Title FAC — California Food & Agric. Code

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following with regard to the direct marketing of agricultural products: (a) Direct marketing of agricultural products benefits the agricultural community and the consumer by, among other things, providing an alternative method for gro…

The following definitions apply to this chapter, unless otherwise specified: (a) (1) “Agricultural product” means a fresh or processed product produced in California, including fruits, nuts, vegetables, herbs, mushrooms, dairy, shell eggs, honey, pollen, unprocessed bees wax, pro…

(a) The secretary may adopt regulations to encourage the direct sale by farmers to the public of all types of California agricultural products. It is the intent of the Legislature that, in adopting those regulations, the secretary shall endeavor to keep costs incurred by farmers …

California farmers registered or certified pursuant to this chapter as direct marketing producers may transport for sale and sell California-grown fresh fruits, nuts, and vegetables that they produce, directly to the public, and shall be exempt from size, standard pack, container…

The secretary may establish qualifications for persons selling products directly to the public whenever the sales involve the use of any exemption granted by this chapter. Certified farmers’ markets and other direct marketing outlets and distributors may likewise be subject to qu…

(a) Certified farmers’ markets are California agricultural product point-of-sale locations that are registered under the provisions of Section 47020 and operated in accordance with this chapter and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter. (b) The operator of a certified farm…

An enforcing officer may enter and inspect any place or conveyance where products are produced, stored, packed, delivered for shipment, loaded, shipped, transported, or sold pertaining to a certified producer’s certificate over which they have jurisdiction.

An enforcing officer may inspect all products, containers, and equipment found in any place or conveyance to determine compliance with this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder. The enforcing officer may also take representatives samples of products and containers, which…

An enforcing officer may seize and hold as evidence all or any part of any container, pack, load, bulk lot, consignment or shipment of products which is packed, delivered for shipment, loaded, shipped, transported, or sold to secure the conviction of the party the enforcing offic…

Any evidence that is seized under the authority of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder by an enforcing officer in any county may be admitted into evidence in any action taken by any other county.

Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to preclude the creation and keeping of additional information that a certified farmers’ market operator may endeavor itself to create and keep, or to contractually require a vendor to provide additional information as a condition to s…

(a) A “certified mobile farmers’ market” means a mobile food facility, as defined in Section 113831 of the Health and Safety Code, that moves to various California agricultural product point-of-sale locations at predetermined and regular intervals operated by a California produce…

(a) An enforcing officer may enter and inspect any place or conveyance where products are produced, stored, packed, delivered for shipment, loaded, shipped, transported, or sold pertaining to a certified mobile farmers’ market over which they have jurisdiction. (b) An enforcing o…

An operator of a certified mobile farmers’ market shall register annually with the department as a certified mobile farmers’ market, which shall include all of the following: (a) A statement specifying the location from where the agricultural products are sourced, including a cer…

(a) The fee for, or the fee for amendment to, the annual registration of a certified mobile farmers’ market shall be set by regulation enacted by the secretary that is reflective of the actual cost of the processing of registration or amendment to the registration, but in no even…

(a) The secretary shall establish a committee that shall be known as the Certified Farmers’ Market Advisory Committee. The primary goals of the committee shall be all of the following: (1) Promote the demand and consumption of agricultural products purchased directly from produce…

The Certified Farmers’ Market Advisory Committee shall be advisory to the secretary on matters pertaining to direct marketing of agricultural products at certified farmers’ markets and may make recommendations, including, but not limited to, the following: (a) The amendment, repe…

The members of the committee and any alternate shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed by the department for travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

(a) An operator of a certified farmers’ market shall register with the department by applying for and obtaining a certificate from the county agricultural commissioner’s office in the county in which the certified farmers’ market is located. The application shall include the time…

(a) Every operator of a certified farmers’ market shall remit to the department, within 30 days after the end of each quarter, a fee equal to the number of vendors participating and selling goods under the authority and management of the certified farmers’ market operator partici…

It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to prepare, pack, place, deliver for shipment, deliver for sale, load, ship, transport, cause to be transported, or sell any products in bulk, or in any contain…

It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to deceptively prepare, pack, place, deliver for shipment, load, ship, transport, or sell any products.

It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to mislabel any products, or place or have any false or misleading statement or designation of quality, grade, trademark, or trade name, on any wrapper or conta…

It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to falsify any documents or to make any statement, representation, or assertion orally, by public outcry, proclamation, or in writing, or by any other manner or…

It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to remove or dispose any products, or their containers to which any warning tag or notice has been affixed by an enforcing officer, or to remove the warning tag…

It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to refuse to submit any container, subcontainer, load, or display of products to the inspection of an enforcing officer, or to refuse to stop any vehicle which …

It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to refuse to submit to inspection by an enforcing officer of any property used in the sales, storage, or production of agricultural products.

It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to alter in any respect any certified producer’s certificate, any certified farmers’ market certificate, any notice of violation, report, statement, or other do…

(a) In lieu of prosecution, but not precluding suspension or revocation of certified producer’s certificates or certified farmers’ market certificates pursuant to any other authority, the secretary or the county agricultural commissioner may impose an administrative civil penalty…

Field retail stands are producer-owned and operated premises located at or near the point of production established in accordance with local ordinances and land use codes.

Farm stands arefield retail stands, as defined in Section 47030, that sell or offer for sale California agricultural products grown or produced by the producer, and also sell or offer for sale nonpotentially hazardous prepackaged food products from an approved source or bottled w…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Community-supported agriculture program” or “CSA program” means a program under which a registered California direct marketing producer, or a group of registered California direct marketing producers, grow food f…

(a) A producer that markets whole produce, shell eggs, or processed foods through a single-farm community-supported agriculture program or multi-farm community-supported agriculture program shall comply with all of the following: (1) Register annually with the department as a Cal…

(a) The fee for, or the fee for amendment to, the annual registration of a registered California direct marketing producer shall be set by regulation enacted by the secretary that is reflective of the actual cost of the processing of registration or amendment to the registration,…