Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

It is unlawful for any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting, in intrastate commerce, dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals, or any parts of the carcasses of any animals that died otherwise than by slaughter to buy, sell, transport, offer for sal…

It is unlawful for any person to give, pay, or offer, directly or indirectly, to any officer or employee of this state authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter or by the regulations of the director, any money or other thing of value, with intent to influ…

It is unlawful for any officer or employee of this state authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter to accept any money, gift, or other thing of value from any person, given with intent to influence his official action, or to receive or accept from any per…

It is unlawful for any person to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with any person while engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties under this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)

It is unlawful for any person to neglect or refuse to attend and testify or to answer any lawful inquiry, or to produce documentary evidence, if such evidence is available to him, in obedience to the subpoena or lawful requirement of the director. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.…

It is unlawful for any person to willfully make, or cause to be made, any false entry or statement of fact in any report required to be made under this chapter or to willfully make, or cause to be made, any false entry in any account, record, or memorandum kept by any person subj…

It is unlawful for any person required by this chapter to file any annual or special report to fail so to do within the time fixed by the director for filing the report. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)

If the brand records on file with the bureau disclose that two or more brands have been recorded which appear to be so similar as to be misleading or conflicting, the chief may, and upon request of the owner of one of such brands he shall, cause an investigation to be made and a …

Notice of the hearing shall be given to each interested person at least 10 days prior to the hearing. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

At the hearing, the chief shall first determine if the brands are so similar as to be misleading or conflicting. The chief shall dismiss the proceedings as to any brands which he finds are not so similar as to be misleading or conflicting. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

If, at the hearing, the chief finds that two or more brands have been recorded which are so similar as to be misleading or conflicting, he shall determine which of the conflicting brands has been of record for the longest consecutive period of time. The owner of such brand has th…

The owner of a recorded brand may request the chief to make an investigation if there are cattle other than his own which bear a brand so similar to such owner’s brand as to be misleading or conflicting. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

If, after the investigation, the chief finds sufficient cause for such action, he may require that the cattle, other than those of the owner of the brand which is recorded, be branded with some other brand which is approved by the chief and recorded pursuant to this chapter. (Ena…

Any person who loses his or her right to use a brand as a result of the determination of the chief pursuant to this article may appeal to the secretary within 15 days. The secretary may affirm, reverse, or modify the determination of the chief. (Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 83, Se…

As used in this article, “permit” means a permit that is issued pursuant to Section 33222. (Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 584, Sec. 1.8. Effective January 1, 2007.)

Every person, before engaging in the business of producing market milk or manufacturing milk, shall obtain a permit from the secretary or from the approved milk inspection service that is maintained by the county designated by the secretary pursuant to this chapter for each dairy…

If a permit is issued by an approved milk inspection service designated by the secretary to a producer of market milk or manufacturing milk, no other permit shall be required of the producer by any other approved milk inspection service. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 39, Sec. 10. …

Upon receipt of an application for a permit, the secretary or approved milk inspection service shall cause an investigation to be made of the dairy farm where milk is produced and of the herd that produces the milk. (Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 584, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2…

If this division and the standards that are established by or adopted pursuant to the authority that is granted in this division are complied with, a permit shall be issued by the secretary or the designated approved milk inspection service, to the dairy farm. The permit shall be…

Every person shall obtain a permit from the secretary before engaging in the business of processing or distributing market milk. Upon receipt of an application for a permit, the secretary shall cause an investigation to be made of the milk products plant or place of business from…

Each person, before engaging in the transportation of unpackaged market milk or unpackaged market milk products (bulk milk hauler), shall obtain a bulk milk hauler tanker permit from the secretary for each tanker that person uses in the bulk transport of unpackaged market milk or…

(a) Any person, before engaging the business of cleaning or sanitizing bulk milk tanker trucks shall obtain a bulk milk tanker truck cleaning or sanitizing permit from the secretary for each facility not attached to a licensed milk products plant or market milk dairy farm that is…

If the State Director of Health Services finds, after investigation and examination, that any canned fruits or vegetables, including olives, that are found in the possession of any person, firm, company, or corporation are misbranded or mislabeled within the meaning of this chapt…

