Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Potentially dangerous and vicious dogs have become a serious and widespread threat to the safety and welfare of citizens of this state. In recent years, they have assaulted without provocation and seriously injured nume…

“Potentially dangerous dog” means any of the following: (a) Any dog which, when unprovoked, on two separate occasions within the prior 36-month period, engages in any behavior that requires a defensive action by any person to prevent bodily injury when the person and the dog are …

“Vicious dog” means either of the following: (a) Any dog that, when unprovoked, in an aggressive manner, inflicts severe injury on or kills a human being. (b) Any dog previously determined to be and currently listed as a potentially dangerous dog that, after its owner or keeper h…

“Severe injury” means any physical injury to a human being that results in muscle tears or disfiguring lacerations or requires multiple sutures or corrective or cosmetic surgery. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 761, Sec. 1.)

“Enclosure” means a fence or structure suitable to prevent the entry of young children, and which is suitable to confine a vicious dog in conjunction with other measures which may be taken by the owner or keeper of the dog. The enclosure shall be designed in order to prevent the …

“Animal control department” means the county or city animal control department. If the city or county does not have an animal control department, it means whatever entity performs animal control functions. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 761, Sec. 1.)

“Impounded” means taken into the custody of the public animal shelter or animal control department or provider of animal control services to the city or county where the potentially dangerous or vicious dog is found. (Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 7, Sec. 6. (AB 1553) Effective Jan…

“County” includes any city and county. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 761, Sec. 1.)

(a) This chapter does not apply to licensed kennels, humane society shelters, animal control facilities, or veterinarians. (b) This chapter does not apply to dogs while utilized by any police department or any law enforcement officer in the performance of police work. (Added by S…

A person shall not do any of the following: (a) Fraudulently manipulate the measure, weight, or test which is used for determining the grade or quality of milk, cream or any fluid derivative of milk or cream. (b) Fraudulently manipulate the test which is used for determining the …

No tolerance in weights, measures, percentages of milk fat, moisture, or any other measure or standard is permitted, except where specific provisions are made for such a tolerance. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“UHT” when used to describe a dairy product or a product resembling a milk product means that the product has been hermetically sealed in a container and so thermally processed in conformance with Section 113 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations and the provisions of th…

(a) All products defined in this chapter shall be labeled in accordance with the applicable general labeling requirements of the Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance for aseptically processed milk and milk products. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all products def…

(a) The handling and marketing of avocados is affected with the public interest. The provisions of this chapter are enacted for the protection of the avocado industry and for the purposes of protecting the health, peace, safety, and general welfare of the people of this state. (b…

If the director finds that avocados which are being prepared for market conform to the applicable standards, he shall so indicate by an official stamp placed on each flat, carton, or any other container by, or under the supervision of, the inspector, stating that the applicable s…

It is unlawful for any person, including a grower, packer, handler, or retailer to pack, handle, or sell any lot of avocados which are not in compliance with maturity and quality standards established through regulations of the director. (Repealed (by Sec. 4) and added by Stats. …

(a) Any violation or threatened violation of any provision of this chapter or regulations of the director established pursuant to this chapter is unlawful and shall constitute grounds for injunctive relief and the imposition of civil penalties of not less than five hundred dollar…

(a) Each handler of avocados shall pay to the director an inspection and certification fee each month. The fee shall be based on the number of pounds certified as determined by the director. However, in no event shall the fee be greater than twenty-five cents ($0.25) per hundredw…

The moneys which are received pursuant to this chapter shall be used only for the administration and enforcement of this chapter, including, but not limited to, payments to the county agricultural commissioners and to institutions of scientific research for improving the inspecti…

The director may adopt such regulations as he determines are reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (Added by renumbering Section 44976 by Stats. 1982, Ch. 141, Sec. 8. Effective March 31, 1982.)

The director may enter into an agreement with any county agricultural commissioner for assistance in the enforcement of this chapter. (Added by renumbering Section 44977 by Stats. 1982, Ch. 141, Sec. 9. Effective March 31, 1982.)

It is unlawful for any person to fail to comply with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations of the director adopted pursuant thereto. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 141, Sec. 10. Effective March 31, 1982.)

