Title FAC — California Food & Agric. Code

The term of office of each member of the committee is three years.

The members of the committee, alternate members when acting as members or when requested to perform certain actions by the committee, and subcommittee members, may be reimbursed, upon request, for necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties.

The members of the committee, or their voting alternates, consisting of at least five producers and five processors, shall constitute a quorum. Any action of the committee shall require not less than five affirmative votes of the processor members and five affirmative votes of th…

The committee shall select a chairperson and a vice chairperson from among its members, and other officers as it deems necessary. The committee may adopt such regulations as it deems necessary for the conduct of its meetings and functions to carry out the objectives of this artic…

The director may require an entity to correct or cease any activity or function that is determined by the director not to be in the public interest or in violation of this chapter, and shall notify the entity in writing of these specific acts.

The director shall reimburse the entity for its actual and necessary expenses upon receipt of an approved invoice.

(a) The committee shall be advisory to the director on all matters pertaining to this chapter and certification of the quality of grapes used for processing pursuant to Section 40531 and shall make recommendations concerning the inspection and certification services rendered, inc…

(a) In order to operate economically and reduce expenses that may adversely impact persons subject to this chapter, the committee may, on or before January 15 of any year, request the director to utilize an appropriate entity, rather than personnel of the department, to supply th…

The director may provide rules and procedures to be used by the entity in administering this chapter. The procedures may include: (a) Employment, training, supervision, and compensation of inspectors. (b) Use of existing, and acquisition of, additional equipment and supplies.

The committee shall not recommend and the director shall not utilize, an entity a majority of whose officers and employees are persons regulated by this chapter.

The entity shall keep an accurate record of expenses incurred in performing its responsibilities. Those records shall be available for audit during regular business hours upon request of the director.

The committee shall meet at the call of the chairperson or at the request to the director of any three members of the committee. The committee shall meet at least once a year. The meetings of the committee shall be held at locations in California which will tend to ensure industr…

The director shall appoint an alternate member for each committee member. In making the appointments, the director shall appoint a wine producer as the alternate for each wine producer member and a wine grape grower as the alternate for each wine grape grower member, and shall co…

Alternate members shall serve at committee meetings only in the absence of the member for whom they are designated as the alternate.

(a) The director, in consultation with the University of California and the California State University, shall conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing a public or private program, or a combination thereof, for the development of new grape-based products and their uses …

The department shall collect and preserve books, pamphlets, periodicals, and other documents which contain information that relates to agriculture. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The department shall collect and prepare statistics, charts, films, photographs, and other illustrative or exhibit material and information which shows the actual condition and progress of agriculture in this state and elsewhere. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The department shall correspond with agricultural societies, colleges, schools, the commissioners, and with all other persons who are necessary to secure the best results to agriculture in this state. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

It is unlawful for any person to use or dispose of any fruits, nuts, or vegetables for which a permit has been issued, in any manner or for any purpose except the manner or purpose for which such permit was issued, unless he is specifically authorized in writing to do so by an en…

It is unlawful for any person who has been issued a valid permit pursuant to regulations established by the director to sell, buy, receive, transport, deliver, or cause to be transported, or for any person to transport unless such a permit accompanies the vehicle which is transpo…

It is unlawful for any person to sell or offer for transportation or delivery any fruits, nuts, or vegetables which fail to conform to the standards of this division to any person that is required to have a permit pursuant to Section 43332 unless such person has such permit. (Ena…

The department shall issue and cause to be printed and distributed to the commissioners, and to such other persons as it may deem proper, bulletins, charts, photographs or other illustrative material or statements which contain all the information which is best adapted to advance…

The director may establish an identification record service for parent root and top stock of fruit and nut trees. He shall establish a reasonable schedule of fees for such service which is based upon the approximate cost of the service. Upon application of any person and the paym…

Any money which is received by the department pursuant to Section 435 shall be paid into the State Treasury and be credited to the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund. Any money in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund which was derived pursuant to that section may be e…

The department may conduct surveys or investigations of any nursery, orchard, vineyard, agricultural commodity, agricultural appliance, farm, or other premises within the state liable to be infested or infected with any pest as defined in Section 5006 or disease, including any in…

