Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 52454, each container of agricultural seed that is for sale or sold within this state for sowing purposes shall bear upon it or have attached to it in a conspicuous place a plainly written or printed label or tag in the English language…

Except as otherwise provided in Section 52454, each container of vegetable seed that is for sale or sold within this state for sowing purposes shall bear upon it, or have attached to it, in a conspicuous place, a plainly written or printed label or tag in the English language, th…

Any lot of more than one container of seed which is transported to a dealer for resale, or any lot of more than five containers of seed which is sold to a consumer, is exempt from the requirements which are prescribed by Section 52452 or 52453 if both of the following requirement…

In addition to the labeling requirements of this article, all seed at the time of sale by a retail merchant for nonfarm usage, shall conspicuously bear upon the labeling of the seed a viability assurance statement. (a) The statement shall be “SELL BY (month) (year),” or “USE BEFO…

In addition to the labeling requirements of this article, all seed, except seed at the time of sale by a retail merchant for nonfarm use, shall conspicuously bear upon the label adequate notice of the requirement to follow the conciliation, mediation, or arbitration procedures go…

The powers which are granted to a marketing program committee by a marketing program pursuant to this article may be exercised for the purpose of minimizing the effect of any surplus or other adverse market condition. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

A marketing program may authorize the marketing program committee to establish and maintain stabilization and surplus pools. The marketing of green ripe olives is not, however, subject to the provisions of any marketing program which relates to the esablishment and operation of s…

The program committee may receive from each producer for delivery into a stabilization or surplus pool the uncertificated portions of the commodity which is regulated by the marketing program and market it by any variety, grade, or size for the account of the producers if the unc…

In operating any stabilization or surplus pool, the marketing program committee may receive and account for the commodity on the basis of variety, grade, or size classifications, and may fix servicing charges to be assessed against the total quantity of any commodity which is rec…

The marketing program committee has title to all of the commodity in each of the pools and shall handle all of the commodity received into each of the pools and account for it to each producer that is beneficially interested in such commodity upon a pooled basis. (Enacted by Stat…

The contents of a stabilization pool may be disposed of or may be marketed, from time to time, as the marketing program committee deems advisable, consistent with the maintenance of stabilized marketing conditions. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The contents of a surplus pool shall not be marketed in any form which would directly compete with that portion of the commodity which is regularly certificated or which is in a stabilization pool. Any part of any surplus pool may, however, be transferred by a marketing program c…

A marketing program may authorize the marketing program committee to establish and maintain diversion or substandard pools. The program committee may receive from each producer for delivery into a diversion or a substandard pool such quantity of each producer’s production or deli…

In operating any such diversion or substandard pool, the marketing program committee may fix servicing charges to be assessed against the commodity which is received into the pool and may receive and account for the commodity on a basis of variety, grade, and size classifications…

The contents of any diversion or substandard pool shall be disposed of for byproducts or for other purposes under proper safeguards to prevent that part of the commodity which is so disposed of from directly competing with the part of the commodity which is marketed in its usual …

A marketing program may authorize the marketing program committee to create, establish, or otherwise obtain and operate any facility for the storing, financing, grading, packing, servicing, processing, preparing for market, selling, or disposal of the contents of any pools which …

The marketing program committee may pledge all of the commodity that is in any pool which is established pursuant to any provision of this article with a bank or other lending agency for the purpose of obtaining loans upon such commodity. The marketing program committee has title…

A marketing program may authorize the marketing program committee to create, by a uniform assessment upon producers based upon the volume of the commodity which is marketed by each, or upon some other uniform and equitable basis, maintain, and disburse an equalization fund to be …

No part of any funds which are raised for equalization fund purposes, as specified in Section 59813, shall be applied to the cost of maintenance of the department. (Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1186.)

A marketing program may authorize the marketing program committee to establish, adopt, and apply methods for correlating the marketable supply of any commodity to the reasonable market demands by means of volume limitation, time limitation, diversion, or by grade, quality, or siz…

A marketing program may authorize the marketing program committee to broaden distribution and increase consuming outlets by appropriate educational and trade stimulation efforts of a general industry nature and not unfairly depreciative of the quality of any other food product. (…

Educational and trade stimulation efforts may include all of the following: (a) Efforts to prevent, modify, or remove trade barriers which directly affect the commodity to which the marketing program applies. (b) The presentation of facts to, and negotiations with, any state, fed…

For the purpose of providing funds to defray the cost of formulating, administering, and enforcing educational and trade stimulation efforts, a fee or assessment shall be established and collected upon the volume of the commodity which is marketed or upon some other uniform and e…

