Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

In the absence of an express warranty, the mere sale of livestock shall not be construed to imply a warranty of such livestock for any particular purpose. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

In the absence of any express warranty, the sale of livestock for slaughter, whether the slaughter will be immediate or otherwise, shall not imply a warranty of fitness for any particular purpose or warranty of merchantable quality, notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions …

This part, except Section 26008, does not apply to poultry meat or a container of poultry meat which is marked with the official class as prescribed by the Consumer and Marketing Service of the United States Department of Agriculture; if such official class marking meets the requ…

This part, except Section 26008, does not apply to poultry meat which is marked as to a class that is officially approved by another inspection service whose requirements for class markings meet the requirements of this part. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

(a) This part does not apply to poultry meat which is derived from poultry which is produced upon the premises where it is slaughtered if the poultry meat is sold by the producer in any of the following ways: (1) At retail upon the premises. (2) At retail off of the premises, eit…

This part does not apply to poultry meat which is derived from poultry which is slaughtered, dressed, and sold on the premises where it is produced for purposes other than resale, if the entire poultry meat output of the producer of such poultry is so sold. (Enacted by Stats. 196…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The California citrus industry is in the process of adapting to a more competitive marketplace and to consumer tastes that continue to change. In the past five years, an estimated 40,000 acres of citrus have been re…

(a) Not later than 15 days after enactment of this chapter, the secretary shall designate a Seedless Mandarin and Honeybee Coexistence Working Group from recommendations received by interested stakeholders. The Seedless Mandarin and Honeybee Coexistence Working Group shall be est…

The secretary shall give the Seedless Mandarin and Honeybee Coexistence Working Group reasonable time to develop best management practices described in Section 29810. (a) If the Seedless Mandarin and Honeybee Coexistence Working Group reaches consensus of best management practice…

(a) A board of supervisors may provide for the issuance of serially numbered metallic dog licenses pursuant to this section. The dog licenses shall be stamped with the name of the county and the year of issue. (b) The board of supervisors or animal control department may authoriz…

Each application for a dog license tag shall state the age, sex, color, and breed of the dog for which the license is desired and the address of the owner. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

(a) The animal control department shall endorse upon the application for a dog license tag the number of the license tag issued. (b) All applications that have been endorsed shall be kept on file in the office of the animal control department open to public inspection. (Amended b…

The fee for the issuance of the dog license tag is fifty cents ($0.50). The board of supervisors may, however, increase the fee. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Whenever dog license tags are issued pursuant to this division, any such tag shall be issued for one-half or less of the fee required for a dog, if a certificate is presented from a licensed veterinarian that the dog has been spayed or neutered. (Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 361.)

(a) The owner of a nonspayed or unneutered dog that is impounded once by a city or county animal control agency or shelter, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or humane society, shall be fined thirty-five dollars ($35) on the first occurrence, fifty dollars ($50) o…

The board of supervisors shall fix the compensation of the animal control department for issuing dog license tags. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 118, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2005.)

Any licensed kennel may be exempted pursuant to regulation or ordinance from any requirement to obtain a license tag for each dog within the kennel. (Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 361.)

All funds appropriated by the Legislature or designated for California fairs and expositions pursuant to this chapter or any other law shall be deposited into the Fair and Exposition Fund and be continuously appropriated pursuant to, and for the purposes of, Sections 3204 and 320…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the Department of Food and Agriculture is responsible for ensuring the integrity of the Fair and Exposition Fund, administering allocations from the fund to the network of California fairs, as defined in Sections 3101 to 3104, inclusive…

From the total revenue received by the department, the Legislature shall annually appropriate to the department those sums as it deems necessary for the following purposes: (a) For the oversight of the network of California fairs receiving money from the Fair and Exposition Fund.…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a return filed with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) to report gross receipts for sales and use tax purposes shall segregate the gross receipts of the seller and the sales price of the property on a line or a separ…

(a) Any unallocated balance from Section 3202, 3203, or 3205, revenue deposited into the Fair and Exposition Fund pursuant to Section 19614 of the Business and Professions Code, and funding appropriated by the Legislature or otherwise designated for California fairs pursuant to t…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, at the direction of the Secretary of Food and Agriculture with the concurrence of the Director of Finance, all revenues that are deposited into the Fair and Exposition Fund pursuant to Section 3203 may first be deposited into a separate account …

All revenues payable to the state and deposited in a separate account in the fund pursuant to Section 3205 that are allocated by the secretary for the purposes of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 3205 are hereby pledged for the repayment of the principal of, and intere…

