Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

During the existence of a host-free period or host-free district which is established by regulations of the director, any host which is planted, growing, or being cultivated or maintained within the host-free period or district is a public nuisance and is subject to all the laws …

It is unlawful for any person to plant, grow, cultivate, or maintain any host which is described in any regulation of the director that establishes a host-free period or host-free district, within the host-free period or host-free district after notice of the host-free period or …

(a) The regulations adopted by the director upon the establishment of a cotton host-free period or district for a particular pest shall, insofar as practical, be uniform and shall be uniformly enforced in all cotton host-free periods or districts established for that pest. Any ex…

(a) Celery which is being produced in violation of a host-free period or district adopted pursuant to this article is a nuisance. (b) The commissioner shall take abatement action against any celery plants or parts thereof, other than seed, including any variety or subspecies of A…

(a) The Legislature finds that any cotton plants and parts thereof not in compliance with any cotton plowdown dates adopted pursuant to this article constitutes a public nuisance which immediately threatens the health and safety of the public. (b) In addition to any other remedie…

Margarine (oleomargarine) is a substitute for butter which contains not less than 80 percent edible oils or fat and otherwise conforms to Part 166 (commencing with Section 166.40) of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 512, Sec. 18…

Each produce dealer that operates within a market shall establish a scale of charges for unloading any farm product which is transported to his place of business and shall post and maintain a legible copy of such scale in a conspicuous place at his place of business where it is r…

Any scale of charges which is established pursuant to this article may be modified from time to time in accordance with the method and procedure which is prescribed for establishing such scale. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The scale of charges which is established shall be the standard charge for unloading any farm product in the market. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

A person shall not charge or receive any payment for unloading any farm product in excess of the standard charge which is established for the market. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The scale of charges shall be established as follows: (a) If all the produce dealers in a market, or a majority of such produce dealers, either individually or through group representation, have an agreement with a union, the scale of charges shall be that which is prescribed in …

Upon the determination of a scale of charges for a market, the scale of charges shall be transmitted to the director. The director shall examine such scale and shall compare it with any available information relative to the charges for similar work which is performed under simila…

If the director determines that the scale of charges is not unreasonable, he shall approve the scale and thereafter the scale of charges shall be the standard charge for unloading any farm product in the market. (Enacted by Stats. 1967. Ch. 15.)

If the director finds that the scale of charges is unreasonable, he shall fix a time and place for a hearing on the matter. Notice of such hearing shall be mailed to each produce dealer that operates in the market and to the officials of the union, if a union is involved. The dir…

At the hearing the director shall consider any relevant matters that may be presented and, at or after the conclusion of such hearing, he shall so adjust the scale or any item of the scale so that the scale is not unreasonably higher than the prevailing rate for similar work whic…

If the director, after investigation and hearing, determines that any kind or variety of plant is generally infected with a virus or mycoplasma-like disease that is dangerous or detrimental to the production of fruit, nut, or vine crops in this state, he may adopt regulations whi…

If a source of any prohibited or restricted kind or variety of plant has been demonstrated to be free of dangerous or detrimental viruses or mycoplasma-like organisms, the director shall, in the regulation, permit use of such source. (Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 383.)

It is unlawful for any person to bud, graft, or otherwise propagate or grow any fruit or nut tree or vine in violation of any regulations which are adopted pursuant to this article or to sell as nursery stock any plant which is so produced. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Colored margarine, dairy spread, or spread is margarine, dairy spread, or spread which has a tint or shade that contains more than 1.6 degrees of yellow, or of yellow and red collectively, but with an excess of yellow over red, measured in terms of the Lovibond tintometer scale o…

The violation of any provision of this chapter by any person is a misdemeanor. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The violation of any provision of this chapter by a produce dealer is grounds for the revocation of his license, and the violation of any provision of this chapter by an association is grounds for the revocation of the license of each produce dealer that participates in such viol…

The director, for the purpose of promoting and protecting the agricultural industry of the state, may, upon request, inspect plants and the premises upon or near which they are growing and the records of their sources and qualities. He may upon the basis of the information thus d…

The director may do any of the following: (a) Certify as to the pest freedom of plants which may have been inspected or registered or may certify as to the true pest condition of the plants. (b) Issue tags, labels, or certificates in evidence of inspection or registry. (c) Superv…

