Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

Notwithstanding Section 55461, every processor who handles freestone peaches for freezing and drying in California shall furnish to the director, on or before December 10 of each year, and every processor who handles walnuts, raisins, or prunes in California annually shall furnis…

(a) The secretary shall not release, or otherwise make available, any information furnished by a cooperative or an individual processor under Section 55601.7 or this section, including information relating to the weighted average prices paid, except in proceedings brought against…

Every processor except a licensed winegrower, that purchases for freezing any farm product from the producer of the farm product on a packout basis shall promptly upon completion of the processing of each lot or day’s delivery inform the producer of the results obtained. (Amended…

If a specific grade or quality is a condition of a packout basis contract between the producer and the processor, such grade or quality shall be determined at the completion of the processing. (Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 807.)

Every contract between a processor and a producer which covers the purchase of any farm product on a packout basis shall designate the price to be paid for each grade purchased. (Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 807.)

Where the processor is operating under continuous United States Department of Agriculture inspection, the United States Department of Agriculture grade determination shall be accepted as final in accounting to the producer. Where the processor is not operating under continuous Un…

The provisions of Section 55581 of the Agricultural Code and Section 12713 of the Business and Professions Code do not apply to farm products purchased and accounted for on a packout basis, pursuant to this section. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 807.)

Every processor, except a licensed winegrower, that receives any farm product from the producer of the farm product for processing on a consigned basis shall promptly make and keep a correct record which shows in detail all of the following with reference to the processing, handl…

If the processor has entered into a contract with two or more producers or consignors, which provides that the returns for any farm product which is handled and sold for the account of such producers or consignors shall be pooled on a definite basis as to grade or quality, or bot…

Every processor shall keep accurate books and records which show the name and address of any producer that is selling and making delivery of any farm product to him, including the dates of deliveries, the quantities of the farm product which is delivered, and the agreed price to …

Accurate grading and weight receipts shall be given by all processors to each producer, or his agent, upon each and every delivery. Each receipt shall state all of the following: (a) The date of the receipt. (b) The name and address of the producer. (c) The name of the processor.…

Not later than five days after demand, the processor shall give to every such producer so requesting a full and complete statement of such producer’s account, which shows all of the following: (a) The entire quantities of the product which has been delivered by the producer. (b) …

Remittance in full of the amount which is realized from such sales, including all collections, overcharges, and damages, less the agreed commission and other charges, together with a complete account of sales, shall be made to the consignor within 10 days after receipt of the mon…

A processor, in order to prevent loss or economic waste, may resell or redeliver any raw product purchased and received from the producer of the raw product to another processor for the purpose of processing and such act is not an act which requires licensing pursuant to Chapter …

All records required to be kept under this chapter shall be kept for a period of four years. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 632.)

(a) If the secretary determines by February 1 of any year, commencing in 1992, that an acreage survey of the grape crop is desired by the processors and producers of grapes for wine, and if the producers and processors of grapes for raisins and the producers and packers of grapes…

Between October 1, 1984, and September 30, 1985, the commission shall cause a referendum to be conducted among producers in the manner prescribed in Section 68092 to determine whether the operations of this chapter shall be reapproved and continued effective. If the secretary fin…

Following a favorable referendum conducted prior to September 30, 1985, a referendum shall be conducted by the commission every fifth year thereafter between October 1st and January 31st, following procedures provided by this section, unless a referendum is conducted as the resul…

Upon the finding of a two-thirds vote of the commission that the operation of this chapter has not tended to effectuate its declared purposes, the commission may recommend to the secretary that the operation of this chapter shall be suspended. However, any suspension shall not be…

After the effective date of suspension of the operation of the provisions of this chapter and of the commission, the operations of the commission shall be concluded and any and all moneys remaining held by the commission, collected by assessment and not required to defray the exp…

Upon suspension of the operation of this chapter and of the commission, the commission shall mail a copy of the notice of suspension to all producers and handlers affected by such suspension whose names and addresses are on file. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1027.)

All moneys remaining held by the commission after the repeal of this chapter shall be disposed of in accordance with Section 68134. (Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 606, Sec. 24.)

