Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

It is hereby declared that the cotton industry of this state is threatened with the invasion of cotton boll weevil and pink bollworm of cotton. These two pests, if established in this state, will cause losses of several million dollars per year to this state’s number one field cr…

The director, or an entity designated by the Cotton Pest Control Board, may contract with the United States Department of Agriculture for the purpose of controlling, suppressing, or eradicating cotton boll weevil or pink bollworm in this state, the State of Arizona, or the Republ…

“First handler” means the first person who, as owner, agent, or broker, purchases, or otherwise acquires from a grower, possession or control of cotton. (Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 167, Sec. 1. Effective June 30, 1983.)

(a) Every grower of cotton in the state shall pay a fee of three dollars ($3) for each bale of cotton ginned or for each bale of cotton sold by a grower in this state who received the cotton under the federal payment-in-kind program, Section 700 et seq. of Title 7 of the Code of …

The director shall appoint a Cotton Pest Control Board, consisting of 10 members, to assist and advise him or her on matters which pertain to the control of cotton pests and to carry out its authority specified in this article. The membership shall consist of at least one cottong…

It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that cottongrowers appointed to the Cotton Pest Control Board pursuant to this article are intended to represent and further the interest of a particular agricultural industry concerned, and that such representation…

Any decision made by the Cotton Pest Control Board which results in an entity other than the department administering this article shall be made not later than May 1 of any year. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 953, Sec. 3.5. Effective September 26, 1985.)

Fees shall be paid by the owner to the department for glassware which is examined for compliance with the prescribed standards. The director shall establish fees to recover the actual cost of examining Babcock test bottles, Babcock pipettes, and lactometers. (Amended by Stats. 19…

Except as provided in Section 34351, the department shall charge fees for examining glassware and apparatus which is used in methods of testing which are sufficient to cover the actual cost of such examination. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 715.)

Any money which is received under this article shall be paid into the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund. (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 101, Sec. 48.)

UHT flavored cream is market cream to which nonfat dry milk solids derived from market milk have been added, which contains harmless flavoring or syrup, or any combination of harmless flavorings or syrups, and harmless edible stabilizers as specified in Title 21 of the Code of Fe…

UHT flavored cream shall contain not less than 20 percent milk fat. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 646, Sec. 17. Effective September 15, 1987.)

If the director receives a report from the executive officer of the State Department of Health Services which states that field rodents in a certain area carry, or are likely to carry, any disease, insect, or other vector of any disease which is transmissible and injurious to hum…

The commissioner shall cooperate in suppressing field rodents and insects, or other associated vectors of rodent-borne diseases transmissible and injurious to humans. (Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 897.)

The director shall cooperate by entering into an agreement pursuant to Section 482 for the purpose of suppressing the field rodents and insects or other associated vectors in the reported areas and in neighboring areas, to prevent the spread of the rodents and insects, or other a…

In order to carry out the purposes of this article, the director or commissioner may enter upon any and all premises within any reported area or neighboring area to bait, trap, expose chemically treated baits, or perform any act which he deems necessary for the purpose of suppres…

UHT flavored reduced-fat, lowfat, or light (lite) milk is market milk, evaporated market milk, condensed market milk, or dried market milk, or any combination thereof, which contains harmless sweetening, chocolate, chocolate syrup, or other harmless syrup or flavoring, or any com…

UHT flavored reduced-fat milk shall contain not more than 2.1 percent milk fat and not less than 8.25 percent milk solids-not-fat. UHT flavored lowfat or light (lite) milk shall contain not more than 1.2 percent milk fat and not less than 8.25 percent solids-not-fat. (Amended by …

The necessity of controlling beet leafhopper, the only known vector of the curly top virus, is recognized by the Legislature as being in the public benefit. The state’s agricultural business economy could be seriously damaged if measures are not continued to prevent the transmitt…

As used in this article “handler” means any person that engages in the operation of selling, marketing, or processing any of the crops vulnerable to damage from curly top virus, as covered by this chapter, which he or she has purchased, or acquired from a producer or which he or …

Except as otherwise provided in this article, the assessment collected from producers by handlers or due from producer-handlers shall be paid by the handlers or producer-handlers to the secretary as provided by regulations of the secretary. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 508, Sec. …

(a) Any assessment that is imposed on the producer pursuant to this article is a personal debt of the producer. (b) Every handler or producer-handler is personally liable for the payment of the assessment. The failure of the handler or producer-handler to collect the assessment d…

For the purpose of assessment, the following districts are established: District I, Imperial and Riverside Counties; District II, Kern, Kings, Tulare, Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin Counties, and that portion of Los Angeles County lying north of the San Gabri…

The secretary may establish the rate of assessment by district and crop and may adjust the assessment rate from time to time, whenever necessary as provided in Section 6036. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 508, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1995.)

