Title FAC — California Food & Agric. Code

It is unlawful for any person to sell any margarine, dairy spread, or spread, unless there is printed upon the label of each and every package, or other container in which the margarine, dairy spread, or spread is put up for sale or sold at retail all of the following: (a) The wo…

A person shall not sell or take orders for the future delivery of any margarine, dairy spread, or spread under the name of butter, or under the pretense that the substance is butter.

A person shall not, in connection or association with the sale or advertisement of any margarine, dairy spread, or spread represent or suggest by any means whatsoever that the substance is a dairy product. Nothing contained in this section shall, however, prevent an accurate and …

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.

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…

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.

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

“Association” means an association of produce dealers which is organized to carry out the responsibilities of produce dealers which are imposed by this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“City” includes city and county. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Commissioner,” with respect to any matter which relates to a particular market, means the deputy labor commissioner who is in charge of the office of the Labor Commissioner which is located nearest to that market. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Director” means the Director of Industrial Relations. (Enacted by Stats. 1967. Ch. 15.)

“Farm product” means any fruit, nut, vegetable, berry, or aquacultural product.

“Market” means the places of business, collectively, of produce dealers that operate in a city, or the vicinity of a city, and that deal in any farm product which is intended, in whole or in part, for ultimate sale for consumption in a fresh state within the city and the vicinity…

“Produce dealer” includes “commission merchant,” as defined in Section 56105, and “dealer,” as defined in Section 56107. It does not, however, include a “broker,” as defined in Section 56103, nor “processor,” as defined in Section 55407. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Registered unloader” means a person who unloads any farm product in a market. It does not, however, include any of the following: (a) A producer of farm products, or his or her son or daughter, father, mother, or regularly employed employee. (b) The operator of any vehicle which…

“Union” means the labor union which has been recognized by the National Labor Relations Board, or other governmental agency which has jurisdiction, as the bargaining agency for employees who are employed in a market. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

It is the purpose of this chapter to promote the orderly marketing of farm products and the establishment of reasonable charges for unloading such products at markets in this state. It is declared that in some of the markets of this state the charges for unloading farm products h…

The director may make such regulations as he may deem necessary to carry out this chapter and to effectuate its purposes. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

This chapter does not apply to any market in which less than five produce dealers operate. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

This chapter does not apply to any produce dealer at whose place of business every farm product which is delivered is unloaded without charge by employees of the produce dealer either with or without the assistance of the operator of the vehicle which transports such product or o…

This chapter does not apply to any market in Los Angeles County.

Every person who unloads any farm product in a market and who is a registered unloader shall register his name, Federal Social Security number, and address and union affiliation, if any, with the commissioner. The commissioner shall supply each registered unloader with a card of …

Every producer who transports any farm product to a market may register himself or herself, his or her parents, and his or her sons or daughters, and regular full-time employees, with the commissioner. Such registration shall show the name of the producer, the registration number…

Every produce dealer that operates in a market is responsible for providing that registered unloaders sufficient in number to do the work which is required are available at all times when any farm product is being delivered to his place of business. He is also responsible for hav…

In order to facilitate the carrying out of their responsibilities pursuant to this chapter, the produce dealers that operate in a market may organize an association. A produce dealer shall not be required to become or to be a member of such association, but any such association s…

An association may do all of the following: (a) Obtain a dispatching service from which registered unloaders may be sent to the places where their services are required. (b) Act as the bargaining agent to establish with a union the scale of charges for unloading any farm product …

The costs of services of an association to its members for carrying out any of the activities which are provided for or required by this chapter are subject to review by the director. No cost or expenditure for any other purpose shall be payable by any produce dealer except on an…

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…

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…

(a) If any pest exists on any premises, the director or the commissioner may hold any plant or other host or possible carrier which is, or may be, capable of disseminating or carrying the pest. The director or the commissioner also may hold the plants, other hosts, or other possi…

If, in the opinion of the director or commissioner, the plant or other host or possible carrier is not infested or infected with the pest, or has been disinfected or cleaned so as to eradicate or control the pest, the director or commissioner shall in writing release it or issue …

This article does not affect any other authority which is granted to a commissioner by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 6501), Part 2 of this division. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

It is unlawful for any person to move any plant or other host or possible carrier from the premises on which a hold notice has been issued, except under the written permission of the director or commissioner and in accordance with the conditions which are stated in the written pe…

(a) The director or commissioner may enter into compliance agreements with any person which provide for the movement of hosts or other possible carriers of any pest from one area of the state to another. These agreements shall establish the treatment, harvesting, packing, and han…

If the director by regulation designates any plant, appliance, or other thing as liable to be infected or infested with any pest, and provides for notifying the commissioner of its arrival as required by Article 1 (commencing with Section 6501), Chapter 3, Part 2 of this division…

The commissioner of the county of destination may waive the notification and holding for inspection of any shipment which bears a certificate of cleanliness or certificate of origin, issued pursuant to this article. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

This article is not applicable to seed which is intended for planting purposes or to other nursery stock. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

To prevent the dissemination of pests through the agency of appliances, the director may from time to time publish a list of such pests which may be carried through such agencies and designate any treatment which in his opinion would prevent their dissemination. (Enacted by Stats…

Except as otherwise provided in Section 5744, it is unlawful for any person to ship or move any used appliances unless there is furnished to the commissioner of the county of destination such proof as he may require that the appliances either: (a) Have not been exposed to infesta…