Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

The director may require that each person that submits a bid for the sale to an agency of the United States government of market milk or any milk product which utilizes class 1 market milk shall file with the director, at the same time such bid is submitted, a complete copy of su…

(a) Every person who violates any provision of this division relating to pesticides, or any regulation issued pursuant to a provision of this division relating to pesticides, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than five thousand…

(a) For the purposes of this chapter: (1) “Office” means the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. (2) “Department” means the Department of Pesticide Regulation. (3) “Certified Unified Program Agency” or “CUPA” means the agency certified by the Secretary for Environme…

In lieu of seeking prosecution of any violation of this division as a misdemeanor, and the penalty prescribed in Section 12996, the director may prosecute civilly pursuant to Sections 12998 and 12999, or may levy civil penalties pursuant to Section 12999.4 or the commissioner may…

(a) In addition to any penalties paid in connection with an enforcement action taken pursuant to Sections 12996, 12997, 12999, and 12999.5, any person who is found in violation of any provision of this division related to pesticides or any regulation related to pesticides adopted…

(a) The agency, in consultation with the department, the office, county agricultural commissioners, local health officers, CUPAs, and affected community members, shall by August 31, 2005, establish minimum standard protocols for the purposes of amending area plans. (b) The protoc…

(a) (1) A person who sells or uses a first-generation anticoagulant rodenticide or second-generation anticoagulant rodenticide in violation of Section 12978.7 or any regulations adopted pursuant to that section is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand doll…

Any person who violates this division relating to pesticides or structural pest control devices, or any regulation issued pursuant to a provision of this division relating to pesticides or structural pest control devices, is liable civilly in an amount not less than three thousan…

Upon a complaint by the director, or by the Structural Pest Control Board in the case of violations of Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 15300) or regulations adopted pursuant to that chapter relating to structural pest control devices, the Attorney General may bring an action…

The remedies or penalties provided by this division are in addition to the remedies or penalties available under any other law. (Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 651, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1999.)

(a) In lieu of civil prosecution by the director, the director may levy a civil penalty against a person violating subdivision (d) or (e) of Section 11792, Sections 12101, 12101.5, 12114, 12115, 12116, 12581, 12603, 12671, 12992, and 12993, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 124…

(a) In lieu of civil prosecution by the director, the county agricultural commissioner may levy a civil penalty against a person violating Division 6 (commencing with Section 11401), Article 10 (commencing with Section 12971) or Article 10.5 (commencing with Section 12980) of thi…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Multijurisdictional priority investigation” means a priority investigation involving more than one county or a priority investigation involving a person that is the subject of priority investi…

(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), an action brought pursuant to this article shall be commenced by the director, the commissioner, the Attorney General, the district attorney, the city prosecutor, or the city attorney, as the case may be, within three years of t…

The commissioner or director may bring an action to enjoin the violation or the threatened violation of any order made pursuant to this division in the superior court in the county in which the order is issued or the violation occurs or is threatened, and the court may enjoin the…

The director may, by regulation, adjust the level of statutory minimum and maximum civil monetary penalties provided under this article and in Section 11893 to account for inflation. The director shall make inflation adjustments consistent with the formula used by the United Stat…

Any honey which is packed, stored, delivered for shipment, loaded, shipped, or being transported or sold in violation of any provision of this chapter, together with its containers, is a public nuisance. The honey shall be held by the person in whose possession it may be and shal…

The enforcement officer may affix a warning tag or notice to the honey and its containers which are a public nuisance. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

If a packer or owner of honey, or the agent of either, after notification to the packer, owner, or agent that the honey and its containers are a public nuisance, refuses, or fails within a reasonable time, to recondition or remark the honey so as to comply with all requirements o…

If an agent is found in possession of any honey which is a public nuisance, notice of rejection or any order of the court concerning the honey may be served on such agent and need not be served on the packer or owner. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

It is unlawful for any person to fail to comply with the directions of any officer relating to the disposition of any honey which is a public nuisance, or with any order of court respecting it. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

No false, misleading, or deceptive name, picture, symbol, mark, word, or other representation shall appear on any milk bottle, bottle cap, can, or other container, nor on any advertisement for market milk. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

A label or advertisement of market milk is false, misleading, or deceptive if in any particular it is untrue, or by ambiguity or inference creates a misleading or deceptive impression regarding the production, handling, processing, quality, composition, merits, or value of such m…