The assessment rate may vary from district to district and from crop to crop based on the degree of vulnerability to damage from curly top virus experienced by those crops in those districts. The rates may also vary in accordance with the protection afforded to those crops in tho…

Any money which is received by the director pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund to be used for the administration and enforcement of this article. (Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 454, Sec. 27.)

The director may receive moneys from other sources for this program, which shall be deposited into the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund and used to carry out the purposes of this article. (Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 454, Sec. 28.)

The secretary shall appoint a Curly Top Virus Control Board consisting of nine members. The membership shall consist of at least one representative of each of the primary crop commodities assessed and shall include representation from each of the districts assessed. The secretary…

It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that persons appointed to the Curly Top Virus Control Board pursuant to Section 6039 are intended to represent and further the interest of a particular agricultural industry concerned, and that such representation a…

Board members shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 508, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1995.)

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the board shall be advisory to the secretary and may make recommendations on all matters pertaining to this article including, but not limited to, the annual budget, the adoption, modification, and repeal of regulations and procedures, t…

The board shall meet at the call of its chairman or the secretary or at the request of any three members of the board. The board shall meet at least once a year. Members of the board shall be allowed per diem and mileage in accordance with rules of the Department of Human Resourc…

Upon termination of this article, any remaining funds received pursuant to this article shall be refunded on a pro rata basis to all persons from whom assessments were collected during the 12-month period preceding the date of termination, unless the secretary finds the amounts s…

UHT flavored drink is milk or skim milk, evaporated, condensed, or dried milk, or nonfat milk solids, or any combination thereof, which contains harmless sweetening, chocolate, chocolate syrup, or other harmless syrup or flavoring, or any combination of these syrups or flavorings…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the plant killing bacterium, Xyella Fastidiosa, and the resulting pathogen, Pierce’s disease, and its vectors present a clear and present danger to California’s sixty-billion-dollar grape industry, as well as to many other commodities a…

(a) There is hereby created in the department the Pierce’s Disease Control Program. (b) The secretary shall appoint a statewide coordinator and provide an appropriate level of support staffing and logistical support for combating Pierce’s disease and its vectors. (c) (1) There is…

The secretary may establish, maintain, and enforce regulations consistent with the intent of the Legislature as expressed in this article as may be necessary to interpret, clarify, or implement this article. This authority shall be liberally construed to effectuate the intent of …

UHT half-and-half is a product consisting of market milk, market cream, nonfat dry milk derived from market milk, and market skim milk to which edible stabilizers and stabilizing salts may be added. It shall be processed and packaged pursuant to Section 39701. (Added by Stats. 19…

UHT half-and-half shall contain not less than 10.5 percent milk fat and not more than six-tenths of 1 percent stabilizer by weight. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 646, Sec. 17. Effective September 15, 1987.)

(a) The plant hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) is a noxious aquatic weed not native to the State of California. The Legislature hereby declares that the further introduction and spread of this serious aquatic weed pest would be detrimental to the state, causing irreparable damage…

The department, with the cooperation of the University of California, the United States Department of Agriculture, or other agencies, may develop and implement biological control methods to eradicate or control the aquatic weed pest hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) in any area of…

UHT flavored reduced-fat sour cream is a product consisting of market milk, market cream, and market skim milk to which edible stabilizers, stabilizing salts, and acidified flavoring may be added. It shall be processed and packaged pursuant to Section 39701. (Amended by Stats. 19…

UHT sour flavored half-and-half shall contain not less than 9.4 percent milk fat and not more than six-tenths of 1 percent stabilizer by weight. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 646, Sec. 17. Effective September 15, 1987.)

UHT sour cream is market cream cultured with the addition of pure cultures of one or more strains of lactic acid bacteria. It may include one or more of the following optional ingredients: milk solids-not-fat derived from market milk, salt, or lactose. Harmless edible stabilizers…

UHT sour cream shall contain not less than 18 percent milk fat and not less than one-half of 1 percent acidity, expressed as lactic acid. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 646, Sec. 17. Effective September 15, 1987.)

UHT milk drink mix is a market milk product which has been processed and packaged pursuant to Section 39701. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 646, Sec. 17. Effective September 15, 1987.)