Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

The director shall refuse to register a livestock drug if he finds any of the following is true of the drug: (a) It is of little or no value for the purpose for which it is intended to be used. (b) It is dangerous to the health of livestock if used in accordance with the instruct…

If the livestock drug is a restricted drug, the director shall also refuse registration if he finds that the instructions for use do not contain adequate and satisfactory directions as to the methods of handling, caring for, holding, or otherwise managing the livestock to which t…

The registration of a livestock drug includes all of the following: (a) Registration of the drug and its ingredients. (b) Registration of the label. (c) Registration of the instructions for use. (d) Registration of the special device, if any, for the administration of the livesto…

(a) The fee for a two-year registration certificate for a livestock drug is one hundred eighty dollars ($180). The certificate period shall commence beginning January 1 of each even-numbered year and expire on December 31 of the next odd-numbered year. (b) The fee for a registrat…

If registration is granted, the original fee covers the registration for the remainder of the then current calendar year in which registration is granted. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The fee for application for renewal of registration is one hundred eighty dollars ($180) for a two-year period. It is payable on or before January 31st of each year. If it is not so paid, a penalty of fifty dollars ($50) shall be added to the fee. (Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 834…

The director may quarantine and remove from sale any livestock drug which is not registered pursuant to this chapter or any livestock drug which does not conform in all respects with its registration. (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1224.)

The director shall have access at all reasonable hours to all premises which are used in the manufacture, sale, or storage of any livestock drug, or where livestock drugs are mixed in feed for administering to livestock. He may take samples and make such other investigations as a…

The director may revoke the registration of any livestock drug if he finds, from representative samples, that the drug as offered for sale fails to conform to its registration. The director may allow reasonable tolerances within which such samples may vary from the registration. …

A livestock or poultry product is adulterated if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health, but in case the substance is not an added substance, such livestock or poultry product shall not be considered adulterated if the …

A livestock or poultry product is adulterated in each of the following cases: (a) It bears or contains, by reason of administration of any substance to the livestock or poultry or otherwise any added poisonous or added deleterious substance, other than one which is: (1) a pestici…

A livestock or poultry product is adulterated if it consists, in whole or in part, of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance or is for any other reason unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)

A livestock or poultry product is adulterated if it has been prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions by which it may have become contaminated with filth, or been rendered injurious to health. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)

A livestock or poultry product is adulterated if it is, in whole or in part, the product of an animal, including any poultry, which has died otherwise than by slaughter. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)

A livestock or poultry product is adulterated if its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents of the livestock or poultry product injurious to health. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)

A livestock or poultry product is adulterated if it has been intentionally subjected to radiation, unless the use of the radiation was in conformity with a regulation or exemption in effect pursuant to Section 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C., Sec. 348).…

A livestock or poultry product is adulterated in each of the following cases: (a) Any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted from the livestock or poultry product. (b) Any substance has been substituted, wholly or in part, for any valuable constit…

A livestock or poultry product is adulterated if it is margarine containing animal fat and any of the raw material used in it consisted, in whole or in part, of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)

The bureau shall maintain a record of all brands that are recorded, except forfeited or canceled brands which are subject to Section 20701. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Any person, upon request to the bureau, shall be furnished information as to any recorded brand. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

A brand shall not be recorded if it consists of any letters or characters which are applied in more than one branding location on the animal. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

A brand shall not be recorded for any person under 18 years of age unless the application is countersigned by his parent or guardian. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1748.)

Recordation of a brand consists of entering in the brand records the matters which are contained in the application, together with the date of recordation, and the execution by the bureau of a cattle brand registration certificate. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The original cattle brand registration certificate shall be kept on file in the bureau. A duplicate certificate shall be issued to the person in whose name the brand is recorded. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The issuance to a person of a cattle brand registration certificate confers upon the person to whom it is issued both of the following: (a) The right to use the brand until the right to use it is forfeited or the record of the brand is canceled pursuant to this chapter. (b) The r…

The right to use a brand is a property right and may be sold or otherwise transferred. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

A transferee of a brand shall not use the brand until the transfer has been recorded by the bureau. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The record of any brand may be canceled at any time upon the written request of the person in whose name it is recorded. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The records of brands which have been forfeited or canceled for more than five years may be removed from the files and destroyed. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

If a producer produces market milk within the jurisdiction of an approved milk inspection service, the director, after an investigation and consultation with the health officer of each county which is involved, shall do all of the following: (a) Designate and assign the county ap…

The director, in making the designation and assignment, shall take into consideration, in addition to other matters which are considered, the geographical convenience of each county approved milk inspection service which renders such inspection, and the percentage of market milk …

No more than one approved milk inspection service may be designated by the director for any single dairy farm which produces market milk. (Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 445, Sec. 9.)

Any producer or approved milk inspection service may file with the director a written protest regarding any designation which is made pursuant to Section 33141. A petition, signed by 51 percent or more of producers of any grade of milk within the jurisdiction of any approved milk…

The director may, within 30 days after the receipt of the protest and shall, within 30 days after receipt of a petition, and after at least five days’ written notice to any approved milk inspection service which is concerned, announce a date upon which a hearing on the protest or…

The director upon his own motion, after giving at least 10 days written notice to any approved milk inspection service which is concerned, may hold a hearing on any designation which is made pursuant to Section 33141 if it appears that a change in such designation may result in g…

After the hearing, the director may revoke, amend, or retain such designation, designate another approved milk inspection service to perform the inspection as provided in this article, or establish and conduct an inspection service unless the funds which are derived under Article…

Upon the approval in writing of a milk inspection service by the director, the approved milk inspection service shall do all of the following: (a) Grade market milk as produced or sold under its jurisdiction. (b) Require the use of the respective grade designations as prescribed …

Tolerances above or below the count per pound of a designated size of olives shall be established which conform to the tolerances adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture in its United States Standards for Grades of Canned Ripe Olives. (Repealed and added by Stats. …

The powers and duties of the board shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) Establish a separate Acala and Pima quality standard. When determining each standard, the board shall consider fiber length, strength, uniformity, micronaire, seed quality, producti…

(a) The board may, by resolution, take actions that are in the best interest of the cotton industry in the district, which shall include, but not be limited to, the growing of cottons other than Acala and Pima. The resolution may contain provisions to protect the quality and inte…

Upon implementation of Article 9.5 (commencing with Section 52951), the powers and duties of the board shall also include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) To adopt, and from time to time alter, rescind, modify, and amend, all proper and necessary rules, regulatio…

The board may require that all cottonseed delinted for planting within the district be certified by a qualified seed certification agency as provided by subdivision (d) of Section 52482. (Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 189, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2009.)

The powers and duties of the committee shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) Identifying rices that have characteristics of commercial impact. (b) Recommending to the secretary proposed regulations establishing terms and conditions for planting, producin…

The committee shall recommend to the secretary that regulations be adopted, amended, or repealed by the secretary to accomplish all of the following purposes: (a) Maintain the integrity and prevent the contamination of rice which has not been identified pursuant to subdivision (a…

The provisions of this chapter, except as necessary to conduct the vote, shall not become operative until the director finds in a referendum conducted by him or her that not less than 40 percent of the handlers, as defined in Section 66532 and as determined in accordance with Sec…

The director shall establish a period in which to conduct such vote which shall not be less than 30 days nor more than 90 days from the date this section becomes operative, and may prescribe such additional procedure as may be necessary to conduct such vote. (Added by Stats. 1977…