Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

Every person that is the owner, broker, or is in possession of an apiary that is located within the state, on the first day of January of each year, shall register the number of colonies in each apiary that is owned or possessed by the person and the location of each apiary. Ever…

Notwithstanding the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code), any information provided in accordance with this article, Section 29070, or Section 29070.5 shall be held confidential, and shall not be disclosed…

Every person who moves bees into the state or otherwise comes into possession of an apiary that is located within the state after the first day of January, shall register the name of the owner and the number and location of colonies moved into the state or so acquired within 30 d…

Registration of an apiary shall be filed with the commissioner of the county in which the apiary is located, or with the director if there is no commissioner in the county. The director shall adopt a form of registration to be used statewide, which shall include a request for not…

(a) Each beekeeper, apiary owner, apiary operator, broker, or person in possession of any apiary, shall pay, in addition to any other fees imposed under this chapter, an annual registration fee not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) to the secretary on January 1 of each y…

It is unlawful for a person to maintain any apiary that is not registered pursuant to this article. Each registration is valid until January 1 of the following year. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 320, Sec. 2. (AB 2468) Effective January 1, 2019.)

(a) No person shall maintain an apiary on premises other than that of his or her residence unless the apiary is identified as follows: (1) By a sign that is prominently displayed on the entrance side of the apiary or stenciled on the hive, that states in dark letters not less tha…

Any person who owns or is in possession of an apiary may bring an action to recover damages for any injury to the apiary by reason of any pest control operation if the person has complied with Sections 29043, 29046, 29070, and 29070.5, and with regulations adopted by the secretar…

Any pesticide applicator who experiences any loss because of a beekeeper’s failure to request notification of a pesticide application pursuant to Section 29101, or pursuant to any department rule or regulation, or who experiences any loss because of a beekeeper’s failure to regis…

The owner of any apiary equipment may apply to the director for a serial number brand for use on apiary equipment which he or she owns. The application shall contain the name and address of the applicant and shall be accompanied by a fee, as established and periodically updated, …

Upon receipt of the application and fee, the director shall register a serial number brand to the applicant. The serial number shall include a county number followed by an individual number. The county number shall be and remain the same as the number of the class of the county i…

If a serial number brand is used on wooden equipment, it shall be burned into the wood in numbers which are at least one-half inch in height. Hive bodies shall be branded on the upper left-hand corner. Frames shall be branded or stenciled on top bars. Other wooden equipment may b…

Serial number brands are transferrable. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.)

(a) If the purchaser does not have a registered brand number, he or she may use a brand acquired by purchase if a bill of sale on the purchased brand number is forwarded by registered mail to the director accompanied by a transfer fee as established and periodically updated by th…

If ownership of branded equipment is transferred, the original brand shall not be defaced or obliterated. The brand, if any, of the new owner shall be placed below the original brand and as near it as possible. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.)

It is unlawful for any person to have in his or her possession any apiary equipment which is branded with any serial number brand other than his or her own unless he or she has a bill of sale which he or she obtained from the registered owner of the serial brand number. (Added by…

It is unlawful for any person to do any one of the following: (a) Use any serial number brand unless it is registered pursuant to this article provided that the National Crime Identification Center (NCIC) numbers may be used. (b) Alter, deface, remove, or obliterate the brand on …

Any funds collected by the secretary pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, and notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, are hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, for administration, res…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, sweeteners approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use in milk products may be added to milk products. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 199, Sec. 2. Effective July 25, 1989.)

Prior to the use of any sweetener in a dairy product, the sweetener must be approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use in that milk product or the applicable milk product category. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 199, Sec. 2. Effective July 25, 1989.)

