Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

Any enforcement officer may, while enforcing this chapter or any regulations adopted by the director pursuant to this chapter, issue a hold card for all or any part of any pack, load, lot, consignment, or shipment of eggs which are packed, stored, delivered for shipment, loaded, …

A commissioner in each county or the director shall perform a point-of-origin inspection on the eggs in the county of their origin to ensure that the eggs inspected meet all applicable regulations. The inspections performed under this section shall include inspections at shell eg…

(a) The director, or the commissioner under the direction and supervision of the director, shall inspect eggs at the point of destination upon the request of a retailer or a consumer. The director, or the commissioner under the direction and supervision of the director, may also …

The enforcing officer may, and, if requested by an enforcing officer of the state or county of destination, shall, affix a warning to any vehicle or other means of transportation, or to any eggs not previously available for inspection in California unless accompanied by a federal…

The warning notice, and disposal order which directs the proper disposition of eggs, and the disposal order receipt to be signed by an enforcing officer at destination which confirms that disposition, shall be in the form which is specified by, and provided by, the director. (Add…

The enforcing officer at the point of destination of a load or lot shall determine that the load or lot has been delivered to the consignee at the destination which is specified in the order and shall then release the load or lot and countersign the disposal order receipt so give…

It is unlawful for any person to deliver any eggs which are subject to a disposal order to any person or destination except the person or destination which is shown on the disposal order, unless he or she is specifically authorized in writing to do so by an enforcing officer. (Ad…

It is unlawful for any person to dispose of any eggs which are subject to a disposal order prior to the release in writing of the load or lot by the enforcing officer at the point of destination. This section does not, however, make it unlawful for any person to unload and store …

It is unlawful for any person to use or dispose of any eggs for which a disposal order has been issued, in any manner or for any purpose except the manner or purpose for which the disposal order was issued, unless the person is specifically authorized in writing to do so by an en…

The secretary may adopt by regulation and establish, maintain, and enforce a quarantine at the boundaries of, or within, the state, to protect the bee industry against the introduction or spread of any bee pest. The secretary may make and enforce such regulations as may be necess…

If any quarantine is established pursuant to this article, no person shall move any bees, comb, hive, or appliance, across the lines established by the quarantine except pursuant to the regulations of the director. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.)

If an inspector finds any pest or disease which is known to be contagious in any apiary, the inspector may hold the apiary and may require that abatement be performed under his or her direct supervision. The inspector shall give notice that the apiary is held to the owner or bail…

If notice that an apiary is being held has been given pursuant to Section 29112, no person shall move the apiary, or any part of the apiary, or any other bee equipment from the location, unless the person is authorized by an inspector, until the hold order is released. (Repealed …

Upon request of the owner of any apiary which is held pursuant to an order by an inspector, the inspector shall release the hold order by issuing a permit to move the apiary if the inspector determines that the pest or disease has been abated. The permit shall state on it that th…

An association is not subject in any manner to the terms of the Corporate Securities Law, Division 1 (commencing with Section 25000), Title 4 of the Corporations Code, and any association may issue its membership certificates or stock or other securities as provided in this chapt…

If an association issues nonpar value stock, the issuance of such stock shall be governed by the terms of all general laws which cover the issuance of nonpar value stock in domestic corporations. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

If an association with preferred shares of stock purchases the stock or any property, or any interest in any property of any person, it may discharge the obligations which are so incurred, wholly or in part, by exchanging for the acquired interest, shares of its preferred stock t…

The board of directors of every association shall cause to be sent to the members of the association not later than 120 days after the close of the fiscal or calendar year an annual report of the operations of the association, unless such report is expressly dispensed with in the…

Any marketing order which is issued pursuant to this chapter shall provide for the establishment of an advisory board to assist the director in the administration of any marketing order. The members of the advisory board shall be appointed by the director and may hold office at t…

If the marketing order affects directly only producers of a particular commodity, the members of the advisory board shall be producers. If the marketing order affects directly only handlers of a particular commodity, the members of the advisory board shall be handlers. If the mar…

Any raisin marketing order or agreement involving producers operating under this chapter shall provide for, and the director shall appoint, a person to represent cooperative bargaining associations organized pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 54401) of Division 20 fro…

Upon the recommendation of the advisory board, the director may appoint one person who is neither a producer nor a handler to represent the department or the public generally. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

A member of an advisory board is entitled to actual expenses which are incurred while engaged in performing duties that are authorized by this chapter and, with the approval of the advisory board concerned, may receive compensation not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) per day for ea…

