall b…

Determinations shall be made in the same manner as currently required by Sections 201.58a-201.58c, Federal Seed Act Regulations (Title 7, Chapter 1, Part 201 of the Code of Federal Regulations).

(a) Recognized Agency. The Secretary, after consultation with the Director of the University of California Agricultural Experiment Station, as provided in Food and Agricultural Code Section 52401, finds that the following is qualified to certify as to variety, type, strain, and o…

(a) Schedules. The fees for certification services performed by the director are shown in Section 4603(f). The fees for certification services performed by commissioners may be established as provided in Section 52422, Food and Agricultural Code, and in this regulation. (b) Appro…

An origin inspected warehouse shall: (a) Maintain complete records of all lots of seed subject to Article 8 of the California Seed Law, Sections 52451-52454, Food and Agricultural Code, and have such records available to an enforcing officer. (b) Maintain a compliance level for l…

Before issuing an official designation to an establishment, the responsible party shall show the Director technical competence, responsibility and good faith in seeking to hold said designation. The Director may refuse to issue an official designation to a responsible party who f…

If, during the course of the investigation, the complainant and respondent have not resolved the disputed complaint, the complainant may request mediation. (a) To request mediation of the disputed complaint the complainant shall: (1) file a written request for mediation with the …

(a) Proclamation of Eradication Area. The portion of the State of California described as follows, within which a certain pest, Cucumis melo var. dudaim, is known to exist, is hereby proclaimed to be an eradication area with respect to said pest: (1) The entire county of Imperial…

(a) Proclamation of Eradication Area. The portions of the State of California described as follows, within which a certain pest, Hydrilla verticillata, is known to exist, are hereby proclaimed to be eradication areas with respect to said pest: (1) The entire counties of Calaveras…

The phrase “properly fed and kept,” as used in Section 35602 of the Food and Agricultural Code, is construed to mean that milk must be produced from animals fed only such feeds as will not impart strong disagreeable flavors or odors to the milk or the products thereof. (The inten…

(a) In accordance with the requirements of Section 37402 of the Food and Agricultural Code, standards of composition, aging periods and labeling requirements are hereby established for special varieties of cheese as follows: Variety Minimum Milk Fat Percent on Dry Basis Maximum P…

Kefir cheese is a soft, uncured cheese made from one or more of the following pasteurized market milk products: milk, cream, concentrated milk, dried milk, skim milk, concentrated skim milk, or nonfat dry milk, cultured with Lactobacillus caucasicus bacteria to the desired acidit…

(a) (1) This section shall apply to all varieties of grated or shredded cheese which consists of one or more varieties of grated or shredded cheese described in Section 415.1 combined with one or more varieties of grated or shredded cheese described in Section 415.2 of this artic…

Goat cheese is made from goat's milk. It shall contain not less than 40 percent of milk fat on a dry basis and contain not more than 50 percent of moisture when sold to the consumer. Goat cheese may contain spices which shall be identified on the principal display panel of the re…

(a) (1) Grated American cheese food is the food prepared by mixing, with or without the aid of heat, one or more of the optional cheese ingredients prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section, with one or more of the optional ingredients prescribed in paragraph (c) of this sectio…

(a) (1) Pasteurized process cheese product is the food prepared by comminuting and mixing, with the aid of heat, one or more of the optional cheese ingredients prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section, with or without one or more of the optional dairy ingredients prescribed in…

In the process of making hard grating cheese, rice flour may be sprinkled along the surfaces. The cheese surface may be rubbed with vegetable oil or any other ingredient approved by the director.

For the purposes of this article, frozen dairy products include ice cream, frozen yogurt, sherbet, yogurt sherbet, frozen dairy dessert, frozen desserts, frozen dairy products labeled as gelato, or other similar frozen dairy products as specified in sections 33704.7 and 33704.8 o…

(a) Except as specified in subsection (b), a mix or premix that is used to manufacture frozen dairy products shall not be reconstituted or recombined with water, milk or any milk product without being pasteurized immediately afterwards in approved and properly operated pasteuriza…

All containers of imitation ice cream and imitation ice milk shall be labeled with the name of the product and with the name and address of the manufacturer or the wholesale distributor or the retailer. The words “manufactured by” shall appear above the name when the name of the …

Where any trade name, word, or phrase is used in connection with the advertising, labeling, sale, and distribution of imitation ice cream or imitation ice milk, there must also appear in connection with such trade name, word, or phrase, the words “imitation ice cream” or “imitati…

Once on each container of products resembling milk products, all required information shall appear conspicuously on a panel without obscuring designs, vignettes or information which is not required. The location of the required information panel shall be in the case of: (a) Gable…

A nondairy product may be transported into and sold in California provided such product complies with standards of healthfulness and purity specified in section 469 above and registration of the product in accordance with the requirements of sections 38941-38946 of the Food and A…

A product resembling a milk product may be processed in California for sale outside of California, even though it may not meet all California requirements, provided the following conditions are complied with: (a) The product is registered in accordance with sections 38941-38946 o…

Products resembling milk products which are to be served as beverages shall meet the requirements for market milk as provided for in sections 34591-34628 of the Food and Agricultural Code.

Products resembling milk products when sold as beverages shall be bottled or packaged at the plant where pasteurized.

Containers while in use for the purpose of delivering or receiving milk or cream at a milk products plant shall be properly identified with the patron's name or number in a manner that will not erase. Said name or number shall correspond with the name or number of the patron appe…

(a) The commissioner shall conduct annual inspections of a random group of registrants to verify that industrial hemp is not produced in violation of Division 24 of the Food and Agricultural Code and this chapter. (b) The commissioner shall be provided with complete and unrestric…

(a) Except when grown by a registered established agricultural research institution or a registered hemp breeder, the industrial hemp shall be grown in acreages of not less than one-tenth of an acre. (b) All plantings shall have signage stating “industrial hemp”. The signs shall …

(a) Sample Preparation. (1) The laboratory shall maintain chain of custody upon receiving the samples by documenting the chain of custody information on the sample analysis request form. The laboratory shall provide the information outlined in Sections 4940(b)(1)(M) through 4940(…

(a) Any industrial hemp crop that does not meet the requirements of Division 24 of the Food and Agricultural Code and this chapter shall be destroyed in a manner compliant with Section 297B of the federal Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (added by Section 10113 of the federal A…

(a) Any person desiring to obtain a butter grader's license as required by section 35134 of the Food and Agricultural Code shall comply with all of the following requirements: (1) File an application with the Department on the Butter Grader's License Application, Form No. 72-276 …

(a) Appeals to the commissioner. A respondent may contest a notice of violation or a lab report issued pursuant to Food and Agricultural Code Section 81006(e) within 30 calendar days from the date of the notice of violation by submitting a written request, via email, mailing addr…

(a) Any person desiring to obtain a pasteurizer's license as required by Section 35168 of the Food and Agricultural Code shall comply with all of the following requirements: (1) File an application with the Department on the Pasteurizer's License Application, Form No. 72-255 (Rev…