Title FAC — California Food & Agric. Code

The department may enter into any cooperative agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture to undertake tuberculosis control pursuant to this chapter.

(a) The State Veterinarian may designate approved veterinarians to buy, possess, or use tuberculosis tests and may suspend or revoke that designation. (b) The State Veterinarian may designate a duly authorized representative of the department or of the United States Department of…

Any sale or disposition of tuberculosis tests within the state shall be reported to the department within five days after the sale or disposition.

(a) It is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 90 days, without alternative of a fine in any case, for any person who is not an approved veterinarian to buy, possess, or use tuberculosis tests. (b) It is a misdemeanor punishable by impriso…

It is unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any tuberculosis test in the state that has not been produced under license of the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.

Any approved veterinarian or duly authorized representative of the department or of the United States Department of Agriculture may ear tag or otherwise identify any bovine animal to establish the identity of the animal, while applying a tuberculosis test to it.

The result of every tuberculosis test shall be reported to the State Veterinarian by the veterinarian who conducted the test within 48 hours after the completion of the test.

Every reactor, immediately upon the determination of such reaction, shall be identified, pursuant to regulations of the department and the United States Department of Agriculture, by its owner or the owner’s agent under the supervision of the approved veterinarian who conducts th…

If the State Veterinarian has reason to suspect an irregularity in the application of a tuberculosis test or the identification of reactors, the State Veterinarian may enter any premises for the purpose of examining any bovine animals in or on the premises to determine if there h…

It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (a) Obstruct, attack, or interfere with, or permit to be obstructed, attacked, or interfered with, the State Veterinarian or an approved veterinarian who is conducting a tuberculosis test. (b) Neglect or fail to properly s…

It is a misdemeanor which is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 90 days, without the alternative of a fine in any case, for any person to defeat or interfere with or to attempt to defeat or interfere with a tuberculosis test.

It is a misdemeanor which is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 90 days, without the alternative of a fine in any case, for any person to obstruct, defeat, or interfere with or to attempt to obstruct, defeat, or interfere with a tuberculosis test by t…

Permission in writing may be obtained from the department or the approved veterinarian who is conducting the tuberculosis tests to allow any necessary movement of the animals required to be held pursuant to Section 9977. Upon the completion of the tuberculosis test that is referr…

It is unlawful for any person to apply a tuberculosis test to any bovine animal that has at any time been found by an approved veterinarian to be a reactor.

It is unlawful for any person to knowingly apply tuberculosis tests that are not approved tests.

It is unlawful for any person to have any tuberculosis infected or exposed bovine animal at any livestock fair or show.

It is unlawful for any person to knowingly sell, after notification of its condition from the department, any bovine animal that has tuberculosis as shown by a positive reaction to the tuberculosis test, physical examination, or any other method which is recognized by the departm…

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

“Accredited veterinarian” means a veterinarian who is so designated by the United States Department of Agriculture and the department. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Bovine animals” means neat cattle. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Brucellosis” means the disease of cattle which is caused by Brucella microorganisms. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Brucellosis control area,” means any area that has been so established by the department in order to qualify and maintain such area in accordance with certification standards of the bovine brucellosis eradication uniform methods and rules adopted by the United States Department …

“Cattle” means neat cattle. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Official veterinarian” means a veterinarian who is in the employ of the United States Department of Agriculture or the department. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Premises” means any place where cattle have been or are kept. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Reactor” or “reacting bovine animal” means any bovine animal that reacts positively to a test for brucellosis which is approved by the director. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Vaccinate” or “vaccination” means the use of vaccine in cattle. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

“Vaccine” means any vaccine which is produced by a laboratory which is licensed by the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture and recognized by the department for use in preventing or treating brucellosis in cattle. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, C…

The department may enter into any cooperative arrangement with the United States Department of Agriculture to undertake brucellosis control pursuant to this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

To carry out the provisions of this chapter, any duly authorized representative of the department or of the United States Department of Agriculture, may enter upon any premises except dwelling houses. No person shall interfere with the representative while he is enforcing the pro…

The department may use the services of official veterinarians or contract with accredited veterinarians to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The director may make such regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry this chapter into effect. He may require such reports and records as are necessary. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Every accredited veterinarian who is conducting work pursuant to this chapter shall submit reports to the department on forms that are furnished for that purpose. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

In addition to any other authority in this part that is available to the director for the purpose of preventing the spread of any disease of livestock, the director may adopt regulations to prevent the spread within this state of bovine brucellosis through limitations on movement…

To accomplish the purpose of this chapter and to prevent outbreaks of brucellosis, the director shall by regulation establish conditions for the movement of female dairy cattle, such as evidence of calfhood vaccination or other appropriate recognized tests.

Any vaccine which is used pursuant to this chapter shall be procured by the department from a laboratory which is licensed by the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. The vaccine, after purchase directly from the laboratory, shall be distr…

It is unlawful for any person, except a federal, state, county, or municipal officer or employee, in his official capacity, or an accredited veterinarian, to buy, possess or use a vaccine or antigen which contains brucella micro-organisms, except pursuant to the regulations of th…

All female dairy calves shall be vaccinated by an official veterinarian or an accredited veterinarian, who is authorized by the department, at such ages as are designated by the department. Male dairy calves and beef calves may, at the option of the owner, be vaccinated. (Enacted…

Each calf which is vaccinated pursuant to this chapter shall have an official tattoo placed in the right ear by the veterinarian who performs the service that shows the period within which the animal was vaccinated, or such other evidence of vaccination or identification as the d…

The owner of any calf which is to be vaccinated pursuant to this chapter shall, upon request of the department, provide the necessary facilities and assistance for such vaccination. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

If the owner or any person that is in charge of any dairy calf, after 10 days’ written notice by the department, refuses properly to confine in a corral or stanchions, any calf which is required to be vaccinated and identified pursuant to this chapter, the department may in such …

Any expense which is incurred by the department pursuant to Section 10354 is a lien upon the calf which is vaccinated and identified. Unless the amount of the lien is paid within 10 days after written notice of the amount of the lien is given by the department to the owner or per…

The vaccination of any bovine animal pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be by either an official veterinarian or an accredited veterinarian, who is authorized by the department. The director may charge a reasonable fee to cover the cost of any vaccination performed …

It is unlawful for any person to refuse to submit a dairy calf which is required to be vaccinated and identified pursuant to this chapter to such vaccination. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

It is unlawful for any person to remove any official mark which is required by this chapter, or to imitate or simulate such official mark. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

It is unlawful for any person, except a federal, state, county, or municipal officer or employee, in his official capacity, or an accredited veterinarian, to buy, possess, or use any device which is designed to produce a mark, stamp, or tattoo that simulates in design the officia…

The department may, after hearing, establish and maintain brucellosis control areas within this state. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The department shall examine and test such cattle for brucellosis in any brucellosis control area as the director may specify, as often as may be deemed necessary to qualify and maintain such area within the standards of certification which are adopted by the United States Depart…

All owners of cattle which are subject to examination and testing for brucellosis within a brucellosis control area shall, upon request of the department, provide the necessary facilities for collecting such samples of blood or milk as may be deemed necessary to conduct tests for…

If any owner or person that is in charge of cattle, after 10 days’ written notice by the department, refuses properly to confine in corrals, stanchions, or chutes, any cattle within a brucellosis control area which are required to be tested and identified pursuant to this chapter…