Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

The director may adopt such rules and regulations in order to carry out the provisions of this chapter as are reasonably necessary to effectuate the purposes of this division. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1276.)

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is the intent of this chapter to do all of the following: (a) Enable the feed and feeding industry, with the aid of the state, to ensure in every way possible a clean and wholesome supply of meat, milk, and eggs for the benefit of…

Except as otherwise provided in Sections 14978 and 14979, the director shall enforce this chapter and adopt and enforce those regulations relating to the manufacture and distribution of, and to the manner of making inspection tonnage tax payments upon, commercial feed as the dire…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, any commercial feed, feed additive, or drug approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration that is fed to livestock shall be under the oversight of the department as the primary state regulatory agency, including, but not limited to,…

Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall continue to be the primary regulatory agency over medicated feed, responsible for regulating medicated feed quality assurance and medicated feed safety, and enforcing any handling and inspecting requirements imposed on medicated…

The secretary shall establish, by regulation, good manufacturing practices, hazard analysis, and preventive control measures as the secretary determines are reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The good manufacturing practices, hazard analysis, and prev…

The director shall adopt and enforce regulations for the manufacture, distribution, and labeling of feed used in connection with the production of food sold as organic pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 110810) of Chapter 5 of Part 5 of Division 104 of the Health and …

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, cattle shall be inspected as follows: (a) Whenever cattle are sold or ownership is transferred. (b) Prior to movement out of any designated modified point-of-origin inspection area, for purposes other than sale or slaughter and no cha…

(a) Any person who moves or transports any animal without inspection, as required by this chapter, is liable to the director for a civil penalty in the amount of the expenses incurred by the director to investigate and prosecute the violation and, if the violation involved the un…

(a) In addition to any other penalty provided by this chapter, the director may levy a civil penalty against any person who violates this chapter of an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each violation. (b) Before a civil penalty is levied, the person who is char…

When brand inspection is not required under Section 21051, any person, upon his request, shall receive brand inspection of cattle. Any such person who requests the inspection shall pay to the director a time and mileage charge established by the director to equal the cost of prov…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, for five years following the date of conviction, a person convicted of Section 487a of the Penal Code shall submit to an inspection for any cattle in his or her ownership or care prior to any movement, transportation, or change in ownership. (b)…

It is unlawful for any person who owns or has custody of cattle to move, slaughter, release, sell, or receive at a registered feedlot that cattle without the inspection that is required by Section 21051. For the purposes of this section, a common carrier which transports cattle d…

Inspection is not required prior to transportation from a modified point-of-origin inspection area, or prior to movement if being sold, if the cattle are being moved or shipped direct to one of the following destinations: (a) A registered feedlot in this state. (b) A licensed sla…

Inspection is not required in cases where cattle are being transported to or from a fair or livestock exhibit within the state’s boundaries if the shipment is accompanied by a certificate of the manager or an official of the fair or exhibit, which shows all of the following: (a) …

Inspection is not required prior to slaughter by licensed slaughterers at slaughterhouses where the chief determines it is impossible or impractical to have inspection prior to slaughter. The chief shall, from time to time, designate which slaughterhouses are within this category…

Inspection is not required prior to slaughter of an animal by the producer of the animal pursuant to Section 22002. The hides of such animals shall, however, be retained as provided in Section 21455 and records shall be kept as provided in Section 22008. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, …

Except as provided in Section 21206, inspection is not required prior to slaughter at a licensed slaughterhouse when the cattle are being shipped direct from one of the following: (a) A registered feedlot in this state. (b) A public salesyard or cattle sales market in this state …

All cattle shipped pursuant to Section 21057 shall be accompanied by one of the following: (a) A bill of sale on an approved form giving the date of sale, the loading point, the name and address of the owner or consignor or both, the destination, the number of animals, the certif…

Inspection is not required for pasture-to-pasture movement in the following cases: (a) When the cattle are moved or transported only between points in the same modified point-of-origin inspection area. (b) When the cattle are moved or transported across a modified point-of-origin…

Inspection is not required in cases where the cattle being moved or transported are dairy calves, and such calves meet all of the following classifications: (a) The calves were born on a dairy farm as defined in Section 32505. (b) The calves were born to cows of a recognized dair…

(a) Inspection is not required in cases where cattle are sold or ownership is transferred under all of the following circumstances: (1) The individual or entity with a controlling interest in the cattle remains unchanged. (2) The cattle will not be moved out of state or out of a …

Any calves not exempt from inspection pursuant to Section 21060, shall be inspected in accordance with the provisions of Sections 21051 and 21052. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1221.)