The director may enter into an agreement with one or more organizations representing growers, shippers, manufacturers of agricultural commodities, nonprofit trade associations whose members market agricultural commodities, federal or state marketing order boards, and state commis…

(a) The department may, with the approval of the Governor, cooperate with officials of the United States Department of Agriculture or with officials of other states in the conduct of pest or disease investigations outside of this state in the interest of the protection of the agr…

(a) The director may enter into cooperative agreements with individuals, associations, boards of supervisors, and with departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, or commissions of this state or of the United States for the purpose of eradicating, controlling, or destroying any infe…

The director may arrange for the services of any individual employed by the United States, the state, or a county on a collaborative basis and allow him a reasonable fee and necessary expenses which are incurred when serving the department in a collaborative capacity. (Enacted by…

The director may enter into cooperative agreements with departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, or commissions of the United States for the purpose of administering meat or poultry meat inspection programs to protect the public from uninspected, adulterated, or misbranded meat a…

(a) The secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with private entities, and with boards, bureaus, commissions, or departments of this state or of the United States, for the purpose of administering compensation, conservation, disaster assistance, economic assistance, educa…

Notwithstanding Section 482, the secretary may not enter into a cooperative agreement with a county of the first class, as defined in Section 28022 of the Government Code, for agricultural inspector services, if the cooperative agreement requires that the county provide year-roun…

The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Consumers have an interest in being informed about the benefits and potential quantifiable risks to their health from products they consume. This information must be grounded in sound science, must use informative and effectiv…

(a) The Legislature hereby creates the Food Biotechnology Task Force. The task force shall be cochaired by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture. The task force shall consult with appropriate …

Pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 821, it is the intent of the Legislature that programs at the University of California designed to promote research on, and facilitate adoption of, sustainable agricultural practices, including, but not limited to, research, teaching, and ou…

Pursuant to Section 500 and subdivision (d) of Section 821, the Legislature requests that the Regents of the University of California do both of the following: (a) Provide adequate and ongoing funding to programs at the University of California designed to promote research on, an…

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Farmer Equity Act of 2017.

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) California recognizes the importance of investing in the long-term prosperity of our food and farming system, starting with our farmers. (2) Farmers of color have historically not had equitable access to land and ot…

For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Secretary” refers to the Secretary of Food and Agriculture. (b) “Socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher” means a farmer or rancher who is a member of a socially disadvantaged group. (c) “Sociall…

(a) The department shall ensure the inclusion of socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, including socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in urbanized areas, in the development, adoption, implementation, and enforcement of food and agriculture laws, regulations, and pol…

(a) On or before January 1, 2020, the department shall submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature on efforts to serve socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and all female farmers and ranchers in California. The report shall include recommendations to the Governor a…

(a) The department, in consultation with the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Producer Advisory Committee and the Small-Scale Producer Advisory Committee, shall establish the Regional Farmer Equipment and Cooperative Resources Assistance Pilot Program to provide fin…

“University,” as used in this article, means the University of California.

It is the intent of the Legislature that the department contract with the Regents of the University of California to operate poultry and livestock disease laboratories pursuant to this article. The central laboratory should be located next to the facilities of the Veterinary Medi…

When a central diagnostic laboratory constructed on the Davis campus of the university is ready for occupancy, the director shall contract with the Regents of the University of California for its School of Veterinary Medicine to establish and operate the California Animal Health …

The contract executed pursuant to this article shall provide that the university maintain sufficient numbers of laboratories to perform the functions contained in this article. The central diagnostic laboratory shall be established on the Davis campus of the university, and branc…

(a) A central diagnostic laboratory building to be constructed on the Davis campus of the university adjacent to the facilities of the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, together with the equipment necessary for a modern veterinary diagnostic laboratory, is hereby specifically…

After the contract has been executed pursuant to Section 521, the diagnostic functions of the regional laboratories maintained at Petaluma and Sacramento shall be transferred to other laboratories in the system and those two laboratories shall be closed.

The contract shall provide that the university, in consultation with the department, shall establish a schedule of fees to help defray the cost of operation of the laboratories.

The secretary may, by regulation, designate as a seed potato certification agency, any person or agency that the secretary finds is qualified to certify seed potatoes as to their variety, quality, and freedom from pests and diseases. The secretary shall consult with the Universit…