Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

(a) In addition to any other penalty or fine prescribed by law, including, but not limited to, denial, suspension, or revocation of any license, permit or registration pursuant to Sections 236 and 32811, a dairy producer found to have produced milk in violation of the drug residu…

Grade A raw milk is market milk which conforms to all the following minimum requirements: (a) The health of the cows and goats shall be determined at least once in two months by an official representative of an approved milk inspection service, or a milk inspection service which …

All persons who come in contact with grade A raw milk shall exercise scrupulous cleanliness and shall not be afflicted with any communicable disease or be in a condition to disseminate the germs of any communicable disease which is liable to be conveyed by milk. The absence of su…

Milk for grade A pasteurized milk is market milk that conforms to all the following minimum requirements: (a) The health of the cows or goats shall be determined at least once in six months by an official representative of an approved milk inspection service, or a milk inspection…

Quiescently frozen confections means a clean and wholesome frozen, sweetened, flavored product in the manufacture of which freezing, which is not accompanied with stirring or agitation (generally known as quiescent freezing), has been used. This confection may be acidulated with …

Quiescently frozen confections may be sold under trade names which are not misleading or deceptive. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

A quiescently frozen confection shall be manufactured in a form of servings, individually packaged, bagged, or otherwise wrapped, properly labeled, and purveyed to the consumer in their original factory-filled package. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

In the production of a quiescently frozen confection, no processing or mixing prior to the quiescent freezing shall be used that develops in the finished confection mix any physical expansion in excess of 10 percent. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Loads of tomatoes which are offered for delivery by a producer to a processor in accordance with the terms of a contract between them shall be given inspection as may be required without undue delay and within a reasonable time after the load arrives at the processor or other poi…

Any load of tomatoes which is so offered for inspection and delivery that is rendered unsuitable for processing purposes as a direct result of unwarranted delay in inspection, willfully or negligently caused or permitted by the processor, shall be paid for by the processor at the…

In addition to any other remedy, the producer so offering for inspection and delivery any load of tomatoes that has incurred any added handling costs as a direct result of the unwarranted delay in inspection and delivery, willfully or negligently caused or permitted by a processo…

No producer shall have any rights under this article unless he shall register each load of tomatoes with the processor at the time he offers the load for inspection and delivery. The registration shall be made by obtaining from the processor a certificate, which the processor is,…

The commissioner of each county and any qualified representative of the commissioner may, upon request, issue certificates which state that the fruits, nuts, or vegetables which have been inspected meet all the requirements of this division or the requirements of the state or cou…

The certificate shall contain a description of the fruits, nuts, or vegetables which were inspected, including quantity, indentifying marks on containers, identification of location or vehicle, and any other facts which are necessary to readily identify such lot. (Enacted by Stat…

(a) The board of supervisors of a county with a mandatory inspection ordinance for any commodity may by county ordinance, in lieu of the certificate authorized by Sections 42791 and 42792, certify compliance of a product by means of a county certification stamp or device. The cer…

(a) The board of supervisors of the county may establish a schedule of fees for the certification inspection or certificates to be paid by owners, shippers, or other interested parties that request such certification inspection or certificates. The schedule of fees which is estab…

Any lot of fruits, nuts, or vegetables which bears or is accompanied by a certificate of inspection that readily identifies such lot which was issued by any commissioner or the qualified representative of the commissioner shall not be rejected from transportation or sale within t…

(a) The board of supervisors of the county may establish reasonable fees to cover the cost incurred by commissioners in the enforcement of standards for salad products as defined by regulations established pursuant to Section 42684. (b) The fees shall be based on the approximate …

(a) This section applies to lots of fruits, nuts, and vegetables imported into California which have not been sold, offered for sale, distributed in this state, or have not otherwise entered commercial distribution channels in this state. (b) When the director or a commissioner f…

The secretary or the commissioner and any qualified representative of the commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed “stop-sale” order to the owner or custodian of any lot of agricultural or vegetable seed that he or she finds is in violation of any provision of this…

It is unlawful for any person to move or otherwise dispose of any lot of seed which is held under a “stop-sale” order except under written permission of an enforcing officer or under his specific direction and for the purposes which are specified. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.…

The owner or custodian of seed which is held under a “stop sale” order shall, upon demand, have the right to a hearing before the director or the commissioner as to the justification of any such order, and may appeal to the director from any order of the commissioner made under t…