A commercial feed is adulterated in the following cases: (a) It bears or contains any poisonous, deleterious, or nonnutritive substance in amounts which are specified as being unsafe by the director by regulations. (b) If any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omit…

The sale or distribution of any lot, parcel, or package of commercial feed deemed by the secretary to bear or contain a poisonous, deleterious, or nonnutritive substance in amounts that are specified as being unsafe by the secretary by regulation is a violation of this chapter. (…

All brand inspection fees are due and payable at the time of the inspection. The amount which is due for all inspections that are made shall be paid to the director within 30 days after the issuance of the brand inspection certificates by the inspector for the cattle which were i…

In addition to other applicable fees, as provided by this chapter, the secretary may impose a service charge in an amount not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25) for an inspection of 29 head of cattle or less at each site, or a service charge of fifteen dollars ($15) for an inspe…

Any fees which are due and payable for brand inspections which are not paid as required by this article may be recovered by the director pursuant to Section 281. Inspection services may be refused for nonpayment of prior services which have been rendered. When the brand inspectio…

(a) Unless otherwise provided in this article, inspection fees shall be paid at the point of inspection. (b) The fee for inspection is one dollar and sixty cents ($1.60) for each animal that is inspected, except as follows: (1) The fee for inspection at a registered feedlot, as d…

Except as otherwise provided in this article, on all private treaty transaction inspections, as defined in Section 20026, regardless of destination, the fee of one dollar and sixty cents ($1.60) shall be paid at the point of inspection for each animal that is inspected. (Amended …

A charge shall not be made for the inspection of suckling calves which are accompanying their mothers if they are transported for purposes other than for sale or slaughter and without a change in ownership. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The fee is one dollar and sixty cents ($1.60) for the inspection before sale of each animal at a public saleyard that is posted by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or at a public saleyard if the animal originated in another state and it was shipped to this state,…

In a modified point-of-origin inspection area, as provided in Section 21111, the fee for the inspection of cattle, other than suckling calves that are accompanying their mothers, is one dollar and sixty cents ($1.60) per head if the cattle are transported out of the area for purp…

For cattle, other than suckling calves accompanying their mothers, transported out of the state for purposes other than sale or slaughter and where no change of ownership is involved, the inspection fee is one dollar and sixty cents ($1.60) per head. (Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. …

The fee for the inspection of cattle which originated in any county or geographical area where a full point-of-origin inspection is maintained pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 21141) shall be established by the director, upon recommendation of the Livestock Identifi…

Any person who receives cattle from any cattle sale market, either public or private, including any public stockyard where sales of cattle are held, may, upon request and upon payment of a fee of eighty cents ($0.80) per head before accepting delivery of any cattle from that mark…

The fees which are provided in Article 9 (commencing with Section 21281) and Article 5 (commencing with Section 21561) may be: (a) Lowered by the director, based upon a finding and recommendation of the Livestock Identification Advisory Board, whenever they determine that the cos…

(a) The Bureau of Livestock Identification is authorized to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with any purebred cattle producer or breeder for purposes of pre-inspection of purebred bulls, or 4H or Future Farmers of America project calves, that are for sale within the stat…

The director may bring an action to enjoin the violation, or the threatened violation, of any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted under this chapter in the superior court in the county in which the violation occurs or is about to occur. There may be enjoined in on…

Any person that violates any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted under this chapter, is liable civilly in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) for each and every violation. The penalty is to be recovered by the director in any court of competent jurisdiction.…

(a) Every producer of any farm product that sells any product that is grown by him or her to any processor under contract, express or implied, in addition to all other rights and remedies that are provided for by law, has a lien upon that product and upon all processed or manufac…

Notwithstanding Section 55461, a nonprofit cooperative association acting as a producer bargaining association may assert producer’s lien rights for, or on behalf of, its members. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1109, Sec. 2.)

This producer’s lien attaches on all of such delivered product from the date of delivery of such farm product or any portion of it by a producer to any processor. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The producer’s lien is a preferred lien prior in dignity to all other liens, claims, or encumbrances except the following: (a) Labor claims for wages and salaries for personal services which are rendered by any person to any processor in connection with such processing business a…

Every lien which is provided for in this article is on every farm product and any processed form of the farm product which is in the possession of the processor without segregation of the product. For purposes of this chapter, any and all farm products or processed form of farm p…

The lien of a producer, unless sooner released by payment or by security which is given for the payment as provided in this article, attaches from the date of delivery of the product, or if there is a series of deliveries, it attaches from the date of the last delivery. (Amended …

If suit is commenced by any such producer to enforce any lien, such lien shall remain in effect until one of the following occurs: (a) The payment of the agreed price or the value of such product. (b) Deposit of the amount of the lien or claims with the clerk of the court in whic…