Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

(a) The department, in consultation with the Veterinary Medical Board, the State Department of Public Health, universities, and cooperative extensions, shall develop antimicrobial stewardship guidelines and best management practices for veterinarians, as well as livestock owners …

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the department coordinate with the United States Department of Agriculture, the federal Food and Drug Administration, and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to implement the expanded antimicrobial resistance surveil…

The department has the authority to request and receive copies of veterinary feed directives from the livestock owner, veterinarian, or distributor to fully implement the provisions of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 758, Sec. 1. (SB 27) Effective January 1, 2016.)

Notwithstanding the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code), any information provided pursuant to this chapter and Section 14902.5 shall be held confidential, and shall not be disclosed to any person or gove…

(a) A person who violates this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) for each day a violation occurs. (b) (1) For a second or subsequent violation, a person who violates this chapter shall be punishable by an administrat…

As used in this chapter, animal means livestock as defined in Section 18663 and poultry as defined in Section 24657. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 844.)

If the director determines that any animal raised for the production of any food product is or may be carrying in its body pesticides, poisons, or other deleterious substances, including, but not limited to, veterinary biologicals, antibiotics, pesticides, and heavy metal poisons…

If the director finds that any animal under a hold order pursuant to this chapter cannot, after treatment or care, be safely used for human food purposes, or contains in its body any such deleterious substance in excess of a tolerance established by the director, the director may…

It is unlawful for any person to fail to comply with any order of the director issued pursuant to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 844.)

The director may bring an action in the superior court of any county in which animals subject to a hold order are located to require enforcement of such order. The director shall not be required to allege an inadequate remedy at law or irreparable damage. The court may enjoin vio…

The owner of any animal for which a hold or disposal order is issued pursuant to this chapter may seek administrative review of such order in the same manner as is provided in Section 18931. The proceedings for such review shall be as provided in Section 18931. Any hold order und…

(a) A person selling, transporting, or importing a dog into the state for the purpose of resale or change of ownership shall obtain, and submit to the department and the buyer, a health certificate for the dog that has been completed by a licensed veterinarian and is dated no mor…

(a) A health certificate received by the department pursuant to this chapter is a public record subject to disclosure, without redaction, under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code). (b) The department…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) California is home to more species of plants and animals in the world and the highest number of species found nowhere else in the world. (b) The state’s plants and animals coexist to create the complex ecosystems…

For purposes of this chapter, “invasive pests” means animals, plants, insects, and plant and animal diseases or groups of those animals, plants, insects, and plant and animal diseases, including seeds, eggs, spores, or other matter capable of propagation, where introduction into …

The department shall develop and maintain a list of invasive pests that have a reasonable likelihood of entering California for which a detection, exclusion, eradication, control, or management action by the state might be appropriate. In developing the list, the department shall…

(a) Based on available funding, the department shall develop and maintain a written plan on the most appropriate options for detection, exclusion, eradication, control, or management of the higher priority invasive pests on the list prepared pursuant to Section 5261. In determini…

If the department determines that an invasive pest identified on the list developed pursuant to Section 5261 has entered the state, the department shall notify the Governor, the governing boards of affected cities and counties, and county agricultural commissioners. (Added by Sta…

If the department determines that an invasive pest has entered the state and the urban aerial application of a pesticide, or a communitywide ground application of a pesticide, is the preferred eradication, control, or management response, the department shall advise the Governor …

If the department determines that an invasive pest has entered the state, and an urban aerial application of a pesticide, or a communitywide ground application of a pesticide, is the selected response, the department shall do all of the following: (a) Notify the governing boards …

This program established by this chapter may only be funded with federal funds. (Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 573, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)

This chapter does not apply to the following: (a) The State Department of Public Health and local vector control agencies providing services in accordance with Section 116180 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) Mosquito abatement and vector control districts authorized under Chapt…