Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

(a) The board may establish the Commercial Feed Inspection Committee as an entity to administer this chapter. The committee shall consist of eight persons appointed by the board who shall be licensed under this chapter. The committee may, with the concurrence of the director, app…

Any entity established or designated pursuant to Section 14978 shall do all of the following: (a) Administer this chapter or any part thereof, and to do and perform all acts and exercise all powers deemed reasonably necessary. (b) Keep accurate books and records of its activities…

The director may require any entity or entities established or designated pursuant to Section 14978 to correct or cease any activity or function that is determined by the director not to be in the public interest, or that is in violation of this chapter, and shall notify the enti…

Persons subject to this chapter shall not have access to any information in the possession of any entity or entities established or designated pursuant to Section 14978 that would disclose proprietary information regarding any other person subject to this chapter, including feed …

Any person licensed under this chapter may petition the director, in accordance with regulations adopted by the director, to review any action, order, or decision of the entity or entities established or designated pursuant to Section 14978. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1210, Sec. …

(a) The director shall adopt regulations to be used by the entity or entities established or designated by the board pursuant to Section 14978 to administer this chapter. The regulations shall include, but not be limited to, contracts for analytical services with commercial labor…

The secretary shall, by regulation, establish and maintain a full point-of-origin inspection area whenever the cattle producers owning cattle in the affected area request this action by a two-thirds vote of those present at a public hearing held at a central location in the area.…

A full point-of-origin inspection area may consist of one or more counties or geographical areas. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 210, Sec. 21. Effective May 24, 1982.)

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 full point-of-origin inspection area pursuant to Section 21141…

It is unlawful to engage in the manufacture of products resembling milk products, unless a license for the then current calendar year for each separate plant or place used for such business is issued by the director pursuant to this article. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1968, Ch…

Applications for a license shall be in the form which shall be prescribed by the director. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1250.)

The application shall be accompanied by a fee of one hundred dollars ($100). The fee shall be prorated on a monthly basis for any licensee that commences operations after the first quarter in any calendar year whether or not such plant was licensed during the preceding calendar y…

The director shall issue to each applicant that satisfies the requirements of this chapter a license which entitles the applicant to manufacture, sell, or distribute products resembling milk products for the then current calendar year for which the license is issued, unless the l…

The license shall expire at the end of each calendar year, but shall remain in force during the month of January of the next succeeding year or such part of the month as may be necessary for the renewal of the license by the director. (Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1250.)

It is unlawful for any person to sell, give away, deliver, or to knowingly purchase or receive any product resembling milk products which has been produced in a plant that is in an insanitary condition, or that is handled by any carrier or any store or depot that is in an insanit…

Grounds for revocation or suspension of such license shall be the manufacture of products resembling milk products under unhealthful or insanitary conditions or which violate the provisions of Section 38924 or 38925. (Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1250.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, the 51st District Agricultural Association may enter into leases or joint operational agreements with any public agency with respect to the use of land and facilities for district purposes. (Added by Stats. 1974, C…

If any pest is found to exist in any public park or along any street, highway, or other property which is subject to the control of a city or county, the notice of abatement shall be served on the chairman of the governing body of the city or county. If the eradication, control, …

If any pest is found to exist in any park or along any street, highway, right-of-way, or other property which is subject to the control of any agency of the state, the director, upon receiving a report of the existence of the pest from the commissioner, shall notify the agency. H…

If any pest is found to exist upon any property which is subject to the control of any irrigation, drainage, flood control, reclamation, or levee district, or other political subdivision of the state, the notice of abatement shall be served upon the chairman of the governing body…

If any pest is found to exist in or on any irrigation canal or ditch, including its lateral banks, which is not subject to the control of any district or political subdivision of the state, the notice of abatement shall be served upon all users of water from the irrigation canal …

A person shall not act as an agent unless such person has first obtained a license as provided in this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Every person, before acting as an agent, shall file an application with the director for a license to so act. The application shall be accompanied by the application fee which is prescribed by Article 16 (commencing with Section 55861) of this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch…

(a) Each application shall include all of the following: (1) Such information as the department may consider proper or necessary. (2) The name and address of the applicant. (3) The name and address of the processor that is represented or sought to be represented by the agent. (4)…

The department shall accept or deny an application within 90 calendar days of receipt of a completed application. The department may deny, condition, suspend, or revoke a license issued pursuant to this chapter upon any of the following grounds and in the manner provided in this …

(a) The Legislature finds there to be a substantial nexus between the conduct specified in Section 55484 and an applicant’s or holder’s fitness for licensure. (b) The department shall not dismiss an action where a violation, however minor, has been established. The department sha…

(a) If an application for a license indicates, or the department determines during the application review process, that the applicant was issued a license that was revoked within the preceding two years, the department shall cease any further review of the application until two y…

The applicant shall satisfy the department of the applicant’s character, responsibility, and good faith in seeking to carry on the business that is stated in the application. (Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 696, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1998.)

A license is forfeited by operation of law prior to its expiration date when one of the following occurs: (a) The holder surrenders the license to the department. (b) The holder dies. (c) The partnership holder dissolves. (d) The holder of a significant financial interest in a co…

(a) The withdrawal of an application for a license after it has been filed with the department does not deprive the department of its authority to institute or continue a proceeding against the applicant or to enter an order denying the license, unless the department consents in …

(a) The department shall notify the applicant or holder in writing of the department’s decision to bring charges to deny or revoke a license. (1) The notice shall inform the applicant or holder of the charges against him or her, of the department’s proposed disciplinary action, a…

The director may issue to each agent a separate license card for each processor represented by the agent. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Any agent that displays a void or expired license card is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Each agent shall show his license upon the request of any interested person. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The powers and duties of the commission, subject to Sections 68052 and 68053, include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) To adopt and, from time to time, alter, rescind, modify, and amend all proper and necessary bylaws, rules, regulations, and orders for carrying…

(a) In order to prevent unfair trade practices, which are detrimental to California’s kiwifruit industry, including, but not limited to, deception and misinformation, the commission may collect and disseminate to any and all interested persons, handler f.o.b., market price inform…

It is unlawful for any person to act or offer to act as an agricultural pest control adviser without first having secured an agricultural pest control adviser’s license from the director in accordance with this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1276.)

It is unlawful for any person to act or offer to act as an agricultural pest control adviser in any county wherein the adviser makes any recommendation for agricultural use without first registering with the county agricultural commissioner of that county. (Amended by Stats. 1985…

It is unlawful to violate any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation issued thereunder. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1276.)

It shall be unlawful for any pest control adviser to make recommendations in a category for which he is not certified. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1276.)

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or by regulations of the secretary that declare that the statement required pursuant to this article is not applicable to certain products to carry out this chapter, every lot, parcel, or package of commercial feed distributed with…

The label shall contain a legible and plainly printed statement which certifies all of the following: (a) The net weight or volume of the contents of the lot or parcel unless accompanied by a certified certificate of weights and measures. (b) The product name, brand name, or trad…

Any person that manufactures, processes, or mixes any special mix for another person, shall label it in accordance with regulations as specified by the director. (Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1275.)

A special mix shall not be resold unless relabeled. (Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1275.)

If a manufacturer or processor of any commercial feed makes a claim or guarantee relative to the content of the commerical feed on, or with, the package which contains it, and the claim or guarantee is in addition to those required by law, he is responsible for maintaining the cl…

Commercial feed manufactured or distributed for feeding to animals on a contract or partnership basis is exempt from the labeling provisions of this chapter if the feeding location is of the same ownership as the feed manufacturing facility. The label information shall be provide…