Title FAC — California Food & Agric. Code

(a) It is unlawful for any person to manufacture or distribute in this state any commercial feed without complying with this chapter or any regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter. (b) It is unlawful for any person to adulterate, misbrand, or alter any commercial feed with t…

In addition to the remedies provided in this chapter, the department may bring an action in superior court and the court may grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating this chapter or the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter. Any proce…

Nothing in this chapter requires the secretary to report for prosecution or to institute injunction proceedings for any minor violation of this chapter whenever the public interest would be adequately served by a suitable written notice of warning, and compliance with the notice.

For purposes of this chapter, any person may file a complaint with the branch regarding the safety of whole hays if he or she submits a written complaint and pays a filing fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250). The filing fee, which shall be used for purposes of investigating c…

(a) Upon the filing of a complaint pursuant to Section 15101, the secretary shall conduct an investigation with regard to the safety of whole hays. (b) Absent the filing of a complaint pursuant to Section 15101, the secretary may conduct an investigation with regard to the safety…

(a) If the secretary determines that the complaint is valid and the hay is unsafe, the secretary may require the seller of the hay to reimburse the filing fee to the person filing the complaint. (b) The secretary also may collect from any seller of hay the costs incurred by the s…

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.

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.

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 …

The operator of a feedlot as defined in Section 20013 shall register each such feedlot with the director.

Registration consists of filing of a registration application with the bureau which shall show the location of the feedlot, its capacity, the names and addresses of the owners, and any other information which the director may require. This registration shall be filed and approved…

The director may cancel the registration of any feedlot from which cattle were shipped without the inspection required by subdivision (d) of Section 21051. When such cancellation occurs, the cattle from any such feedlot shall be inspected at slaughter in accordance with subdivisi…

The director may cancel the registration of any feedlot in which the operator has not fed cattle for slaughter for a period of 90 days. When a feedlot has had its registration canceled for this reason, a new application shall be submitted to the Bureau of Livestock Identification…

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.

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.

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…

Inspection of cattle consists of the examination of the cattle for all brands and marks, and, in the case of unbranded cattle, for natural marks, sex, and breed. It also includes the issuance of a certificate of inspection. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

If inspection is required, the person that requests the inspection shall notify the inspector. The inspector shall make his inspection as soon as practicable after he is notified. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The director may, by regulation, provide that any person who ships any cattle from a modified point-of-origin inspection area, for inspection at destination, is required to notify the local brand inspector prior to shipment of such cattle, if he finds, following a public hearing …

The brand inspection of cattle as provided for in this chapter shall be conducted in such a way as to minimize the disruption of normal cattle raising operations. Both the feedlot management and personnel and the brand inspector shall jointly handle the cattle at a time and in a …

If requested to do so, the person in charge of the animals shall furnish the inspector with a list of the brands and marks on them to the best of his ability. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

If, upon inspection, there is found any animal which does not bear the recorded brand of the person that presents the animal for inspection, such person shall show the inspector a bill of sale, certificate of inspection, dairy exemption number, or other proof of ownership of such…

The shipper or person in charge of cattle being shipped or offered for inspection is responsible for sorting out stray animals and identifying such strays to the brand inspector prior to inspection. (a) Any expense for feed and transportation incurred in the recovery of stray ani…

It is unlawful for any inspector to issue a certificate of inspection unless he personally made the inspection between sunrise and sunset. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

If satisfied that the person that offers the cattle for inspection is in lawful possession of them, the inspector shall issue a certificate of inspection. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)