The director may authorize an advisory board to do all of the following: (a) Enter into contracts or agreements. (b) Employ necessary personnel, including attorneys engaged in the private practice of the law, and fix their compensation and terms of employment. (c) Incur such expe…

The duties of an advisory board are administrative only and any such board may do only the following: (a) Subject to the approval of the director, administer the marketing order. (b) Recommend to the director administrative rules and regulations which relate to the marketing orde…

Each advisory board shall, annually, report to the members of the industry who are subject to its marketing order on the activities and program, including, but not limited to, the income and expenses, the fund balance, and a report of progress in achieving program goals, of such …

The members or alternate members of any advisory board, including employees of the advisory board, are not responsible individually in any way whatsoever to any person for liability on any contract or agreement of the advisory board. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

In addition to the advisory board, one or more special committees or subcommittees may be established to assist the advisory board in carrying out its duties and functions. Upon approval of the director, each advisory board may establish committees or subcommittees to carry out a…

If the marketing order so authorizes, or upon the recommendation of the advisory board, the director may authorize the establishment of special committees or subcommittees of persons who are not members or alternate members of the board to perform specific duties and functions. T…

An advisory board may at any time invite any persons to their meetings to serve in an advisory capacity and the director may, if requested by the advisory board, pay necessary expenses to such persons at rates not to exceed those granted to advisory board members. (Enacted by Sta…

Any action of any committee, special committee, or subcommittee of the board is subject to final approval by the advisory board. Members and alternate members of any committee, special committee, or subcommittee, whether by appointment or approval of the director, are entitled to…

It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that the producers, or handlers, or both producers and handlers, appointed to any advisory board pursuant to this article are intended to represent and further the interest of a particular agricultural industry conc…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 11123 of the Government Code, all of the following shall apply to a meeting held by teleconference under this chapter by an advisory board: (1) A member of the advisory board participating by teleconference shall be listed in the minutes of the meeting…

For the purposes of this article, each subsidiary manufacturing milk plant, or branch manufacturing milk plant, whether under one ownership or not, shall be considered as an individual manufacturing milk handler. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 446, Sec. 4.)

“Manufacturing milk handler” means any person defined as a manufacturing milk handler pursuant to Section 61402. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 446, Sec. 4.)

It is unlawful for a manufacturing milk handler who is not licensed under Article 12 (commencing with Section 62141) of Chapter 2 to handle manufacturing milk without first obtaining a manufacturing milk handler’s license pursuant to this article. In addition, pursuant to Section…

Application for the license provided by this article shall be made on forms prescribed by the director, accompanied by an application fee as prescribed in Section 61494, and state the name and address of the applicant and any details specifically related to the nature of the appl…

One-half of the valid license renewals shall be issued for a period of 24 months beginning January 1, 1988. The application fee for the renewal of the 24-month license shall be twenty-five dollars ($25). The remaining valid license renewals shall be issued for a period of 12 mont…

(a) Upon the request of the director or an authorized representative, the district attorney of the county where the eggs and their containers that are a public nuisance are found, shall maintain, in the name of the people of the State of California, a civil action to abate and pr…

Except as otherwise provided in Section 29121, no person shall import or transport into the state any comb, bees on comb, queen bees, package bees, bee semen, or any used hive or used appliance, unless each separate load, lot, or shipment is accompanied by a valid certificate pre…

(a) A person may import or transport any of the following into the state without complying with the requirements prescribed by Section 29120: (1) Packaged comb honey. (2) Empty package bee cages. (3) Moving screens. (4) Bee smokers. (5) Bee veils. (6) Hive tools. (b) No importati…

Except as provided in Section 29123, the certificate required by Section 29120 shall be signed by the State Entomologist, State Apiary Inspector, or comparable officer in charge of apiary inspection for the state or territory of origin and shall certify to all of the following fa…

In lieu of the requirements of Section 29122, the certificate required by Section 29120 may be a California certificate of inspection issued pursuant to Sections 29140 to 29145, inclusive, and showing the comb, bees on comb, or hives or appliances has or had been inspected in Cal…

Any shipment of bees on comb, used hives, or used appliances arriving in this state which is not accompanied by, where required by Section 29120, a valid certificate shall be refused entry and returned to the shipper or destroyed, at the option and expense of the owner or person …

The certificates required by Section 29120 are valid only during the inspection season in which they were issued, except that a certificate that covers a shipment arriving prior to April 1 from a locality that has severe winters shall be valid if it shows the last inspection of t…

(a) If any bees, comb, hives, or appliances entering California are found to be diseased at the time of inspection in this state within 30 days after arrival, the inspector may hold the apiary, lot, or shipment. The inspector shall give notice to the owner or bailee, as prescribe…