Canned fruits or vegetables, including olives, which are found to be mislabeled or misbranded within the meaning of this chapter may, by order of any court or judge, be seized and destroyed. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

All breeders seed for varieties developed by the United States Department of Agriculture or the University of California, and approved for release and planting by the board shall be allocated to the Foundation Seed and Seed Certification Service (FSSC) for expansion to foundation…

FSSC shall provide a method that will enable persons requesting foundation seed who have no history of cottonseed distribution to receive an initial allocation of foundation seed. (Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 136, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 1996. Conditionally inoperative on J…

FSSC shall develop criteria in consultation with the board for the allocation of foundation seed to qualified recipients. FSSC shall determine who is a qualified recipient and allocate foundation seed pursuant to that criteria. (Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 136, Sec. 20. Effective…

The commission may establish a program allowing for the certification of any verifiable attribute of rice. The commission may operate the program or contract with qualified entities to implement all or any aspect of the program. No organization shall be considered qualified for t…

(a) The commission shall require any organization seeking to certify rice pursuant to this article to file the procedures and standards of an internationally recognized identity preservation program or a certification plan, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Minimu…

Organizations certifying rice shall keep accurate books, accounts, and records of all activities relating to certification. The records shall be preserved for a period of three years and shall be submitted for inspection at any reasonable time upon written demand of the commissio…

At the end of each rice producing season, as established by the commission, each organization certifying rice for the commission shall prepare a list of all persons whose rice has been certified or is pending certification. This list shall be filed with the commission and shall b…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any producer or handler of rice sold as a certified rice and any organization certifying rice for the commission shall immediately make available for inspection by, and shall within 72 hours of a request provide to, the commission a…

Upon receipt of a petition from any person providing adequate evidence of good cause to do so, the commission may declare all rice produced within a specified area to be certified as to any attribute. If the commission makes this declaration, all rice produced within the area sha…

Upon the finding of nine of the members of the commission that the operation of this chapter has not tended to effectuate its declared purposes, the commission may recommend to the director that the operation of this chapter be suspended. However, the suspension shall not become …

At the close of the voting period established, the director shall tabulate the ballots filed during such period. If at least 65 percent of the handlers have assented in writing for such suspension, and the handlers so voting marketed at least a majority of the total quantity of i…

After the effective date of suspension of the operation of the provisions of this chapter and of the commission, as provided in Section 66662, the operations of the commission shall be wound up and any moneys remaining held by the commission, collected by assessment and not requi…

Upon suspension of the operation of this chapter and of the commission, as provided in Sections 66662 and 66663, a notice thereof shall be posted on a public bulletin board to be maintained by the director in his or her office, and a copy of such notice shall be published in a ne…

In addition to the remedies provided in this chapter, the department may bring an action in superior court and such court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and for cause shown, to grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of …

Since it cannot be determined with certainty, by any present known method of inspection, whether meat, including any poultry meat, is unwholesome unless the organs and other tissues of an animal are inspected when slaughtered, and as meat and meat food products, and poultry produ…

Whenever any livestock product or poultry product or any product exempted from the definition of a livestock product and from the definition of a poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry, is found by any authorized representative of the dire…

Any livestock product or poultry product or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry that is being transported in intrastate commerce, or is otherwise subject to this chapter, or is held for sale in this state after such transportation shall be liable to be pro…

The provisions of Section 18873 shall in no way derogate from authority for condemnation or seizure conferred by other provisions of this chapter, or other laws. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1385.)

The county that maintains an approved milk inspection service where an inspection fee is levied and collected shall determine the actual cost of making an inspection of a dairy farm that produces milk within the area that is designated and assigned to that service by the secretar…

For the purpose of maintaining an approved milk inspection service, the county may, but is not required to, levy and collect an inspection fee or fees from producers of milk that is produced at dairy farms within the area that is designated and assigned to that service by the sec…

The dairy farm inspection fee shall not exceed the actual cost to the county of making the dairy farm inspection, provided that an additional 15 percent of the fees collected shall be remitted to the secretary to cover the reasonable cost of administering Sections 33082, 33118, a…

Any fees levied by an approved milk inspection service for dairy farm inspection shall not exceed the maximum fees provided for state established inspection. (Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1275, Sec. 1.)