Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

“Fish” means every form of fish, either salt water or fresh water fish, which is used for human consumption, except fish for canning, retorting, reduction, or use in an extraction process. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“General rules and regulations” means rules and regulations, which are applicable to all marketing orders and marketing agreements and are issued and made effective by the director without prior notice and public hearing, to provide uniform methods and procedures to facilitate th…

“Handler,” except with respect to fish and seafood, means any person that is engaged within this state as a distributor in the business of distributing any commodity in intrastate commerce, or any person that is engaged as a processor in the business of processing any commodity. …

“Handling” means engaging in the business of a handler as defined in Section 58611. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Major amendments” mean amendments to any marketing order or agreement which are made pursuant to Article 13 (commencing with Section 59021) of this chapter. It does not include a seasonal marketing regulation. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Marketed by producers” means producer marketing, as defined by Section 58621. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Marketing order” means an order which is issued by the director, pursuant to this chapter, which prescribes rules and regulations that govern the processing, distributing, or handling in any manner of any commodity within this state during any specified period. (Enacted by Stats…

“Minor amendments” are amendments to any marketing order or agreement which are made effective by the director upon recommendation of the advisory board which is concerned, as specified in Article 14 (commencing with Section 59051) of this chapter, with or without prior notice an…

“Person” means an individual, firm, corporation, association, or any other business unit, and, for the purposes of this chapter, includes any state agency which engages in any of the commercial activities which are regulated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (Enacted by…

“Processing” means engaging in the business of a processor as defined in Section 58619. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Processor” means any person that is engaged within this state in the operation of receiving, grading, packing, canning, fermenting, distilling, extracting, preserving, grinding, crushing, or changing the form of any commodity for the purpose of preparing it for market or of mark…

“Producer” means any person that is engaged within this state in the business of producing, or causing to be produced for market, any commodity. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Producer marketing” means any or all operations which are performed by any producer in preparing for market. It includes selling, delivering, or disposing of for commercial purposes, to any handler any commodity which the producer has produced. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Retailer” means any person that purchases or acquires any commodity for resale at retail to the general public for consumption off the premises. Such person is also included within the definition of distributor, to the extent that such person engages in the business of a distrib…

“Seafood” means shellfish and every other form of animal or plant life which is taken from fresh or salt water and used for human consumption, except seafood which is used for canning, retorting, reduction, or used in an extraction process. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Seasonal marketing regulations” mean marketing regulations that are applicable to a particular marketing order or agreement which are made effective by the director pursuant to Article 19 (commencing with Section 59171) of this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Bulk milk” or “bulk cream” means milk or cream, respectively, which has not been pasteurized or packaged in bottles, cartons, dispenser cans, or other consumer packages, and which is handled or delivered, in bulk, in tanks, cans, or other bulk containers. For this purpose, skim …

“Consumer” means any person that buys milk, cream, or any dairy product for consumption and not for resale. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Cream” has the meaning of that term as defined in Section 32504. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Dairy product” means any product classified as Class 1 or Class 2 under Section 61932, 61933, or 61936; any frozen product or frozen product mix classified as Class 3 under Section 61934; any product classified as Class 4b under subdivision (b) of Section 61935; butter; pasteuri…

(a) “Distributor” means any handler, as defined in Section 61826, and includes brokers and agents and the nonprofit cooperative associations described in Article 2 (commencing with Section 61331) of this chapter in the transactions in which such article provides that the associat…

“Educational and research activities” means any effort to develop and improve the management practices of dairy producers and processors, including, but not limited to, practices associated with the environmental sustainability of land, air quality, and water quality. (Added by S…

“Manufacturing milk” has the meaning of that term as defined in Section 32509. (Added by renumbering Section 61401 by Stats. 1996, Ch. 759, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 1997.)

“Manufacturing milk handler” means any person who, as owner, agent, broker, or intermediary, either directly or indirectly, receives, purchases, or otherwise acquires ownership, possession, or control of manufacturing milk in unprocessed or bulk form from a producer, a producer-h…

“Manufacturing milk plant” means any place, structure, or building where a handler receives manufacturing milk. (Added by renumbering Section 61403 by Stats. 1996, Ch. 759, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 1997.)

“Manufacturer” means any person that is engaged in the business of manufacturing any dairy product. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Market milk” has the meaning of that term as defined in Section 32510. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Market cream” has the meaning of that term as defined in Section 35811. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Milk” has the meaning of that term as defined in Section 32511. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Packaged milk,” “packaged cream,” or “packaged dairy product” means market milk, market cream, or any dairy product, respectively, which is packaged in cartons, bottles, dispenser cans, or other consumer packages for sale to wholesale customers or consumers. (Amended by Stats. 1…

“Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, nonprofit cooperative association, nonprofit corporation, or any other business unit or organization. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1010, Se…

“Producer” means any person that operates a dairy herd which produces milk or cream commercially and whose bulk milk or bulk cream is received or handled by any distributor, manufacturer, or any nonprofit cooperative association of producers. It includes the nonprofit cooperative…

“Producer-distributor” means any person that is both a producer of milk or cream and a distributor of milk, cream, or any dairy product. For the purpose of this chapter, a “producer-distributor” is a producer in any transaction which involves the delivering of bulk milk or bulk c…

“Restricted use market milk” has the meaning of that term as defined in Section 32516.5. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 759, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 1997.)

“Wholesale customer” means any person other than a distributor that buys packaged milk, cream, or any dairy product for resale to consumers or to other wholesale customers. (Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 751, Sec. 4.)

If any article is found to have been transported into this state from any other country or state, or territory or district of the United States, in violation of any provision of a quarantine that is established by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, the article is …

(a) The secretary shall adopt, by reference, by regulation, those federal quarantine regulations and any subsequent amendments in Parts 301 to 369, inclusive, of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Civil and criminal penalties applicable to a violation of those federal qu…

If any shipment of plants or things which is passing through any portion of the state is, or is liable to be, infested or infected with any pest, and there exists danger of dissemination of the pest while the shipment is in transit in this state, the shipment shall be placed with…

(a) It is unlawful for any person, except under written permission from a plant quarantine officer or under his specific direction, to move any lot or shipment of plants or other things to which a warning tag or notice has been affixed pursuant to this division, or to remove, alt…

It is unlawful for any person to import into the state any English or Australian wild rabbit, flying fox, mongoose, or any other form of animal life which is detrimental to agriculture. Any such animal shall be refused entry and shall be immediately destroyed or shipped out of th…

It is unlawful for any person to willfully import into, or ship or transport within, the state any live insect or any pest as such, unless the shipment or transportation and subsequent use and handling is authorized prior to shipment under written permit and the regulations of th…

Unless otherwise permitted by law, any person who willfully and knowingly imports into, or who willfully and knowingly transports or ships within, this state, a Mediterranean fruit fly is guilty of a felony. (Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 167, Sec. 1. Effective June 22, 1990.)

This chapter shall be known as the Dairy Council of California Law. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Council” means the Dairy Council of California. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)