It is unlawful for any person to move or transport any calves exempt from inspection pursuant to Section 21060 without preparing the bill of sale or consignment that is required by Sections 21702 and 21703. Such bill of sale or consignment shall accompany the calves and be retain…

The director may make regulations which govern the brand inspection of cattle and hides at slaughterhouses. The regulations may provide for an inspection schedule at each slaughterhouse and include provision for inspection in addition to the basic inspection schedule. Additional …

All cattle shipped to a registered feedlot, licensed slaughterhouse, or licensed or posted livestock salesyard or market in this state for inspection at destination pursuant to this chapter shall be accompanied by a bill of sale, or certificate of consignment. The original docume…

A copy of the document required by Section 21062 shall be kept on file in the office of the registered feedlot, licensed slaughterhouse, or salesyard or market for a period of one year after the transaction. (Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 385.)

Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b) and (h) of Section 21051, all cattle transported within the state for pasture or feeding purposes with no change in ownership shall be accompanied by a certificate of consignment which contains the information specified in Section …

(a) The chief may issue an annual permit to allow cattle to be transported out of this state without the brand inspection required pursuant to this article under all of the following conditions: (1) The cattle are moved for pasture purposes. (2) The cattle are moved a distance of…

(a) The secretary may issue a special permit to allow cattle to be transported out-of-state directly for immediate slaughter only, without the brand inspection required pursuant to this article, if all of the following conditions exist: (1) The cattle were inspected previously in…

(a) The director may issue an annual release permit to allow cattle to be transported into another state without brand inspection if all of the following conditions exist: (1) The state of destination is contiguous to California and it has entered into an inspection agreement wit…

(a) The secretary may issue an annual exhibition permit to allow cattle to be transported out of the state during the permit year without the inspection required pursuant to this article, if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The cattle are inspected before issuance of …

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Poultry” means domesticated fowl that is intended for use for human food. It includes chickens, game hens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and other domesticated birds. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 223, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)

“Poultry meat” means the carcass of poultry or any part of the carcass. It does not include live poultry or manufactured products in which poultry is not the main ingredient. (Added by renumbering Section 27202 by Stats. 1994, Ch. 223, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)

It is unlawful for any person to operate a milk products plant unless such plant scores a minimum of 80 percent on the official scorecard for milk products plants which is established by regulation of the director. None of the provisions for scoring as set forth herein shall be a…

The provisions of Sections 33701, 33762, 33763, 33764, and 33765 do not apply to any milk products plant, its utensils, apparatus, and equipment which are used for the processing, manufacturing, handling, and storing of milk, or any products of milk if such milk products plant an…

Notwithstanding any provision of Section 33522, 33764, or 33765, containers, utensils, appliances, and equipment used for handling or bottling milk or milk products may be used for handling and bottling fruit juices or fruit juice base beverages pursuant to regulations of the dir…

(a) (1) Sections 33701, 33731, 33732, 33733, 33734, 33767, 33768, 33770, 33771, 33776, and 34593 do not apply to the manufacture of ice cream that is manufactured from ice cream mix, to frozen dairy dessert that is manufactured from frozen dairy dessert mix, to frozen dessert tha…

“Frozen dairy dessert” is the food prepared by freezing while stirring a pasteurized mix containing milk or ingredients, derived from milk, or both, and which may contain other optional safe and suitable ingredients. Frozen dairy desserts contain less than six percent, by weight,…

Frozen desserts, not subject to a standard of identity prescribed by Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, may be manufactured or sold, or both, if they are in compliance with all applicable health, safety, and labeling requirements, and if their labels bear a statement of…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this division, any wholesome agricultural food product which does not affect the flavor or quality of milk products may be manufactured in any milk products plant subject to conditions which are prescribed by the director, and upon obtainin…

The production and distribution of products resembling milk products, is hereby declared to be a business affected with a public interest. The provisions of this chapter are enacted in the exercise of the police powers of this state for the purpose of protecting the health, safet…

The Legislature further finds and declares all of the following: (a) There is an increasing advent into the marketplace of food products which in appearance, taste and other physical characteristics resemble milk products, which are frequently mistaken by consumers for milk and m…

This chapter does not apply to: (a) Margarine, dairy spread, or spread subject to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 39351). (b) A distinctive proprietary food compound which complies with all of the following requirements: (1) Not readily mistaken in taste for milk, or for evapo…

Imitation cheese or substitute for cheese are subject to the provisions of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 341.)