Title FAC — California Food & Agric. Code

As used in this chapter: (a) “Package” includes cartons, wrappers, or other containers which are used for the sale of butter to the retail trade. (b) When “numerals” appear following words which relate to scoring, the numerals represent the score of the butter, 100 being a perfec…

All scoring of butter shall be in the manner which is specified in the regulations which are adopted by the director. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Quality designations shall be affixed on the package in a manner and fashion which is prescribed in the regulations which are adopted by the director. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Notwithstanding Section 26001 of the Business and Professions Code, butter purchased from a licensed milk products plant or retail location that is subsequently infused or mixed with medicinal or adult-use cannabis at the premises or location that is not subject to licensing as a…

All butter which is sold or distributed in package form, including such butter which is received from out-of-state points, shall be classified into grades which indicate its quality and shall be labeled and advertised by the use of one of the following designations: (a) First qua…

First quality butter is butter which scores not less than 92. The minimum requirements for first quality butter are as follows: (a) It shall be fresh, sweet and clean in flavor if of fresh make, or sweet and clean if storage. (b) The body shall be firm. (c) The color shall be eit…

Second quality butter is butter which scores below 92, but not less than 90. The minimum requirements for second quality butter are as follows: (a) It shall be fresh and fairly sweet and fairly clean in flavor if of fresh make or fairly sweet and fairly clean if storage. (b) It m…

Butter which scores less than 90 shall not be sold or served to consumers. Such butter when sold shall be in bulk packages which contain not less than 30 pounds, and are labeled “for cooking and baking purposes only.” (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Butter is the product made by gathering the fat or fresh or ripened milk or cream into a mass, which also contains a small portion of other milk constituents. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Butter shall be clean and nonrancid and shall contain not less than 80 percent of milk fat. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Butter may contain salt or a harmless coloring matter. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Butter flavored with spices, condiments, garlic, chives, herbs, or other flavoring may be sold in whipped or solid form, provided the product meets the following requirements: (a) The butter, before flavoring, meets all of the requirements for USDA 93 score (AA Grade) butter. (b)…

Butter which is sold to the retail trade shall be labeled with the name and address of the manufacturer, the wholesale distributor, or the retailer. The following words shall appear above the name: (a) The words “manufactured by” if the name of the manufacturer is given. (b) The …

Butter which is sold to the retail trade shall be labeled with the words “pasteurized” or “raw,” as the case may be.

Butter which is received in this state by brokers, jobbers, and other persons that receive butter in cubes, tubs, firkins, or other bulk packages shall be labeled with all of the following: (a) The name and address of the manufacturer. (b) The date on which the butter was manufac…

The markings shall remain on the packages until the butter which is contained in the packages is cut and wrapped for the retail trade. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The name of any city, county, or other geographical designation, or any word which may be pronounced the same as any city, county, or other geographical designation, except the address of the manufacturer, wholesale distributor, or retailer, whose name is printed on any package o…

This article does not prohibit the use of a trademark or brand which has a geographical name if it was copyrighted or registered in the office of the Secretary of State of this state prior to Janaury 1, 1923. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Every person that sells, consigns, ships, or presents to any other person any butter that has been shipped or imported into this state from any place outside of the United States shall, before he does so, do all of the following: (a) Cause to be stamped, marked, or printed upon t…

Violation of this article is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by both.

Renovated butter is the product made from impure or rancid butter reduced, for the purpose of cleansing and renovating, to a liquid state by melting and draining off the liquid milk fat and afterwards churning or otherwise manipulating it in connection with milk or any product of…

It is unlawful for any person to sell any renovated butter unless there is printed upon the label of each and every package, or other container in which such renovated butter is put up for sale or sold at retail, all of the following: (a) The words “renovated butter” in letters w…

The department shall promote and protect the agricultural industry of the state. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The department shall also seek to enhance, protect, and perpetuate the ability of the private sector to produce food and fiber in a way that benefits the general welfare and economy of the state. The department shall also seek to maintain the economic well-being of agriculturally…

The department shall prevent fraud and deception in any of the following: (a) Packing or labeling, or in any phase of the marketing, of any agricultural product which is governed by this code. (b) Labeling and marketing of any commodity that is governed by this code, which is sol…

