Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

“Domestic honey” means comb or extracted honey produced within one of the states of the United States. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 587.)

“Extracted honey” means honey which has been removed from the comb. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Foreign material” means wax particles, insects, or other materials which were not deposited by bees. It does not, however, include decorative artificial leaves or blossoms. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

(a) “Honey” means the natural sweet substance produced by honeybees from the nectar of plants or from secretions of living parts of plants or excretions of plant sucking insects on the living parts of plants, which the bees collect, transform by combining with specific substances…

“Honeybees” means honey-producing insects of the genus Apis mellifica. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Honeydew” means the dextrorotatory saccharine exudation of plants or insects, except nectareous exudations, which is gathered and stored in the comb by honeybees. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Imported honey” means comb or extracted honey imported from any territory or foreign county or honey which is repackaged into subcontainers as a blend with honey imported from one or more other countries. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 587.)

“Mislabeled” means the placing or presence of any false or misleading statement, design, or device upon, or in connection with, any container or lot of honey, or upon the label, lining, or wrapper of any such container, or any placard used in connection with any container or lot …

“Pack,” or “packing” or “packed,” means the arrangement of all or a part of the subcontainers in any container. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Placard” means any sign, label, or designation, except an oral designation, which is used in connection with any honey as a description or identification of it. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Section box” means the wood or other frame in which bees have built a small comb of honey. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Slack-filled” means that the contents of any container occupy less than 85 percent of the volume of the closed container. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Subcontainer” means any section box or other receptacle which is used within a container. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The director shall, and representatives of approved milk inspection services under his general supervision may, enforce this division. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The director may bring an action to enjoin any violation or threatened violation of any provision of this division, in the superior court in and for the county in which the violation occurred or is about to occur. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Any proceeding pursuant to this article shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 525), Title 7, Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The director shall not, however, be required to allege facts necessary to show or tending to show lack of adequate…

Any money in the Department of Agriculture Fund which is derived under this division may be expended for the enforcement of any or all of the provisions of this division, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except Section 35252, which limits the expenditure of any such mo…

This division does not prohibit the addition of vitamins and minerals to market milk or the sale of market milk to which any vitamins and minerals have been added if such milk is labeled to show the addition of the vitamins and minerals. A statement of the method and manner of ad…

This division does not prohibit the freezing and holding in cold storage of market cream or concentrated market cream, its subsequent standardization with market milk or skim milk produced from market milk, and its sale as market cream if the standardized product otherwise confor…

This division does not prohibit the freezing and holding in cold storage of market goat milk and its subsequent sale as market milk if at the time of sale it meets all the standards and requirements which are specified in this division for market milk. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch…

This division does not prohibit the sterilization of market goat milk by subjecting it to a temperature which is high enough to sterilize it, holding it in storage, and subsequently selling it as market milk if at the time of sale the market goat milk meets all standards and requ…

It is unlawful for any person to sell any market milk other than graded milk as provided in this division in any city or county or any combination of cities and counties in which a milk inspection service has been established, either by or with the approval of the director. (Enac…

This division, and the regulations of the director are not a limitation on the power of a municipality or county, by ordinance or regulation, to establish compulsory pasteurization of market milk or reasonable higher standards for milk fat and solids-not-fat than those which are …

The secretary, in compliance with Section 407 of this code and Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, may adopt regulations pertaining to temperature requirements for market milk delivered to consumers. Notwithstandi…

Pasteurized cream that is sold or used for ice cream, frozen dairy dessert, frozen dessert, or sherbet manufacture shall be clean, sweet, and free from undesirable flavors and odors. It shall contain not more than 75,000 bacteria per milliliter, official plate count. (Amended by …

Milk and any milk product that is used in the manufacture of ice cream, frozen dairy dessert, frozen dessert, or sherbet shall be pasteurized. (Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 150, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Sweet butter that is used in ice cream, frozen dairy dessert, and frozen dessert shall be unsalted butter made from sweet cream that is free from undesirable flavor or odors. It shall have a rating of not less than 92 in accordance with the standards for quality of creamery butte…

Every product which is defined in this chapter shall be advertised and labeled in accordance with regulations which are adopted by the director. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

(a) Ice cream, frozen dairy dessert, frozen dessert, sherbet, or quiescently frozen confections when sold in package form shall be labeled with the name, address, and ZIP Code of the manufacturer, the wholesale distributor, or the retailer. (b) If the name and address is not that…

Ice cream mix, frozen yogurt mix, frozen dairy dessert mix, and frozen dessert mix are unfrozen products that are used in the manufacture of ice cream, frozen yogurt, frozen dairy dessert, or frozen dessert. They shall have been pasteurized and comply with all the requirements fo…

The director, by regulations, may authorize the use of wholesome, edible dairy products, as permissible ingredients, in frozen dairy products, in addition to those for which standards are provided for under this code for such frozen dairy products. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 528.…

Ice cream, frozen dairy dessert, frozen dessert, and sherbet may contain safe and suitable nonmilk-derived ingredients as specified in applicable provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations. If these nonmilk-derived ingredients are used, the minimum quantity of food solids requ…

Federal nutritional labeling regulations apply to all frozen dairy products, except nutritional labeling provided for any frozen dairy product mix or any frozen dairy product dispensed by a soft serve establishment, shall state, on the basis of weight, the serving size upon which…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 783.)

“Processing purposes” means tomatoes intended for the commercial production of processed products such as sliced, diced, quartered, halved, and whole tomatoes, tomato paste, puree, pulp, catsup, sauce, tomatoes in oil, juice, powder, flakes, and similar manufactured tomato produc…

“Committee” means the Processing Tomato Advisory Committee. (Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 676, Sec. 3.)

The director and the commissioners of each county of the state, their deputies and inspectors, under the supervision and control of the director shall enforce this division. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The refusal of any officer who is authorized under this division to carry out the orders and directions of the director in the enforcement of this division is neglect of duty; provided that the failure of any such officer to carry out such orders and directions shall not be negle…

(a) The secretary, through the chief of the branch of the department that has jurisdiction over the enforcement of this division, or any deputy, inspector, or agent of the department, may enforce and make inspections of grade, standard of quality, and other provisions of any raw …

The director may maintain state inspection stations at such places as he deems necessary for the purpose of enforcing the standardization provisions of this code. (Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 446.)

This chapter shall be known as the “California Seed Law.” (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

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

“Advertisement” means representations, except those on the label, which are disseminated in any manner or by any means that relate to seed which is subject to this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Agricultural seed” means the seed of any domesticated grass or cereal, and of any legume or other plant that is grown as turf, cover crop, forage crop, fiber crop, or field crop, and mixtures of such seeds. It does not, however, include any variety that is generally known and so…

“Board” means the Seed Advisory Board. (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1051.)

“Certification” means to certify as to the variety, purity, quality, type, strain, or other genetic character of agricultural or vegetable seed. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 715, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)