This article does not limit the right of the enforcement officer to proceed as authorized by other sections of this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Any decision of the director pursuant to this article is subject to review by any court of competent jurisdiction. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Any area within the state which is not already included in a proration zone that produces the same kind or variety of a commodity as is produced in a proration zone which is already established pursuant to this chapter, and regulated by a marketing program, may be added or annexe…

A petition to change the boundaries of any proration zone may be filed with the director by producers that produce not less than 10 percent of the production of the commodity which is affected that is produced within the boundaries of the proration zone which is established, or w…

After the hearing, findings shall be made and procedures followed which are in accordance with the applicable provisions of Article 5 (commencing with Section 59641) of this chapter. If the findings are positive, a marketing program is issued, and a proration zone with new bounda…

If the marketing program which is submitted is not assented to by producers in sufficient number and by sufficient volume to meet the requirements of Article 9 (commencing with Section 59851) of this chapter, the director shall dismiss the proceedings which were instituted to cha…

The director shall designate marketing areas which he deems necessary or advisable to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, and in which he finds the conditions affecting the production, handling, and sale of market milk, are reasonably uniform. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1192…

The director may establish additional areas, or modify areas previously established, if he deems the establishment or modification of such areas necessary or advisble to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1192.)

If the director finds, after a public hearing in and for each particular marketing area under consideration for consolidation, that conditions of production and handling are reasonably uniform in two or more such marketing areas in which stabilization and marketing plans are in e…

The director shall conduct, or may cause the council to conduct, programs of education, research, or public information, which are designed to accomplish the following purposes, among others: (a) Increase the consumption of beef and beef products. (b) Gather, publicize, and disse…

No program or activity which is conducted or sponsored pursuant to this chapter shall make false or unwarranted claims, or disparage the quality, value, use, or sale of any commodity authorized by law to be marketed in this state, nor shall any such program be conducted with refe…

The council shall not expend beef council funds for the advertising of brand name beef products, unless the expenditures are approved by a two-thirds vote of the council with the concurrence of the secretary. The council may expend beef council funds to conduct cost-sharing adver…

The State Veterinarian may impose a quarantine pursuant to Section 9562 when any bovine animal reacts positively to a tuberculosis test conducted by an approved veterinarian or a duly authorized representative of the department or of the United States Department of Agriculture, o…

The value of the reacting bovine animal for which indemnity is paid shall be determined in accordance with the provisions in Sections 9592 and 9593. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 246, Sec. 42. Effective August 23, 2004.)

Within 30 days after the appraisal of the reacting bovine animal, it shall be slaughtered under the supervision of the State Veterinarian. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 246, Sec. 43. Effective August 23, 2004.)

Animals shall be tested or slaughtered pursuant to this article even if indemnity funds are unavailable. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 246, Sec. 44. Effective August 23, 2004.)

The slaughtering of any reacting bovine animal, pursuant to this article, shall be under the supervision of the department, or of the United States Department of Agriculture. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 246, Sec. 45. Effective August 23, 2004.)

The carcasses of the slaughtered animals shall be disposed of pursuant to the regulations of the department or the rules and regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture that govern meat inspection. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 246, Sec. 46. Effective August 23, 200…

If an animal is slaughtered pursuant to this article, and indemnity funds are available, the owner may receive part or all of the following: (a) The proceeds of the sale of the salvage of the animal. (b) From the United States Department of Agriculture, any sum that is authorized…

Indemnity provided by this article shall not be paid to any person in any of the following cases: (a) For any bovine animal that is brought into a tuberculosis control area that reacts to a tuberculosis test that is applied within 90 days after arrival of the animal in the area, …

A subsequent payment of indemnity shall not be made to any person in any of the following cases: (a) Unless the provisions of this chapter have been fully complied with for each and every bovine animal added to his herd. (b) Unless and until the premises are maintained in a sanit…

The pedigree of any purebred bovine animal shall be proved by a certificate of registry from the herd books where the animal is registered. The registration papers of any purebred bovine animal which is slaughtered because of tuberculosis and for which indemnity is paid shall be …

Each claim against the state for payment for the slaughter of any reacting bovine shall be presented to the State Controller and paid out of appropriations or funds available for that purpose in accordance with law. Every claim shall be paid within 60 days after the date of prese…

A pesticide is adulterated in any of the following cases: (a) Its strength or purity falls below the standard or quality that it is represented to have. (b) Any ingredient that is necessary to its effectiveness has been wholly or in part abstracted or omitted in its manufacture, …