Any portion of the funds which are collected during any marketing season to accomplish the purposes of Sections 59816, 59817, and 59818 may, subject to the approval of the director, be carried forward for expenditure during any season subsequent to the season during which the fun…

Any educational and trade stimulation efforts which are authorized by any marketing program if approved by growers, either by written assent or by referendum ballots, for a specified period of time, but not exceeding four years, may be carried out for such period without the nece…

A marketing program may authorize the marketing program committee to provide for the adjustment of production of any commodity by means of tree or vine pulling. The marketing program committee may receive applications from producers for acreage adjustment payments. The marketing …

A marketing program of production adjustment adopted under Section 59821 shall not authorize any payment for the removal of acreages of trees or vines of any species or variety specified in the marketing program which have, during the three years immediately preceding the date of…

If the marketing program committee finds that the results of research would be advantageous in the administration of a marketing program, it may, subject to the approval of the director, authorize and arrange for research to be conducted. The cost of the research shall be conside…

In any such research, the Dean of the College of Agriculture of the University of California and the program committee shall cooperate in selecting the research projects to be carried on from time to time. Insofar as practicable, the projects shall be carried out by the College o…

The director may amend or terminate any stabilization and marketing plan, after notice and public hearing as prescribed in Article 7 (commencing with Section 61991), if he or she finds that the plan is no longer in conformity with the standards which are prescribed in, or will no…

A hearing on the amendment or termination of a stabilization and marketing plan may be held upon the motion of the director and shall be held upon receipt of a petition which is signed by producers, or by the board of directors of any nonprofit agricultural cooperative marketing …

(a) In order to carry out the programs and administer the activities which are conducted pursuant to this chapter, except as specified in Sections 64691.5 and 64702, a fee of one dollar ($1) per head shall be paid on each sale of cattle and calves as specified in Section 64691.7.…

Each person who is required to pay or collect the fees which are required in Section 64691 shall maintain a complete and accurate record of all transactions subject to fees under this chapter. These records shall contain information required by the director relating to the paymen…

A fee greater than one dollar ($1) per head on cattle and calves prescribed by Section 64691 shall not be charged pursuant to that section under a mandatory fee payment program, unless and until the greater fee is approved by the producers in this state, by a referendum to be sub…

The fees required pursuant to Section 64691 shall be due and payable as follows: (a) The fee for cattle or calves, whether originating in the state or out of state, shall be paid by the seller. The fee shall be charged and collected from the seller or from the seller’s account an…

(a) Any person who fails to pay, collect, or remit any fees due within the time specified in this chapter shall be liable for administrative costs incurred by the department in enforcing this chapter, including the costs of any audit performed pursuant to Section 64691.1. In addi…

At the request of the director, the Attorney General shall petition an appropriate court for the issuance of an injunction, restraining any person in violation of any requirement specified in this chapter or regulations adopted pursuant thereto from continuing the violation. The …

The fees which are collected by the Bureau of Livestock Identification pursuant to this article shall be forwarded to the director at the same time and in the same manner as the inspection fees which are provided for in Article 9 (commencing with Section 21281) of Chapter 6 of Di…

Any person who is subject to the fee which is required by Section 64691 may obtain a refund of the fee collected from him by submitting to the director a claim for such refund. Such claim shall be submitted in writing within 90 days after the date of the brand inspection or the d…

(a) All money that is collected by the director pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in any bank, or other depository that is approved by the Director of Finance, allocated to the purposes of this chapter only, and disbursed by the director or the council only for the nece…

Money which is deposited pursuant to Section 64696 may be invested and reinvested by the Treasurer or the council in any of the securities described in Article 1 (commencing with Section 16430) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, or placed in a…

The director, after consultation with the council, shall prepare an annual budget which sets forth in reasonable detail the proposed expenditures which he deems necessary for the performance by him and by the department of the duties which are imposed upon them by this chapter. H…

The director may receive funds in such amounts as he may deem necessary to defray the initial expenses in making effective this chapter. The director shall reimburse those persons from whom said funds are received in the amounts received from any funds which are received by the d…

The director may accept contributions to advance the purposes of this chapter. If requested by the donor, such contributions shall be segregated and separately maintained for the use of the council. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Any inspector who is described in Section 20010 may accept voluntary contributions on behalf of the director. Such contributions may be supplementary to collections which are provided in Article 8 (commencing with Section 64691) of this chapter. Such contributions may be in lieu …

The following shall apply to this chapter so long as the federal Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. Sec. 2901 et seq.) and any resulting regulations are in effect. If the federal act is terminated by subsequent statute or in the manner specified in the act, this fa…