Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

Low acid frozen food shall be packaged in a container of distinctive appearance so as to indicate to the purchaser that the package is not ordinary canned goods of a nonperishable nature.

The container shall bear a suitable legend to warn consumers that the product must be kept frozen until ready for use and that the contents should not be heated before opening.

Low acid foods that are to be frozen and packaged in hermetically sealed metal containers, shall not be cooked in the container before freezing.

The department shall enforce this article.

The department may make regulations to secure the proper enforcement of this article, including regulations with respect to the sanitary preparation of articles of food for freezing, the use of containers, marks, tags, or labels, and the display of signs.

Any person, firm, corporation, or agent violating any of the provisions of this article with the exception of Article 4 (commencing with Section 113310), or any rule or regulation issued pursuant to this article, shall upon conviction be punished for the first offense by a fine n…

The Legislature finds and declares that the people of the State of California have a primary interest in the sanitary conditions under which food crops are grown and harvested for human consumption and in the health and related sanitary conditions under which the workers are empl…

For the purposes of this article “food crop” shall mean all fruits and vegetables intended for human consumption.

For the purpose of this article “food crop growing and harvesting operation” shall mean any field activity or operation wherein a food crop is grown and harvested, where five or more employees are working as a crew, unit, or group for a period of two or more hours.

Every employer shall provide or cause to be provided toilet and handwashing facilities for every food crop growing and harvesting operation.

Employees shall use the toilet and handwashing facilities provided.

Toilet facilities shall provide privacy and shall be so designed as to keep human excreta from contaminating the crop and to keep flies away from the excreta. Toilet paper shall be provided. Toilet facilities shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.

Handwashing facilities shall be such as to afford an opportunity to wash hands in clean water using soap or other suitable cleansing agent and to dispose of used wash water without nuisance or contamination of food crop.

Toilet and handwashing facilities for food crop harvesting operations shall be provided at convenient locations. For the purpose of this article “convenient” means within a five-minute walk of place of work. When, because of layout of access roads, ground terrain, or other physic…

(a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the department, after consultation with the State Departments of Food and Agriculture and Industrial Relations, may make and adopt reasonable regulations in accordance with this article pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 1134…

(a) The primary responsibility for enforcement of this article shall be vested in the local health officers; county agricultural commissioners may participate in enforcement. The State Departments of Health Services, Industrial Relations, and Food and Agriculture may also enforce…

Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any of the provisions of this article, or of the regulations adopted under this article, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all programs funded under this part shall be partially self-supporting by raising revenues in addition to the funds allocated by the department. These revenues may include, but are not limited to, fees for services, private contributio…

The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) The Sacramento metropolitan region is a geographical and meteorological entity not reflected by political boundaries. (b) The region has serious air pollution problems caused by the operation of more than 1,000,000 vehicles in th…

As used in this chapter, “best available control technology” has the meaning provided in Section 40405.

As used in this chapter, “best available retrofit control technology” has the meaning given in Section 40406.

As used in this chapter, “strategy” means the Sacramento district air quality improvement strategy.

There is hereby created the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District. The boundaries of the Sacramento district shall include all of the County of Sacramento and, pursuant to Section 40963, if the board of supervisors of the County of Placer requests to become part…

The Sacramento district is the local agency within the boundaries of the Sacramento district with the primary responsibility for the development, implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of air pollution control strategies, clean fuels programs, and motor vehicle use reduction…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, as of July 1, 1996, Article 2 (commencing with Section 40120) of Chapter 2 shall not be applicable to the Sacramento district.

(a) The Sacramento district board may, by resolution, include all or a portion of the County of Placer within the Sacramento district, upon receipt of a resolution from the board of supervisors of the county requesting inclusion and specifying the portion of the county to be incl…

(a) The Sacramento district shall, at a minimum, be governed by a district board composed of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sacramento. (b) If the County of Placer submits a resolution of inclusion, pursuant to Section 40963, one or more elected officials from that cou…

The Sacramento district board shall elect a chairperson every two years from its membership.

