Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

“Commissioner” means any member of the commission. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1027.)

“Distribute” means to engage in the business of a distributor. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1027.)

“Distributor” means any person who engages in the operation of selling, marketing, or distributing kiwifruit which he has produced or purchased or acquired from a producer, or which he is marketing on behalf of a producer, whether as owner, agent, employee, broker, or otherwise. …

“Secretary” means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture. (Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 727, Sec. 1.5. Effective January 1, 1996.)

“Districts” shall consist of the following: (a) District 1 consists of Del Norte, Siskiyou, Modoc, Humboldt, Trinity, Shasta, Lassen, Tehama, Mendocino, Glenn, Butte, and Plumas Counties. (b) District 2 consists of Lake, Colusa, Sutter, Yolo, Napa, Sonoma, Marin, and Solano Count…

“Ex officio member” shall be a nonvoting member of the commission. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1027.)

“Handle” means to engage in the business of a handler as defined in Section 68033. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1027.)

“Handler” means any person engaged, within this state, as a distributor in the business of distributing kiwifruit or any person engaged as a processor in the business of processing kiwifruit and employees thereof so engaged. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1027.)

“Independent handler” means a handler who primarily handles fruit for an independent producer or grower. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1027.)

“Cooperative handler” means a handler who primarily handles fruit for a cooperative producer or grower. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1027.)

“Marketing research” means any research relating to the sale of kiwifruit. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1027.)

“Marketing season” or “fiscal year” means the period beginning October 1 of any year and extending through September 30 of the following year. (Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 606, Sec. 7.)

“Nonprofit cooperative association” or “cooperative” means any corporation which is organized pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 54001) of Division 20. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1027.)

“Processor” means any person engaged, within this state, in the operation of canning, fermenting, distilling, extracting, preserving, grinding, crushing, or in any other manner changing the form of kiwifruit for the purpose of preparing it for market and marketing the kiwifruit, …

“Process” means to engage in the business of a processor. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1027.)

“Producer” or “grower,” means any person who is engaged, within this state, in the business of producing, or causing to be produced for market, kiwifruit, who shall, upon request, provide proof of commodity sale and proof of assessment payment during the preceding marketing seaso…

“Production research” means any research related to the production, harvest, and post harvest handling of kiwifruit, other than marketing research. (Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 606, Sec. 10.)

“Sale” means the point at which the producer transfers title to the kiwifruit in exchange for financial compensation or other valuable consideration. A sale may occur even though the kiwifruit purchased is not placed in normal marketing channels. (Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 606, S…

“Tray” means a receptacle used in the packaging or handling of kiwifruit. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1004, Sec. 8. Effective September 26, 1985.)

As part of promoting and protecting the agricultural industry of the state and for the protection of public health, safety, and welfare, the Legislature shall provide for a continuing sound and healthy agriculture in California and shall encourage a productive and profitable agri…

The Legislature shall review actions taken in the implementation and furtherance of the state agricultural policy for their impact on the following factors: (a) Productive agricultural land. (b) Agricultural water supplies. (c) Agricultural energy resources, including, but not li…

Each agricultural pest control adviser who makes any recommendation for agricultural use shall register in person with the agricultural commissioner in the county listed in the adviser’s address on the license issued pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 12021) or with t…

Registration shall be renewed annually by all agricultural pest control advisers. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1276.)

County boards of supervisors may set fees for registration to cover the cost of registering pest control advisers, but in no case shall the fee total more than ten dollars ($10) per year for a pest control adviser to register in person in the county listed in the adviser’s addres…

A pest control adviser registration may be refused, revoked, or suspended by the agricultural commissioner. Cause for such refusal, revocation, or suspension may be for the same reasons prescribed in Section 12023 for the refusal, revocation, or suspension for a pest control advi…

All of the money which is received by the director pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund and shall be expended solely for the administration and enforcement of this chapter, including reimbursement of the board or other entity …

The director shall prepare an annual statement of the operating expenditures and income related to this chapter which shall be presented to the board for review as soon as possible following the termination of the fiscal year. A copy of this statement will be made available to an…

If this chapter is repealed, any funds received by the director pursuant to this chapter remaining after all expenses are paid, shall be rebated by the director in a manner prescribed by the board proportionately to the amount paid by those persons that made such payments. (Added…

The secretary shall, by regulation, establish and maintain a modified point-of-origin inspection area whenever the cattle producers owning cattle in the affected area request the action by a two-thirds vote of those cattle producers, who are either property taxpayers, lessees, or…

Cattle producers owning cattle in the affected area may, upon written request or petition signed by at least 25 cattle producers owning cattle in that area, request that the secretary repeal regulations establishing a modified point-of-origin inspection area pursuant to Section 2…

A modified point-of-origin inspection area may consist of one or more counties or geographical areas. (Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 385.)

If any provision of this article is violated by any milk products plant, the milk products plant is insanitary. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Milk or cream, or any product of milk or cream, shall not be received, by a milk products plant if such milk or cream, or product of milk or cream, comes within any of the following classes: (a) Is impure, tainted, unclean, adulterated, or unwholesome. (b) Has reached an advanced…

The utensils and apparatus that come in contact with milk or its products shall be thoroughly washed and afterwards sterilized each time they are used by heating them to a temperature above 200 degrees Fahrenheit, or by a chemical or other sterilization process which has been app…

The cans or other containers in which the milk or milk products are received, transported, or delivered shall be thoroughly washed, sterilized, and dried after emptying and before being sent out to be used again. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

No container, utensil, apparatus, or equipment, except as otherwise provided, shall be used for any purpose other than that of handling milk and the products of milk. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The inside surfaces of any equipment, apparatus, or container, which comes in contact with milk or its products, shall be smooth and readily cleanable and free of open seams, cracks, or crevices. All openings in covers of tanks, vats, separators or other equipment shall be protec…

Recirculated cold water which is used in coolers and exchangers shall be obtained from a safe source and protected from contamination. Any freezing point depressant shall be nontoxic. All bottling or packaging machine supply tanks and bowls shall have covers which are constructed…

The floor shall be constructed of concrete or other impervious material which is acceptable to the director. It shall be so constructed as to be watertight and so sloped that all drainage will flow to one or more points of drainage. The floors shall be readily cleanable. (Enacted…

Floor drains shall be provided which are properly trapped to exclude odors and connected to a sewer line that will convey refuse milk, water, and sewage away to a point at least 100 feet distant from the milk products plant. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

No milk, its products, or any filth shall be allowed to accumulate, ferment, or decay upon the floor or walls. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

No species of animal life other than man shall be permitted in any building which is used in connection with any milk products plant. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

No building which is used in connection with any milk products plant shall be used for any purpose except the handling of milk and milk products, equipment, apparatus, or containers of milk or milk products. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The water supply shall be properly located and constructed so as to be easily accessible, adequately operated, and protected against contamination. The bacterial quality shall conform to standards of the State Board of Public Health for public supplies of drinking water. (Enacted…

A cesspool, privy vault, hog yard, slaughterhouse, manure, or any decaying vegetable or animal matter shall not be so located as to become a nuisance or to permit foul odors to reach such milk products plant. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

All openings into any milk products plant shall be effectively protected against flies and insects and doors shall be self-closing. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)