The director may also establish and enforce regulations which are necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The cost of any service which is rendered pursuant to this article shall be paid from the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund out of any money which is derived pursuant to this article and shall not be a charge against the General Fund. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. …

The services which are authorized by this article shall not duplicate services which are being rendered by commissioners. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

It is unlawful for any person to alter, deface, or misuse any statement of registry, certificate, label, or tag which is issued pursuant to this article. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Any money which is received by the department pursuant to this article shall be paid into the State Treasury and be credited to the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund. Any money in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund which was derived pursuant to this article may be …

Dairy spread is a substitute for butter which is made from a blend of milkfat, cultured buttermilk, milk solids-not-fat, and edible oil or fat, other than milk fat. Dairy spread may contain one or more of the following optional ingredients: salt, harmless flavor and color, any sa…

Dairy spread shall contain a minimum of 40 percent fat and a minimum of 15 percent milk solids-not-fat; (60 percent of the blended fat ingredients shall be of milk fat origin) and may contain not more than 0.01 percent potassium sorbate to retard spoilage. Dairy spread shall be p…

Spread is a substitute for butter consisting of mixtures of compounds which may include milk solids-not-fat and edible oils and fats that is made in imitation or semblance of butter and does not meet the definition for margarine or dairy spread. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 512, Se…

When the secretary proclaims an eradication project in an urban area pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 5761), where the eradication plan includes potential aerial application of a pesticide, the secretary or the commissioner, pursuant to this article, shall do all of…

The notice shall be delivered at least 72 hours prior to applying the economic poison. When the application of a pesticide is to be made pursuant to an emergency, the notice shall be delivered at least 24 hours prior to applying the pesticide. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 361, Se…

The notice shall be delivered to each residential unit in the treatment area. The notice shall also be mailed by first-class mail to each physician who maintains an office in the eradication area or is determined by the director to be likely to serve patients from the eradication…

The notice shall be delivered by hand distribution whenever practicable. If it is not practicable to provide notice by hand distribution, then notice may be accomplished by first-class mail so long as the affected residents and physicians receive the notice within the time limits…

In addition to any other notice requirements of this article, if the secretary determines that it may become necessary to use aerial application of a pesticide in a pest eradication program over an urban area, the secretary shall notify, as soon as it is feasible, the city and co…

If the date of a pesticide application is changed, the notice required by this article shall be redistributed and contain the revised information. Additionally, the secretary shall transmit the revised information to the local broadcast and print media, including not less than tw…

The notice distributed pursuant to this article shall contain all of the following: (a) The likely date or dates and approximate time or times of all proposed pesticide applications in the eradication area. (b) The pesticides to be applied. (c) Any health and safety precautions t…

The notice, other than the notice specified in Section 5774.5, shall be in both English and in any other language in a city or county in the area where the pesticide is to be applied in which over 5 percent of the persons receiving the notice speak only that other language. (Amen…

In every county that contains an eradication area in which a pesticide is used in the eradication effort, the department shall establish and operate a telephone service to provide information to the public on health issues related to application of the pesticide. (Amended by Stat…

For pesticide applications other than by air, the procedures in this article may be followed subject to the discretion of the director as to their practicality. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1195, Sec. 1.)

No agency of the state or county shall be liable in any civil actions arising from the administration of this article if the director or the commissioner utilizes his or her best efforts to comply with the requirements of the article. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1195, Sec. 1.)

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Enhancing global business and trade is in the economic interest of the state. (b) Domestic and foreign country quarantine and product quality requirements must be met to allow for the trade of many agricultural products…

It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this article, to enhance the state’s business and trade opportunities by authorizing the department to do all of the following: (a) Perform nonregulatory services such as export market phytosanitary and product quality analyses, ce…

(a) The department may provide, upon request, nonregulatory accreditation, analytical, certification, diagnostic, inspection, quality assurance, testing, and other nonregulatory services relating to nursery stock, plants, seed, or other plant pests and diseases on a charge-for-se…

An application for a qualified applicator license shall be in a form prescribed by the director. Each application shall state the name and address of the applicant specified on the application and any other information required by the director. The application shall be accompanie…