Every person who prepares avocados grown in this state for market shall report to the director, prior to this preparation, the date and time these avocados will be prepared for market. Avocados and their containers shall be made available for inspection and certification at the t…

The director may prescribe a higher frequency of inspection or surveillance of a person or firm handling or packing avocados for sale, if the director determines either that repeated violations of this chapter have occurred, or has probable cause to believe that a violation is ab…

(a) Inspection to determine maturity of avocados may be performed prior to preparation for market, either at roadside by the orchard or enroute to or at the first point of packing. The results shall serve as a cause for placing all or any sizes of the avocados under a disposal or…

Each handler of avocados shall prepare and retain for two years up-to-date records of daily transactions. These records shall contain, but not be limited to, the amount of avocados received, shipped, packed, transported, dumped, and on hand at the end of each day. Amounts for eac…

It shall be unlawful for any person to falsify or cause to be falsified the record or information required to be kept pursuant to Section 44982. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 141, Sec. 14. Effective March 31, 1982.)

Any handler, packer, shipper, transporter, or grower of avocados who is required to keep records pursuant to Section 44982, shall allow the director or his or her authorized agent to examine or inspect these records during normal business hours and any other time when avocados ar…

The director may authorize the issuance and use of, or revocation of, a certification stamp as provided for under this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 141, Sec. 16. Effective March 31, 1982.)

It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (a) Use a certification stamp for certifying containers or lots of avocados for other than containers previously inspected by the director’s authorized agent and designated to be stamped. (b) Use the stamp at any time or i…

In lieu of the certification stamp required under this chapter, the director may authorize issuance of a permit to any person or firm engaged in preparing avocados for market on an intermittent basis, or any other person on an emergency basis. The permit shall have an assigned nu…

(a) The director may promulgate regulations which establish maturity standards governing the time at which avocados may be harvested. The regulations shall include minimum maturity requirements for the various varieties of avocados produced. The standards may be established in th…

“Dairy produce exchange” means any association of persons which is organized for the following purposes: (a) Furnishing a medium for trading in butter, cheese, or eggs. (b) Facilitating the marketing of any such product. (c) Establishing the wholesale market value of any such pro…

The director may require such monthly or other periodical reports, records of market quotations, and other statistical information as may be necessary to him in administering this chapter. All such reports, statistics, or information which is pertinent to each dairy produce excha…

The director shall have access to all records of every dairy produce exchange which is licensed pursuant to this chapter, and may appoint a representative to sit with the board of directors or other governing body of such exchange. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

To provide for the eradication of the citrus white fly, the director may by proclamation declare any portion of the state where the citrus white fly is known to exist to be a citrus white fly district. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The proclamation shall state both of the following: (a) The existence of the citrus white fly district. (b) The description of the boundaries of the district. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The director shall print a copy of the proclamation in one or more papers of general circulation in the infested district. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Every plant within a citrus white fly district which is infested with citrus white fly or with the eggs, larvae, or pupae of the citrus white fly, or which there is reasonable cause to believe may be infested with citrus white fly, is a public nuisance. (Amended by Stats. 1967, C…

The existence of any known host plant of citrus white fly within the boundaries of the district is reasonable cause to believe the host plant is infested with the citrus white fly. (Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 262.)

The department and the commissioners may cause the destruction of any host plant of the citrus white fly in a summary manner. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

If, in the opinion of the enforcing officer, the host plant may be treated in a manner to destroy all citrus white flies or the eggs, larvae, or pupae of the citrus white fly which are or may be on the plant, the officer may in a summary manner cause such treatment to be given. (…

If any animal is killed or injured upon the right-of-way of any railroad in this state, the owner or operator of the railroad equipment injuring or killing the animal shall report it as soon as possible, but in no event later than 96 hours after the collision. (Enacted by Stats. …

The report shall contain all of the following: (a) A description of the animal. (b) The brands and marks and the position of the brands and marks, if any, upon the animal. (c) The location of the animal. (d) The location of the point of collision, listing the county, the nearest …

The report shall be given by telephone, telegraph, or mail to the owner of the animal if known. If the owner of the animal is unknown, the report shall be given to the office of the sheriff or brand inspector whose office or established headquarters is, to the knowledge of the ra…

Reports by telephone shall be confirmed within 24 hours by telegraph or mail to the office of the sheriff. A copy shall be sent to the bureau. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)