Title FAC — California Food & Agric. Code

The provisions of this chapter shall be controlling over those of any other provisions of law which are in conflict with them. No act or thing which is authorized or permitted by this chapter shall be in violation of any other provisions of law. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

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…

A person shall not sell any livestock drug in this state prior to receipt of a registration certificate pursuant to this chapter.

The manufacturer of any livestock drug shall apply to the director for registration of the livestock drug.

The application shall be in a form which is supplied by the director. It shall show all of the following: (a) The name of the applicant and the address of his principal place of business. (b) The name, brand, or trademark under which the livestock drug is to be sold. (c) The mini…

The application shall also contain a detailed description, or be accompanied by a copy, of the label of each type and size of container in which the livestock drug is be sold at retail.

The label shall contain all of the following: (a) The name, brand, or trademark of the livestock drug. (b) The name of the applicant and his principal address. (c) The minimum net contents of the container. (d) A statement of the disease or ailments of livestock which it is claim…

If it is proposed that any instructions for use, other than those on the label, shall accompany containers of the livestock drug which are sold at retail, a copy of such instructions shall accompany the application for registration of the livestock drug.

The director shall examine and consider the application together with all material, data, and information which accompanies it. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

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.

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.

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 person shall not sell any restricted drug in this state at retail unless he holds a license to do so issued pursuant to this chapter.

Any person may file with the director an application for a license pursuant to this chapter. The application shall be on a form which is supplied by the director and shall contain such information as he may require. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The application shall be accompanied by an application fee of fifty dollars ($50). The fee is not refundable if the license is refused.

If the license is issued, the application fee covers the license for the remainder of the current calendar year in which it is issued. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The fee for the renewal application for a license is fifty dollars ($50) per year, payable on or before January 31 of each year. If the fee is not paid by that date, a penalty of fifty dollars ($50) shall be added to the fee.

A separate license is required for each place of business at which any restricted drug is kept for sale, and for each mobile unit in which any such drug is kept for sale.

The director may make an examination of the facilities which are available to the applicant for the proper handling and storing of restricted drugs and may limit the kinds or classes of such drugs that may be sold under a license to those which the applicant is equipped properly …

Each holder of a license under this chapter shall keep a record, in the manner and form prescribed by the director, of each sale of a restricted drug by the licensee.

The record required pursuant to Section 14328 shall include all of the following: (a) A statement of the kind and quantity of the restricted drug sold. (b) The date of sale. (c) The name and address of the purchaser. (d) The signature of the purchaser. (e) Any other information a…

The director shall revoke a restricted drug license if he finds that the holder of such license has failed to keep the required record of sales of such drugs, or is not properly handling or storing such drugs.

It is unlawful for any person to sell any livestock drug which is subject to any provision of this chapter unless the drug is registered pursuant to this chapter.

It is unlawful for any registrant to sell any livestock drug which does not conform with its registration.

It is unlawful for any person to administer any registered livestock drug to any human being.

It is unlawful for any person to sell any restricted drug unless such person has a license issued pursuant to this chapter.

It is unlawful for any person to use or administer any registered livestock drug except in accordance with the label instructions for use which are supplied by the registrant, including all warnings, withdrawal periods, and livestock product disposal times.

It is unlawful for the holder of a restricted drug license to sell a restricted drug without requiring the purchaser of the restricted drug to sign his name and write his address in the record of such sales.

It is unlawful for any person to refuse to permit the entry into and inspection of any premises wherein any livestock drug is manufactured or sold for the taking of samples of such drug.

It is unlawful for any person to sell any livestock drug except in the container in which it is packaged by the manufacturer or distributor or to sell any such drug unless its package bears the label of the manufacturer or distributor.

It is unlawful for any person to make any false or misleading representation which relates to any livestock drug, whether such representation is communicated orally, graphically, pictorially, or otherwise.

It is unlawful for any livestock owner or his or her agent to sell or dispose of treated livestock or livestock products within the specified withdrawal period without first notifying the buyer that the livestock or products have been treated. The notification shall be in a form …

The director may seize and hold any livestock drug which he has reasonable cause to believe is in violation of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted pursuant to it. The director shall continue to hold the livestock drug until such time as the requirements of t…

It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, distribute, sell, or use any livestock drug without complying with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations which are adopted pursuant to it.

(a) It is unlawful for any livestock owner or agent to sell or dispose of any livestock or livestock carcasses which within 48 hours after the buyer takes possession have drug residues in excess of allowable federal or state tolerances. In addition to any other penalties imposed …

(a) It is unlawful to sell or dispose of a bob veal calf for the purposes of slaughter without first affixing to the animal a producer identification number approved by the director. (b) For purposes of this chapter, “bob veal calf” means a bovine animal 21 days of age or less or…

(a) It is unlawful to sell or dispose of a dairy cull cow without first affixing to the animal a producer identification number issued by the director. (b) For purposes of this chapter, “cull cow” means a female bovine animal 21 days of age or more, which is sold or disposed of f…

A violation of this chapter or of any regulation which is adopted by the director pursuant to this chapter is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for the first violation. A second or subsequent violation of this chapter is a misdemeanor…

(a) The director may, after a hearing, refuse to issue or renew, or may suspend or revoke a livestock drug registration or restricted drug license for any violation of this chapter or any regulation which is adopted pursuant thereto. (b) Upon calling a hearing, the director shall…

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 …

This chapter shall be known as the California Meat and Poultry Inspection Act.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.

“Adulterated” means any livestock product or poultry product which is in violation of Article 4 (commencing with Section 18751) of this chapter.