Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

Any container of comb honey which is marked as to color shall be considered as properly marked if the color of the honey in the container is equal to or lighter than the description as marked. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Opaque containers of bulk or chunk comb honey shall be marked with the color the honey would be if extracted, unless it is in the unclassified grade. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

If comb honey is in crystallized form, a sample of the honey shall be liquefied and the honey graded on the liquid basis. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

In order to allow for variations which are incident to proper grading and handling, not more than 5 percent, by count, of the containers or of the subcontainers in any lot of honey may be below the requirements for the grade. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Comb honey which has crystallized shall be conspicuously marked with the word “crystallized” on a placard which is used in connection with such honey that has reference to it. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Certified milk is market milk which conforms to the rules, regulations, methods, and standards for the production and distribution of certified milk adopted by the county milk commission established in a county pursuant to this article. (Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 7.)

Certified milk shall bear the certification of a milk commission which shall be appointed as provided by this article by the board of supervisors in any county in which certified milk was produced on January 1, 1968. The board of supervisors of any other county may create a commi…

A county milk commission shall consist of six members who reside in the county where the commission is located and who shall be appointed by the board of supervisors for a term of four years and shall be eligible for reappointment. The members shall be appointed as follows: (a) A…

A county milk commission shall adopt rules, regulations, and standards governing the production, distribution, and sale of certified milk, including unpasteurized milk, as it deems necessary to protect public health and safety. The rules, regulations, and standards adopted by a c…

A county milk commission shall give reasonable notice to the public of its meetings, and shall hold its public hearings in public buildings. Members of the commission shall receive twenty-five dollars ($25) per diem for each day spent on official business of the commission, payab…

A county milk commission shall certify milk, including unpasteurized milk, for any applicant for certification whose milk complies with the rules, regulations, and standards for production, distribution and sale of milk adopted by the commission and prescribed in this code, irres…

A county milk commission may establish such fees, and expend funds derived therefrom, as are reasonably necessary to defray the costs of certifying milk. (Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 7.)

A county milk commission may conduct any tests that it finds are reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this article and may employ personnel to conduct such tests and for such other duties as the commission deems necessary. All applicants for certification shall submi…

(a) When the director, any health officer acting as an agent of the director, or a milk inspection officer acting as an agent of the director having jurisdiction, determines that the oral ingestion by a human being of any raw milk or certified raw milk supply has caused disease i…

Frozen yogurt is a frozen dairy product. It shall be made from milk, with or without added milk solids, flavoring, or seasoning, which has been pasteurized and afterwards fermented by one or more strains of Lactobacillus bulgaricus, including yogurt strains, Streptococcus thermop…

Frozen yogurt shall contain not less than 3.5 percent milkfat. (Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 236, Sec. 4. Effective August 1, 2008.)

The failure of a processor willfully and without due cause to furnish raw product containers to a producer as agreed upon, or any willful discrimination against any producer in this regard, shall subject such processor to an action for all damages which are sustained by the produ…

This article does not affect existing remedies for the violation of a contract but is in addition to such existing remedies. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 783.)

An enforcing officer may enter and inspect any place or conveyance within the county or district over which he has jurisdiction, where any fresh or dried fruits, nuts, or vegetables are produced, stored, packed, delivered for shipment, loaded, shipped, being transported, or sold.…

An enforcing officer shall cause the prosecution of any person whom he knows or has reason to believe is guilty of violating any provision of this division. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Any enforcing officer may, while enforcing this division, seize and hold as evidence all or any part of any pack, load, bulk lot, consignment or shipment of fresh or dried fruits, nuts, or vegetables which is packed, delivered for shipment, loaded, shipped, or being transported, …

Any prosecution for the violation of any provision of this division may be made in any county where any part of the offense occurred. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Any evidence which is taken by an enforcing officer in any county may be admitted in evidence in any prosecution in any other county. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The director and the commissioner of each county acting under the supervision of the director may do all of the following: (a) Cooperate with seed-certifying agencies which are officially recognized under the provisions of this chapter. (b) Supervise the harvesting, cleaning, and…

