Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

“Secretary” means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 579, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)

The Department of Agriculture Building Fund is continued in existence. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

(a) When there are moneys appropriated to the department, excluding General Fund appropriations, that are not required to meet any demand that has accrued or may accrue against the moneys, the Controller, upon the order of the secretary, shall transfer the sum as may be designate…

All rentals which are collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Department of Agriculture Building Fund. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The moneys in the Department of Agriculture Building Fund are available, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, to carry out this chapter, including the costs of improvements, modifications, maintenance, repairs, and other reasonable and necessary expense…

Money shall not be transferred pursuant to Section 622 to the Department of Agriculture Building Fund if it will interfere with the administrative purposes for which the money was collected. (Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 198, Sec. 8. (SB 1499) Effective January 1, 2023.)

(a) The secretary may do any and all things that are necessary to protect the investment or use, including the purchase of insurance against the loss of, or damage to, the property, or the loss of its use and occupancy, of any property and buildings and appurtenant facilities und…

The commissioner of each county, under the supervision of the director, shall enforce this article insofar as it relates to the keeping of the records which are required to be kept by this article. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Every person that purchases English walnuts or almonds for purposes of processing or resale from any person, except a licensed dealer, broker, commission merchant, agricultural cooperative, or wholesaler, shall keep a record of the name and address of the person from whom each lo…

The record and statement required to be made by this article shall be kept for one year from the date of purchase or delivery, whichever is later, and shall be made available for inspection upon request by any peace officer. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Any violation of this article is a misdemeanor. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

As used in this chapter, the following words have the following meaning set forth hereafter unless otherwise apparent from the context. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 434.)

“Advertising and sales promotion” means, in addition to the ordinarily accepted meaning thereof, trade promotion and activities for the prevention, modification, or removal of trade barriers which restrict the free flow of iceberg lettuce to market and may include the presentatio…

“Books and records” means any book, record, account, contract, document, memorandum, paper, correspondence, or other written datum reflecting operations under this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 434.)

“Cartwright Act” means the act set forth in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 16700), Part 2, Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 434.)

“Cause to be produced” means the proprietary functions of initiating and supervising iceberg lettuce production. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 434.)

“Commission” means the California Iceberg Lettuce Commission. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 434.)

“Commissioner” means any member of the commission. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 434.)

“Districts” consist of: District 1. (Blythe area) Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. District 2. (Imperial Valley area) Imperial County. District 3. (Oxnard-Santa Maria area) Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties. District 4. (Sa…

“Director” means the Director of Food and Agriculture. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 434.)

“Fiscal year,” means the period beginning April 1 of any year and extending through March 31 of the following year. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 434.)

“Grower” means any person engaged within this state in the business of producing or causing to be produced iceberg lettuce. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 434.)

“Grower-handler” means any person who is engaged within the state in the business of producing or causing to be produced, through contractual agreements or other legal relationships and having an ownership therein, iceberg lettuce, and who in addition thereto prepares for market …

“Grower-shipper” has the same meaning as grower-handler. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 434.)

“Handle” means to perform any of the functions of a handler. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 434.)

“Handler,” unless otherwise specified, has the same meaning as grower-handler as defined in Section 66532 and secondary handler as defined in Section 66542.5. “Handler” also means any person who engages in the marketing of iceberg lettuce on behalf of a grower, whether as an owne…

“Iceberg lettuce” for purposes of this chapter means varieties of lettuce produced in California of the types which are distinguished as “crisphead” in that certain publication entitled “Lettuce Production in the United States, Agricultural Handbook No. 221,” August 1974 revision…

“Market” or ”marketing” means to sell, ship, or otherwise distribute iceberg lettuce in the commercial channels of trade in a manner consistent with this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 555, Sec. 3.)

“Marketing season” has the same meaning as fiscal year. (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 555, Sec. 4.)

“Prepare for market” means to perform all functions of harvesting and preparing iceberg lettuce for market or marketing. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 434.)

“Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, association, or other business unit, and shall include, for purposes of this chapter, any state agency which engages in any of the commercial activities regulated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1977, …

“Producer” has the same meaning as grower. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 434.)

“Public representative” means a member of the commission appointed to represent the public generally pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 66564. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 434.)

“Secondary handler” means any person who purchases from a grower or grower-handler iceberg lettuce for the purpose of coring, shredding, or processing such iceberg lettuce for market and who markets such processed iceberg lettuce during a marketing season. (Added by Stats. 1977, …

“Standard box” means standard containers for iceberg lettuce as such containers are defined in the California Administrative Code. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 434.)

“Standard carton” has the same meaning as standard box. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 434.)

“Standard container” has the same meaning as standard box. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 434.)

“Unfair Practices Act” means the act set forth in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 17000), Part 2, Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 434.)

Any person that alleges any loss, nonperformance, or damage as a result of the use or application of any pesticide, or of any substance, method, or device for pesticidal purposes; or for the purpose of preventing, destroying, repelling, mitigating, or correcting any disorder of p…

If a growing crop is alleged to have been damaged as a result of the activities which are described in Section 11761, the verified report of loss, nonperformance, or damage shall be filed prior to the time 50 percent of the crop is harvested, unless the loss, nonperformance, or d…

The verified report of loss, nonperformance, or damage shall set forth, so far as known to the claimant, all of the following: (a) Name and address of the claimant. (b) Type, kind and location of property which is allegedly injured or damaged. (c) Date the alleged loss, nonperfor…

The filing of the verified report, or the failure to file it, need not be alleged in any complaint which may be filed. The failure to file the verified report of loss, nonperformance, or damage is not a bar to the maintenance of a civil action for the recovery of damages for the …

The failure to file a verified report of loss is evidence that no loss, nonperformance, or damage occurred. (Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 774.)

This chapter, except Section 14363, does not apply to any of the following: (a) Any livestock drug which is sold exclusively to, and used exclusively by, or under the direction of, a licensed veterinarian, nor to any livestock drug which is compounded by a registered pharmacist u…

This chapter also does not apply to any of the following: (a) Any livestock drug that is intended for, and that is used solely for, laboratory or experimental purposes. (b) Any substance that is intended for, and that is used primarily as a pesticide and that is registered as a p…

To accomplish the purposes of Article 2 (commencing with Section 18691) of this chapter, the director shall require ante mortem and post mortem inspections, quarantine, segregation, and reinspections with respect to the slaughter of any livestock or poultry, or the preparation of…