Except as otherwise provided in this article, a milk product containing any sweetener shall be in conformance with all provisions of the applicable product definition and the identity standard specified in this division for the product. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 199, Sec. 2. Eff…

A milk product containing any sweetener not included in the product identity standard shall be labeled in accordance with Section 36674 and all federal requirements, including any necessary consumer warning language and all ingredient labeling regulations. (Added by Stats. 1989, …

(a) The director shall approve the label and the name for any milk product containing any sweetener not included in the product identity standard. (b) The director may approve any name which is accurate, descriptive, not misleading, and which is consistent with applicable federal…

The director shall, within 60 days after the effective date of this article, develop and distribute guidelines applicable to food handling establishments which serve milk products intended for on-premise consumption for which packaging takes place at the point of sale to the cons…

There is in the department a Shipping Point Advisory Committee consisting of nine members. The committee shall be appointed by the director and shall be composed of shippers of fruits and vegetables using inspection and certification services of the department. The director may a…

It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that shippers of fruits and vegetables appointed to the Shipping Point Advisory Committee pursuant to this article are intended to represent and further the interest of a particular agricultural industry concerned, …

The term of office of the members of the committee is three years. Appointment of the first members shall be made so that the terms of office of three members shall expire at the end of one year and three at the end of two years and three at the end of three years. Thereafter app…

The committee shall be advisory to the director on all matters pertaining to this chapter and shall make recommendations concerning the inspection and certification services rendered, including the annual budget and fees necessary to provide adequate inspection and certification …

The director shall appoint an alternate for each committee member. In making these appointments, the director shall use the same criteria in selecting alternates as the regular members. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 996, Sec. 2.)

Alternate members shall serve at committee meetings only in the absence of the member for whom the alternate is designated to serve in place of. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 996, Sec. 3.)

Each member of the committee, or any alternate member serving in the absence of a regular member, may, with the approval of the director, be reimbursed for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his or her official duties. However, a member or alternate …

(a) In order to operate economically and reduce expenses that may adversely impact persons subject to this chapter, on or before May 1 of any year, the committee may request the secretary, and the secretary may utilize any appropriate entity, to supply the field staff, office fac…

The secretary may establish rules and procedures to guide the entity described in Section 40577. The procedures may provide for all of the following: (a) Employment, training, supervision, and compensation of inspectors. (b) Use of existing, and acquisition of additional, equipme…

The committee shall not request that the secretary utilize, and the secretary shall not utilize, an entity a majority of whose officers and employees are persons utilizing services provided by the department pursuant to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 542, Sec. 4. Effect…

The entity shall keep an accurate record of expenses incurred in performing its responsibilities. Those records shall be available for audit during regular business hours upon request of the secretary. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 542, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1995.)

The secretary may require an entity to correct or cease any activity or function that is determined by the secretary not to be in the public interest, or that is in violation of this chapter, and shall notify the entity in writing of these specific acts. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch…

The secretary shall reimburse the entity for its actual and necessary expenses upon receipt of an invoice approved by the secretary. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 542, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1995.)

Any money which is received under this chapter shall be paid monthly into the State Treasury and placed to the credit of the Department of Agriculture Fund. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The articles of incorporation of the association shall show that the signers of the articles of incorporation are engaged in the production of products, and that they propose to incorporate an association pursuant to this chapter, and shall state all of the following: (a) The nam…

Articles of incorporation shall be signed, acknowledged, and filed in the manner which is prescribed by the general laws of this state for domestic corporations. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The articles of incorporation of any association may be amended in the manner and for the purposes which are authorized by the General Corporation Law, Division 1 (commencing with Section 100), Title 1 of the Corporations Code. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The director shall provide for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of statistics and other information which relates to the production and marketing of farm products, including processed farm products, which are produced in this state, such as, but not limited to, crop an…

The director may establish such facilities and publish such bulletins and reports as are necessary and proper in keeping producers and handlers informed with regard to the supply, demand, and other economic conditions which affect the sale of any farm product which is produced in…

The director shall cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture, and with the appropriate office of the State of Oregon, to establish a market news service in the Klamath Basin. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The director shall administer and enforce this chapter and may exercise any or all of the administrative powers which are conferred by Sections 11180 to 11191, inclusive, of the Government Code upon the head of a department of the state. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

In order to effectuate the declared purposes of this chapter, the director may issue, administer, and enforce the provisions of any marketing order issued pursuant to this chapter which regulates producer marketing or the handling of any commodity within this state. (Enacted by S…