Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

The director shall prescribe sanitation requirements for all establishments required to have inspection under Section 18721. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)

The director shall require the following classes of persons to keep such records and for such periods as he may specify, to fully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in their business, and afford to the director and his representatives, access to such places of busin…

The director may refuse to provide inspection service to any establishment that fails to destroy any condemned product as required pursuant to Section 18722 and any regulation promulgated thereunder. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)

The director may refuse to provide inspection service under this chapter with respect to any establishment for any cause specified in Section 401 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C., Sec. 671) or Section 18 of the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C., Sec.…

The director may order any labeling or container to be withheld from use if he determines that the labeling is false or misleading or the container is of a misleading size or form. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)

The director may prescribe the size and style of any type which is to be used for labeling information required pursuant to this chapter, and definitions and standards of identity or composition or standards of fill of container, consistent with federal standards, when he deems s…

The director may prescribe conditions of storage and handling of any livestock product or poultry product by any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, freezing, storing, or transporting such livestock or poultry product in intrastate commerce to assure that it will n…

Equines shall be slaughtered and prepared in establishments separate from any establishment where any other livestock is slaughtered or any product of any other livestock is prepared. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)

Every person that is engaged in business in intrastate commerce as a broker, renderer, animal food manufacturer, or wholesaler or public warehouseman of any livestock product or poultry product, or engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting in intrastate commerce…

The director may adopt, by reference or otherwise, such provisions of the rules and regulations under the federal acts, with such changes therein as he deems appropriate to make them applicable to operations and transactions subject to this chapter, which shall have the same forc…

The director may appoint and prescribe the duties of such inspectors and other personnel as he deems necessary for the efficient execution of the provisions of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)

No inspection of any product placed in any container at any official establishment shall be deemed to be complete until the product is sealed or enclosed in the container under the supervision of an inspector. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)

For purposes of any inspection of any product required by this chapter, any inspector authorized by the director shall have access at all times, by day or night, to every part of every establishment required to have inspection under this chapter, whether the establishment is oper…

Any person that desires to use a brand in this state may acquire the right to do so pursuant to this chapter. Application forms for this purpose shall be furnished by the bureau upon request. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

To conform to the objective of this chapter, all applications for the recordation of a brand shall be accepted by the chief only if the proposed brand design fulfills the following requirements: (a) Is not in conflict with any other recorded brand in this state. (b) Is capable of…

An application for the recordation of a brand shall be filed with the bureau. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The application shall contain all of the following: (a) A facsimile of the brand which is sought to be recorded. (b) A statement of the location on the animal where the brand is to be applied. (c) The name and address of the applicant. (d) The signature of a parent or guardian if…

A mark may be recorded only with a brand. If a mark is sought to be recorded with a brand, the application shall also contain a diagram which shows the manner of marking. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Upon receipt of an application, the bureau shall examine the application and compare the design applied for with brands that are already of record. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

An application shall not be accepted for the recordation of a brand which consists only of a mark. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

An application shall not be accepted for the recordation of a brand if the brand is to be applied to any of the following: (a) Either jaw. (b) The face. (c) The nose. (d) Either loin. (e) The breeching of an animal. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

An application shall not be accepted for the recordation of a brand which is accompanied by a mark if the use of the mark involves cutting off more than one-half of an ear. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

An application shall not be accepted for the recordation of a brand except upon the payment of the fee for the recordation of the brand. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

If the application does not conform to the requirements of, or cannot be accepted pursuant to, this chapter, a statement of the reason why it cannot be accepted shall be transmitted to the applicant. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Any person who is aggrieved at any determination made pursuant to Section 20662 may appeal in person to the Livestock Identification Advisory Board. Upon receipt of a written request from the person appealing the decision, such person shall be permitted to present his views to th…

The State Personnel Board shall hold examinations in various parts of the state for the purpose of determining the qualifications of persons who desire to become employed by the department in the enforcement of this division and the regulations of the director, and shall establis…

The director shall examine any interested person qualified under Section 33113 for certification as a registered dairy inspector. Such an examination shall be both written and oral. A certificate as a registered dairy inspector shall be issued to any person who passes the examina…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the director shall issue a limited milk inspection certificate to any registered sanitarian employed by any city or county health department who will be employed in connection with an approved milk inspection service. A person …

A person is not eligible to take the examination unless the person possesses one of the following qualifications: (a) Graduation from a four-year college with specialization in studies which related to dairy farms, milk and milk products, the food sciences, or animal science. (b)…

The director shall establish and collect fees for the application and for the examination of persons for the position of registered dairy inspector to cover the cost of carrying out the provisions of this article. The application fee shall not exceed ten dollars ($10) and the exa…

The director shall, from time to time, conduct special refresher courses which shall not exceed five days, at various convenient places in the state for the purpose of training persons who are employed by the department and by each county in the enforcement of this division, regu…

Attendance at such a refresher course shall be mandatory, in the discretion of the director, upon any or all persons who are employed by the department and each county and city in the inspection of dairy farms, milk products plants, and milk products. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch.…

Any person who is employed by the department or any county or city shall be paid his salary or compensation while he is attending such a special refresher course. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

This article does not apply to any clerical employee, or to any person who is employed in a laboratory. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Any cheese sold in this state shall be labeled in compliance with Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 95, Sec. 23. Effective June 6, 1994.)

The following fruits and vegetables shall not be canned, packed, shipped, or sold within this state: (a) Fruits or vegetables which are unclean, immature, mouldy, overripe, infested with brown rot, scab, shothole fungus, or other defects to the extent of rendering the product unw…

In addition to the standards and requirements which are prescribed by Section 41361, the standard of quality, condition, and fill of container and requirements for marking of canned fruits and vegetables are those which are promulgated or to be promulgated by the Secretary of the…

There is in the state government the San Joaquin Valley Cotton Board. The board shall be composed of seven cotton growers, three cotton industry members operating in the San Joaquin Valley, and one public member. (a) The grower members shall be elected by the cotton growers in th…

The secretary shall establish a list of growers and other persons and organizations subject to this chapter. Each person or organization on the list shall have one vote in any election conducted pursuant to Sections 52871 and 52873 in which that person or organization is authoriz…

The secretary shall supervise and conduct any election held pursuant to Section 52871 and this section. Elections for grower members and elections for industry members shall be conducted as follows: (a) The secretary shall distribute nomination petitions to each person or organiz…

Each member of the board, except the ex officio members, shall have an alternate member, who shall be a candidate for election in the same manner as the member. The candidate receiving the greatest number of votes in the election for the vacant position shall be the member. The c…

An alternate member, in the absence of the member for whom he or she is alternate, shall sit in place of the member on the board, and shall have, and be able to exercise, all the rights, privileges, and powers of the member when sitting on the board. In the event of death, remova…

Grower members and their alternates on the board shall have a financial interest in producing, or causing to be produced, cotton for market. Cotton industry members or their alternates shall have a financial interest in, or be employed by, any person or organization handling cott…

The term of office for each member, alternate, and ex officio member of the board is four years. (Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 433, Sec. 5. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)

Upon implementation of Article 9.5 (commencing with Section 52951), the board shall have the power to sue and be sued, and to enter into contracts. Copies of its proceedings, records, and acts, when certified by the secretary of the board, shall be admissible in evidence in all c…

The board may appoint its own officers, including a chairman, one or more vice chairmen, and such other officers as it deems necessary. The officers shall have the powers and duties as may be delegated to them by the board. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 592. Conditionally inoperativ…