Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

It is unlawful for any person to transport, receive, or import into the state any plant or any thing against which a quarantine has been established, or any plant, unless he does both of the following: (a) Notifies the director or the commissioner of the county in which the plant…

If there is no commissioner in the county where the plant or thing is received, the person that transports, receives, or imports the plant or thing into the state shall notify the director, who shall make immediate arrangements for its inspection. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.…

The officer who makes the inspection may enter at any time into any conveyance or place within the state where the plant or thing is located to ascertain whether it is, or is liable to be, infested or infected with any pest. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The secretary may enter into agreements with the regulatory officials of other states or the United States Department of Agriculture to provide for the application of various pest risk mitigation measures to the shipments of plants or bee colonies at the place of origin. Shipment…

(a) Any certificate that has been altered, defaced, or improperly completed or changed is void. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (1) Alter, deface, or otherwise falsify or change, a certificate that is attached to any plant shipment or other thi…

This chapter shall be known as the “California Beef Council 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.)

“Beef” includes veal. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Beef products” includes veal products. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

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

“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, association, cooperative association, and any other business unit or organization. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1010, Sec. 132. Effective January 1, 1995.)

“Producer” means any person that is engaged in the business of raising, breeding, feeding, or growing cattle or calves for dairy production or for beef production. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The director by regulation shall provide for periodic inspections of nurseries and may prescribe standards of cleanliness for nursery stock which is produced or sold within the state. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The standards of cleanliness may: (a) Provide that all nursery stock shall be kept free from pests of limited distribution or pests which are not known to be established in this state and commercially clean in respect to established pests of general distribution. (b) Prescribe me…

The commissioner shall inspect all nurseries within his jurisdiction when and as required by the regulations of the director. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The commissioner shall issue such orders as may reasonably be necessary to insure compliance with the standards of cleanliness. Any interested person, upon request, is entitled to a hearing before the director to review any order which is issued by a commissioner pursuant to this…

It is unlawful for any person to disseminate the seed of any pest within this state. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The enforcement of this chapter is under the supervision of the director. He shall make such regulations as he may deem necessary to properly carry out the provisions of this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The provisions of this chapter are in addition to the requirements which are specified in the following provisions of this code: (a) Article 1 (commencing with Section 5701), Chapter 8, Part 1 of this division. (b) Article 2 (commencing with Section 5721), Chapter 8, Part 1 of th…

When moved for the purpose of immediate slaughter, cattle which are infected with, or exposed to, the Boophilus annulatus tick shall be dipped or treated in the manner which is prescribed by the department, unless they are to be loaded directly on railroad cars at the point of or…

If upon examination of any cattle or sheep, the director finds any cattle which are infected with the Boophilus annulatus tick, or sheep or cattle which are infected with, or exposed to, scabies, he shall forthwith notify, in writing, the owner or person that is in control of the…

If, at the expiration of 10 days from the date on which notice was given, the owner or person in control of the cattle or sheep has failed to dip the cattle or sheep in accordance with the directions of the director, the director shall immediately take possession of the cattle or…

If upon examination at the end of the 10 days the director finds that the cattle have been dipped or otherwise treated for the extermination of ticks but are still infected, he shall instruct the owner or person in possession of the cattle to continue the dipping or treatment as …

If upon examination at any time the department finds that the cattle are again infected with the ticks or that the owner or person in control of the cattle has not continued to properly dip or otherwise treat the cattle as instructed, the director shall take possession of the cat…

If the director has reason to believe that the disease known as scabies exists in a flock of sheep or in a herd of cattle, he shall notify the owner or person that is in control of the sheep or cattle to gather all the sheep or cattle in a corral in order that the sheep or cattle…

If the owner or person that is in control of the sheep or cattle does not gather all of the sheep or cattle in a corral for the examination, the director shall gather the sheep or cattle in a corral for the examination. He may hire such necessary help as may be required to gather…

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

“Accredited herd” means a herd of cattle for which the owner holds a valid certificate of accreditation issued to him by the United States Department of Agriculture and the department. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Approved veterinarian” means a veterinarian who has been granted permission by the department to buy, possess, or use tuberculin. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Bovine animals” means cattle. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 246, Sec. 1. Effective August 23, 2004.)

“State TB status” means an area so declared by the United States Department of Agriculture. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 246, Sec. 5. Effective August 23, 2004.)

“Premises” means any place where cattle have been or are kept. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Purebred animal” means an animal which is identified in the herd book of a breed record association that is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Reactor” or “reacting bovine animal” means any bovine animal that reacts positively to a tuberculosis test or that is determined to be tuberculosis upon examination. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 246, Sec. 6. Effective August 23, 2004.)

“Tuberculosis test” means the use of an official test for diagnosing tuberculosis in cattle. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 246, Sec. 8. Effective August 23, 2004.)

“Tuberculosis control area” means an area which is established and delimited as such by proclamation of the department. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Tuberculosis-exposed cattle” means cattle that have been in contact with, or exposed to, any reactor or tuberculosis infected premises, or any tuberculosis infected material. (Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 246, Sec. 9. Effective August 23, 2004.)

The director may make and enforce such regulations as are reasonable and necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The director may enter any premises where garbage is fed to swine and may examine and test any equipment or facilities for processing and handling garbage. He may in writing order any person that is subject to this chapter to cease the operation of any equipment or facility which…

Every person that is subject to this chapter shall keep and maintain such records or memoranda and furnish such reports as the director by regulations may require. The records and memoranda shall be open to inspection by the director during usual business hours. (Enacted by Stats…

The director may adopt regulations which are reasonably necessary to carry out this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

A copy of the regulations which are adopted by the director pursuant to this chapter shall be mailed to each registrant promptly upon promulgation of the regulation. The failure to receive such copy is no defense to a violation of any regulation. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)…

Any person who is charged with the enforcement or execution of this chapter shall not be directly or indirectly interested in the sale, manufacture, or distribution of any pesticide. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 361, Sec. 32. Effective January 1, 1997.)

Any money that is received by the director pursuant to this chapter shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Pesticide Regulation Fund. Registration fees and assessments received pursuant to this chapter shall be expended only for the administratio…

The director may make any and all necessary investigations relative to reported violations of this part pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180), Chapter 2, Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

No packer shall own or control, directly or indirectly, through stock ownership or control or otherwise, by himself or through his agents or employees, any interest in a stockyard. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)