Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other business entity. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 946, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 2003.)

“Processor” means any person engaged, within this state, in any of the activities with respect to avocados as set forth in Section 58619. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 569.)

“Process” means to engage in the business of a processor. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 569.)

“Producer” or “grower” means any person who is engaged within this state in the business of producing, or causing to be produced, avocados for market. “Producer” or “grower” does not include any person who has an average annual production of less than 10,000 pounds of avocados in…

“Production research” means any research related to the production of avocados other than marketing research. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 569.)

“Secretary” means the Secretary of the Department of Food and Agriculture. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 946, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2003.)

There is, in the department, a Fertilizer Inspection Advisory Board consisting of nine persons appointed by the secretary, eight of whom shall be licensed under this chapter and subject to the payment of the inspection fee in accordance with this chapter, and one of whom shall be…

The term of office of a member of the board is three years. The initial board shall consist of, three members appointed for a term of three years, three members appointed for a term of two years, and three members appointed for a term of one year. Thereafter, appointments shall b…

The board shall be advisory to the secretary and may make recommendations on all matters pertaining to this chapter, including, but not limited to, the inspection and enforcement program, research and education, the annual budget, necessary fees to provide adequate inspection ser…

(a) The secretary, by January 1, 2012, and in consultation with the board, shall review the definition of organic input materials in Section 14550.5 and identify oversight and implementation issues that may arise or have arisen on account of that definition. The review shall also…

The board shall elect a chairperson and other officers as it deems advisable. (Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)

The board shall meet at the call of the chairperson or the secretary, or at the request of any five members of the board. The board shall meet at least once a year. (Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 490, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2006.)

The secretary shall accept the recommendations of the advisory board pertaining to subdivision (b) of Section 14611 if he or she finds them to be practicable and in the interests of the fertilizer industry and the public. If the secretary does not accept the recommendations of th…

Every person engaged in the business of slaughtering animals for pet food or horses for human food purposes shall first obtain a license pursuant to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 815.)

The application shall be in a form which is prescribed by the director and shall contain the following: (a) The name and address of the applicant. (b) Where each slaughterhouse in which he intends to operate is located and to whom it belongs. (c) The experience the applicant has …

The secretary, after notice and hearing, shall refuse to issue a license unless he or she finds that the applicant satisfies all of the following: (a) Is qualified to operate a slaughterhouse. (b) Is properly equipped to engage in the business of slaughtering in a clean and sanit…

It is unlawful for any person to sell poultry meat which contains added moisture in excess of 4 percent by weight, or in excess of any greater amount that may be established by regulations of the director as necessary in good commercial processing techniques consistent with prote…

If any provision of this article is violated by any dairy farm, the dairy farm is insanitary, deficient, and unsatisfactory. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

An open cesspool, pigpen, stagnant water, accumulation of manure or other filth shall not be permitted within 100 feet of the milk house or room, or within 50 feet of any milking barn, stanchions, or other place where milking is done. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Human excreta or other human wastes shall be properly disposed of by the use of flush toilets and septic tanks, approved pits, or chemical toilets. Such toilets shall be conveniently located and properly constructed, operated, and maintained, so that the waste is inaccessible to …

The buildings, yards, or enclosures shall not be filthy or insanitary, nor shall any part of such yards or enclosures, except pastures, be made the depositories of manure in heaps or otherwise, where it is allowed to ferment and decay. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The water supply for the milk house or room and dairy barn shall be properly located, constructed, and operated, easily accessible, adequate, protected against contamination, and of safe and sanitary quality. The bacterial quality shall conform to the standards of the State Board…

The water supply for drinking by livestock shall not be stagnant, polluted with manure, urine drainage, decaying vegetable or animal matter, or pathogenic bacteria of any source. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

No person who is connected with or employed on a dairy farm and liable to come in contact with the milk or cream of the dairy farm or the dairy farm operations shall be afflicted with any communicable disease or in a condition to disseminate the germs of any communicable disease.…

A suitable milkhouse or room, which is properly screened to exclude flies or insects shall be provided and maintained for the separating, cooling, mixing, canning, and keeping, or otherwise caring for, the milk and cream. The milkhouse or room shall contain a two-compartment wash…

The pails, cans, bottles, or other containers for milk or its products, or the strainers, coolers or other utensils, appliances, apparatus, or equipment which come in contact with the milk or its products shall be thoroughly washed and afterwards sterilized each time they are use…

Multiuse containers, equipment and utensils used in the handling, storage and transportation of milk shall be made of smooth, nonabsorbent, corrosion-resistant, nontoxic materials and shall be so constructed as to be easily cleanable. All containers, equipment, and utensils shall…

The containers, appliances, or equipment, after sterilization, shall be adequately dried and protected from flies, dust, and other contamination. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

No container, utensil, appliance, or equipment shall be used for any purpose except the handling of milk or products of milk. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The udders, flanks, hind legs, and tails of cows or goats shall be reasonably clean during milking. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The milk or cream shall be protected from contamination by dust and flies. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The person or wearing apparel of the dairyman, his employees, or other persons who handle the milk or its products and containers or equipment of the milk or its products shall not be soiled and shall be washed with reasonable frequency. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The hands of milkers shall be clean and dry during the entire period of milking. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The milk or cream shall be cooled as provided in Section 35783 and so maintained until delivery to a milk products plant. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 339, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)

The interior of the milking barn or milk house or room shall be kept clean and free from accumulated dust and cobwebs. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The walls of the milking barn shall not become soiled with manure, urine, or other filth. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The feed shall not be spoiled or otherwise unfit for feeding cows or goats and the production of milk. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Reduced-fat milk is a market milk product. It shall contain not less than 1.9 percent milk fat, not more than 2.1 percent milk fat, and not less than 10 percent of milk solids not fat. (Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 329, Sec. 16. Effective August 21, 1997.)

Except as otherwise provided in this article, reduced-fat milk shall meet all standards and requirements that are specified in this division for market milk. It shall be labeled “reduced-fat milk.” (Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 329, Sec. 17. Effective August 21, 1997.)

The secretary by regulation may do all of the following: (a) Prescribe methods of selecting samples of lots, loads, or containers of garlic and onions for dehydration purposes, which shall be reasonably calculated to produce by sampling fair representations of the entire lot, loa…

The director and the commissioners of each county of the state, their deputies and inspectors, under the supervision and control of the director, shall enforce this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, all enforcing officers may enter upon any public or private premises in order to have access to nursery stock subject to this chapter and the regulations which are adopted pursuant to it. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch.…

If the director or the commissioner shall find that any person has violated any provision of this chapter, he may institute proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction in the area in which the violation occurred, to have such person convicted of the violation, or he may file…

To prevent the introduction into, or the spread within this state, of pests, the director shall maintain at such places within this state as he deems necessary plant quarantine inspection stations for the purpose of inspecting all conveyances which might carry plants or other thi…

(a) Every operator of a motor vehicle entering the state with a shipment of any agricultural commodity shall cause the vehicle and the shipment to be inspected, and shall obtain a certificate of inspection, at the plant quarantine inspection station nearest the point of entry int…