The director, or any commissioner with the approval of the director, may annually enter into a cooperative agreement with a qualified seed certification agency for the services that they are authorized to perform, based upon the approximate cost of the services. The approximate c…

The affairs of each proration zone shall be managed by a marketing program committee which is appointed in accordance with this chapter. The director shall appoint the initial marketing program committee from nominations which are received at the public hearing upon the proposed …

For terms subsequent to the term of the initial committee, members and their respective alternates shall be selected and appointed in accordance with the following procedure: The director shall divide the proration zone into as many districts as may be necessary for the proper ad…

Eligible lists shall be established by the director either by means of a meeting of producers in each district, or by means of mail ballot, or by a combination of meetings and mail ballot. The method to be used shall be determined by the director, except that a mail ballot shall …

If a corporation or a partnership is a producer, it may designate a representative who may be a nominee. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Each respective alternate shall be appointed from the same eligible list from which the member is appointed. Each district in the proration zone is entitled to at least one member and one alternate member of the committee. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The marketing program committee may at any time invite any handler or other person to its meetings to serve in an advisory capacity and may authorize, subject to the approval of the director, the payment of compensation and necessary expenses to any person that is serving in such…

The director may, if requested by the producer members of the marketing program committee, appoint on the committee, in addition to the producer members, not more than three handler members and their respective alternates who are handlers of the commodity which is affected by the…

If grade, quality, or size regulations are authorized under any marketing program for any commodity which is used for canning, freezing, fermenting, or distilling, and the regulations are not an integral part of a proration plan for the purpose of controlling a surplus condition …

The members and alternate members of any marketing program committee or grading committee which are duly appointed by the director, including employees of the marketing program committee, are not responsible individually in any way whatsoever to any person for liability on any co…

Marketing program committee members are entitled to compensation at a rate not exceeding ten dollars ($10) each for each day while engaged on official business. Such compensation shall not, however, be paid for more than five days in any month unless approved by the director. The…

An alternate member of a marketing program committee shall sit as a regular member of the committee if the member for whom he is an alternate fails for any reason to attend any meeting of the committee. He shall be compensated and reimbursed for his necessary traveling expenses i…

Any vacancy on the marketing program committee which is occasioned by the expiration of term of office shall be filled from eligible lists of producers selected in each district obtained as provided in Sections 59721 to 59729, inclusive. Any vacancy which is occasioned by the dea…

The marketing program committee shall appoint an agent, subject to the approval of the director, who shall administer the marketing program under the direction of the marketing program committee and who may be removed from office in the same manner as he was appointed. The salary…

The agent shall appoint such deputy agents and other assistants as may be necessary to direct the marketing program. Such appointments are subject to the approval of the program committee. The agents, deputy agents, and other assistants are employees of the proration zone and not…

The marketing program committee, with the approval of the director, may do all of the following: (a) Appoint subcommittees in any producing areas within the proration zone to facilitate the carrying out of the purposes of this chapter. (b) Collaborate and cooperate with any agenc…

The exercise of the powers which are granted to a marketing program committee in its administration of a marketing program which is made effective pursuant to this chapter is subject to the approval of the director. (Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1186.)

Upon recommendation of the marketing program committee which is concerned, the director may, consistent with this chapter, establish such administrative regulations as may be necessary to facilitate the administration and enforcement of each marketing program which is promulgated…

It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that producers, or handlers, and processors appointed to any committees pursuant to this article are intended to represent and further the interest of a particular agricultural industry concerned, and that such repr…

Except as otherwise provided in Section 61992, the director shall, prior to the formulation of a stabilization and marketing plan for market milk for any marketing area, conduct a public hearing in the area for the purpose of determining whether or not the formulation of a stabil…

A hearing need not, however, be held if a petition requesting a stabilization and marketing plan is presented to the director by the producers whose major interest in the market milk business is in the production of market milk for the marketing area, and that both: (a) Represent…

If the director finds that a stablization and marketing plan is necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, he shall formulate a stabilization and marketing plan for market milk for such area and issue a notice of public hearing upon the plan which is formulated to all …