It is unlawful for any person to sell, purchase, use, or represent as market milk or market cream any milk or cream which does not meet the requirements and standards of market milk or market cream. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Except as otherwise provided in this division, it is unlawful for any person to sell, purchase, use, or represent as market milk or market cream any milk or cream which is combined with any other substance or compound. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

It is unlawful for any person to serve to any customer for consumption on the premises milk or cream which is combined with any other substance or compound and represented as a substitute for or to take the place of market milk or market cream. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

(a) Unless otherwise specified, a violation of this division is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500). (b) A conviction of a second or subsequent violation of this division is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one hundre…

The proration zone agent for each marketing program shall collect, either for each primary certificate or for each secondary certificate, or for both, a reasonable and proportional fee to be fixed by the program committee, subject to the approval of the director, so calculated as…

Any fee for primary certificates or secondary certificates which is fixed by the program committee with the approval of the director, pursuant to this article, is due and payable by each producer upon all units of the commodity of the producer which are subject to the certificate…

If any producer has authorized a handler to obtain secondary certificates and pay secondary certificate fees on behalf of the producer, or the handler has been a party to noncompliance with respect to payment for certificates or corresponding fees, the amounts unpaid constitute a…

For the convenience of collecting any producer fees which are established pursuant to this article, the director may collect such fees from the handlers of the commodity which is being regulated. Any handler that pays a fee for and on behalf of any producer may deduct the produce…

The proportion of the fees which is payable to the department may vary upon a seasonal basis for each program according to the estimated expense to be incurred by the director in administering the marketing program. The amount so required shall not exceed 15 percent of the certif…

Upon the request of any marketing program committee, the director shall confer with the committee or its representatives prior to fixing the amount or proportion of any fees of the marketing program which are payable to the department for maintenance of the department in the perf…

All fees shall be deposited promptly by the proration zone agent in a bank which is approved by the Director of Finance, and shall be accounted for immediately to the Director of Food and Agriculture. Each deposit shall be made in the name of the proration zone under which the fu…

(a) The funds that are deposited pursuant to Section 59946 shall be disbursed by the director or the marketing program committee, pursuant to regulations prescribed by him or her, only for the expenditures that are incurred by the marketing program committee in carrying out the s…

The proportionate amount of fees which are payable to the department shall be withdrawn from the funds monthly by the director and shall be used only for the department in carrying out its duties as required by this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 284.)

At the end of any marketing season as designated in each marketing program, after proper provision has been made for the payment of all necessary expense which is incurred in connection with the marketing season, any money which remains to the credit of the marketing program comm…

At the time a refund is made, the marketing program committee shall file with the director a claim for the refund to growers that are entitled to such refund. If the director finds that as of the end of any marketing season the amount which remains to the credit of the marketing …

Unexpended balances of any money which is collected to carry out the educational and trade stimulation efforts which are provided for in Sections 59816, 59817, and 59818 which are sufficient in amount to warrant incurring the expense of making a refund shall be refunded following…

If the unexpended balance is so small as to make impractical the computation and remitting of a pro rata refund, the director may authorize the transfer of the funds to the administrative account of the marketing program or to the Department of Agriculture Fund for the support of…

Unless otherwise requested by the marketing program committee, the director is not required to issue refunds to any producer in an amount less than five dollars ($5). (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1222.)

Any check or warrant which is drawn against the fund of any marketing program which remains unclaimed or uncashed for a period of six months from the date of issuance shall be canceled and the money retained for disbursement to the original payee or claimant upon satisfactory ide…

If there is no marketing program then in effective operation for the commodity, the funds shall be credited to the unexpended balance, if any, of the last previous marketing program for the commodity. If there is no marketing program then in current operation or no balance exists…

An agent or employee of the marketing program committee shall not have or receive any funds which are collected pursuant to this chapter until such agent or employee has filed with the director a bond in such form and in such penal sum as the director may prescribe. (Enacted by S…

Upon the recommendation of the marketing program committee, the director may relieve the proration zone agent of the responsibility of collecting any amount which is due and unpaid not exceeding five dollars ($5) if the director determines that the collection is improbable or the…

The director, in addition to other remedies which are provided by law, may direct suit in the name of the people of this state as plaintiff, to be brought for the recovery of fees as provided in this chapter. In such case, the director may make the necessary affidavit for and a w…