The department shall prevent the introduction and spread of injurious insect or animal pests, plant diseases, and noxious weeds. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The department shall execute the provisions of this code, except as otherwise provided, and of other laws administered by it. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

(a) With the prior approval of the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the State Department of Public Health, the department may reproduce or distribute biological control organisms that are not detrimental to the public health and safety that are known to be useful in reducing o…

The department shall require reports from commissioners. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The director may adopt such regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this code which he is directed or authorized to administer or enforce. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The director may enter upon any premises to inspect the premises or any plant, appliance, or thing which is on such premises. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department by rule or regulation may provide for the issuance and renewal on a two-year basis of licenses, certificates of registration, or other indicia of authority issued pursuant to this code by the department or any division, office, or…

It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Food and Agriculture, in cooperation with appropriate county officials and industry representatives, develop mutually satisfactory sources of nonstate funding to augment budget programs in the areas of county agricultural…

(a) The Department of Food and Agriculture shall supply the Department of Water Resources with a forecast that estimates the amount of production of food, fiber, livestock, and other farm products. (b) As part of the forecast, the Department of Food and Agriculture’s assumptions …

The director shall have supervision and control over the commissioners and their deputies or inspectors in the performance of their duties under this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The certificates which are provided for in this chapter are prima facie evidence of the true average soluble solids test of all of the grapes in the lot or load under consideration. The presumption established by this section is a presumption affecting the burden of proof, but it…

This chapter does not apply to grapes which are marketed by or through a nonprofit cooperative marketing association unless the board of directors of the association elects to have the soluble solid determination of the grapes of its members determined as provided in this chapter…

This chapter does not affect the right of a purchaser of grapes for wine and byproducts purposes to specify a minimum percentage of soluble solids as a definition of maturity of the grapes if the price which is to be paid is to be determined other than on the basis of the soluble…

In order to prevent fraud and deception in any transaction which involves fresh grapes for wine and byproducts purposes, that requires the extraction or pressing out of the juice, in which the average percentage of soluble solids in the juice of such grapes is the basis for the a…

Each lot or load of such grapes which is delivered shall be tested at or immediately after the time of delivery and the average soluble solids test of the juice of such grapes shall be certified to by such officer, in accordance with regulations which are prescribed by the direct…

Each commissioner shall provide for the taking of samples, making tests, and issuing the certificates which are required in this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The board of supervisors of the county shall establish a scale and method of collection of fees, to be paid for each certificate which is provided for in this chapter. The scale of fees which are established for the certificates shall be based upon the approximate cost of the ins…

Notwithstanding any other provisions which are contained in this chapter and in lieu of such determinations by the commissioner, the director may make determinations of the average percentage of soluble solids in the juice of fresh grapes and certify, by the issuance of a certifi…

In order to prevent fraud and deception in any transaction which involves fresh grapes for wine and byproducts purposes, when the percentage of rot or foreign material has any effect on the amount of the purchase price, the determination of such percentage shall be made by the di…

When any transaction involves fresh grapes for wine and byproducts purposes, the purchaser shall notify the seller, in writing, prior to delivery, of the conditions relating to soluble solids, rot, and foreign materials affecting the purchase price to be paid for such grapes.

For the purpose of carrying out this article, the director may establish necessary regulations, including reasonable fees which are to be charged for the services and for the acceptance of advance fees to effectuate the determination. Any fees which are so established shall be ba…

Any money which is received pursuant to this article shall be paid into the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund to be expended in carrying out this article.

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that a diversity of dairy methane management practices, including anaerobic digesters and nondigester dairy methane management strategies, can effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Nondigester dairy methane management strategies inclu…

There is in the department a Wine Grape Inspection Advisory Committee consisting of eight wine producers and eight wine grape growers appointed by the director. The director shall appoint one additional member to the committee, who may be a public member. The members of the commi…

The Legislature hereby declares that it intends that the wine producers and wine grape growers appointed to the Wine Grape Inspection Advisory Committee pursuant to this article shall represent and further the interests of the grape industry. The Legislature also declares that th…