(a) Each member of the Sacramento district board shall receive actual and necessary expenses incurred while performing board duties. In addition, members may receive compensation for their service, as determined by the Sacramento district board at an open regular meeting. The com…

(a) The Sacramento district board shall adopt rules and regulations that are not in conflict with state and federal laws and rules and regulations that reflect the best available technological and administrative practices. Upon adoption and approval of the air quality improvement…

(a) After a public hearing, the Sacramento district may adopt regulations to require owners or operators of public or commercial motor vehicle fleets, or both, including those operated by the state, to periodically submit information to the Sacramento district on the number and t…

In consultation with the Department of Transportation and other appropriate state and local public agencies, after a public hearing, the Sacramento district may adopt regulations to encourage ridesharing, van pooling, peak shifting, or flexible work hours, in order to improve air…

The Sacramento district may adopt regulations to limit or mitigate the impact on air quality of indirect or areawide sources.

The Sacramento district may conduct public education, marketing, demonstration, monitoring, research, and evaluation programs or projects with respect to transportation emission control measures.

This chapter does not constitute an infringement on the existing authority of local governments to plan or control land use, and nothing in this chapter provides or transfers new authority over such land use to the Sacramento district.

This chapter does not limit or restrict any authority of the City of Sacramento to adopt and implement any transportation system improvement program or air quality improvement program. The Sacramento district and the City of Sacramento may enter into a contract to implement any s…

The Sacramento district may, pursuant to agreement with one or more local agencies within the district, establish the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Coordinating Council to provide for coordinated air quality planning within the Sacramento district.

Not later than January 1, 1990, the Sacramento district shall adopt an air quality improvement strategy to reduce public exposure to air pollution and toxic air contaminants and to achieve and maintain state and federal ambient air quality standards by the earliest practicable da…

The strategy shall provide for the enforcement of regulations adopted pursuant to Section 41011 or 41013 and shall provide for the implementation and enforcement of the transportation control measures included in the state implementation plan, as required by state and federal law…

(a) The strategy shall include a clean fuels program to provide, to the extent feasible and necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, a schedule for the introduction of cleaner burning alternative fuels and low-emission motor vehicles or control measures providing equi…

The strategy shall provide for the implementation of all feasible measures to improve transportation system management and reduce or mitigate increases in motor vehicle use within the Sacramento Valley region.

In preparing, evaluating, and amending the strategy, the district may contract with the Sacramento Area Council of Governments or with any private organization or consultant for the preparation of analyses of the availability and effectiveness of transportation controls and motor…

The strategy shall include a public education program designed to achieve effective implementation of all feasible transportation system management measures.

The strategy shall be consistent with any nonattainment area plan required by state or federal law, or any requirement imposed on a local agency with respect to the preparation or administration of a plan.

(a) The Sacramento district may adopt a schedule of fees, levied on permitted and other sources of air pollution, subject to regulation by the Sacramento district, to recover its costs of implementing this chapter. (b) The Sacramento district may contract with a county or countie…

(a) Subject to Article 3.7 (commencing with Section 53720) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, or with the approval of the board of supervisors of each county included, in whole or in part, within the Sacramento district, the Sacramento distric…

Pursuant to Section 41081, the district may undertake programs which may include, but are not limited to, financial assistance to fleet operators for the purchase, conversion, or operation of low-emission motor vehicles, financial assistance or other incentives to encourage the s…

(a) (1) The Sacramento district shall prepare a wildfire smoke air pollution emergency plan as an informational source for local agencies and the public during a wildfire smoke air pollution emergency. (2) The Sacramento district shall develop the wildfire smoke air pollution eme…

(a) The Sacramento district board shall adopt the plan prepared pursuant to Section 41090 to be eligible for any available funding to implement the plan. (b) The Sacramento district may work with local agencies to implement recommendations in the plan prepared pursuant to Section…

The Sacramento district may conduct public education, marketing, demonstration, monitoring, research, and evaluation programs or projects with respect to wildfire smoke impact control measures.