(a) Any joint powers agency requesting money in connection with the issuance of bonds for the purposes described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 3205 shall file an application with the secretary, in the form required by the secretary. (b) The secretary shall, upon …

It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting Sections 3206, 3207, and 3209 to provide the revenues necessary for the financing by joint powers agencies of the described facilities and projects, which shall be deemed to be public capital improvements within the meaning of Artic…

(a) The State of California does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds or other indebtedness issued, and with those joint powers agencies that may enter into project agreements with fairs or other third parties or authorize bonds or other indebtedness to be iss…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, neither the state nor the department is liable for any contract or tort of, or any action taken or any failure to act by, any fair in the network of California fairs that does not comply with the requirements of Section 3214. (b) No member of th…

(a) (1) The secretary shall prepare and submit to the Department of Finance an estimate of revenue to be deposited into the fund and allocations to be made from the fund for each fiscal year. (2) The Director of Finance may authorize short-term cashflow loans from the unappropria…

(a) In order to maintain their eligibility to receive funds or to utilize state assets, the fairs specified in Section 3101 shall do all of the following: (1) File an annual statement of operations with the department. (2) Conduct an annual fair that includes agriculture and othe…

(a) The authority of the department shall include, but is not limited to, requiring the California Exposition and State Fair to meet all applicable standards prescribed by the department. (b) The department may delegate approval authority for matters as the department may determi…

(a) The authority of the department shall include, but is not limited to, requiring district agricultural associations to meet all applicable standards prescribed by the department. (b) The department may delegate approval authority for matters as the department may determine to …

The authority of the department shall include, but is not limited to, requiring county fairs and citrus fruit fairs to do all of the following: (a) Meet all applicable standards prescribed by the department. (b) Submit to the department for review and approval every five years a …

Funds appropriated from the Fair and Exposition Fund may be expended for the payment of premiums, for capital outlay purposes, including the purchase of land and equipment for construction and improvements, and for the general support and maintenance of the network of California …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 3216, any unanticipated revenues, other than any allocation from the state, that are in excess of the approved budget for any fiscal or calendar year of any California fair shall be retained by that fair. (b) These funds may be expended, without regard…

If any California fair does not hold a fair in any year because of war conditions, or because the grounds or buildings of the fair have been taken over and occupied by the United States or its armed forces, or that fair is not held due to an act of God, or any unavoidable catastr…

The department may make and may administer loans from the Fair and Exposition Fund to any fair in the network of California fairs according to agreements that are specific to the circumstances that gave rise to a receiving fair’s need for a loan, subject to the fair’s demonstrate…

Notwithstanding any other law, any fair qualified to receive an allocation that has complied with the requirements set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 3212, with the approval of the department, may expend available funds for the construction or operation of recreational and c…

Notwithstanding any other law, the 1-A District Agricultural Association may, with the approval of the department, expend any money available for expenditure by the association, for construction, repairs, and equipment. (Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 559, Sec. 58. (AB 2143) Effective…

All money appropriated pursuant to this chapter to the California Exposition and State Fair, the Los Angeles County Fair, the Sixth District Agricultural Association, known and designated as Exposition Park, the citrus fruit fairs, as defined in Section 4603, and the 1-A District…

(a) Appropriations and allocations from the Fair and Exposition Fund made pursuant to this chapter, other than those made under subdivision (b) of Section 3201, are exempt from Section 16304 of the Government Code. The date of the executive order is deemed to be the date when the…

(a) The books and records of any county or citrus fruit fair or exposition receiving an appropriation or an allocation from the Fair and Exposition Fund, insofar as they relate to revenues and expenditures for fair or exposition purposes, may be audited by the Department of Finan…

It is unlawful for any person to sell, give away, deliver, or knowingly purchase or receive any milk, cream, product of milk or cream, imitation milk, imitation cream, product resembling a milk product, or any substitute for any milk product which does not conform to the standard…

It is unlawful for any person to sell, for human consumption as cow’s milk, any goat’s milk or any mixture of cow’s milk and goat’s milk. It is unlawful for any person to sell for human consumption as goat’s milk, any cow’s milk or any mixture of goat’s milk and cow’s milk. (Enac…

It is unlawful for any person to sell any milk, or any product of milk, from cows or goats that have not negatively passed a tuberculin test applied regularly in accordance with regulations of the department by one of the following: (a) A veterinarian in the employ of the departm…

It is unlawful for any person to sell any milk, or any product of milk, from cows or goats that are reactors to a brucellosis test applied in accordance with the law and regulations of the department. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 771.)