Title FAC — California Food & Agric. Code

UHT flavored drink is milk or skim milk, evaporated, condensed, or dried milk, or nonfat milk solids, or any combination thereof, which contains harmless sweetening, chocolate, chocolate syrup, or other harmless syrup or flavoring, or any combination of these syrups or flavorings…

UHT half-and-half is a product consisting of market milk, market cream, nonfat dry milk derived from market milk, and market skim milk to which edible stabilizers and stabilizing salts may be added. It shall be processed and packaged pursuant to Section 39701.

UHT half-and-half shall contain not less than 10.5 percent milk fat and not more than six-tenths of 1 percent stabilizer by weight.

UHT flavored reduced-fat sour cream is a product consisting of market milk, market cream, and market skim milk to which edible stabilizers, stabilizing salts, and acidified flavoring may be added. It shall be processed and packaged pursuant to Section 39701.

UHT sour flavored half-and-half shall contain not less than 9.4 percent milk fat and not more than six-tenths of 1 percent stabilizer by weight.

UHT sour cream is market cream cultured with the addition of pure cultures of one or more strains of lactic acid bacteria. It may include one or more of the following optional ingredients: milk solids-not-fat derived from market milk, salt, or lactose. Harmless edible stabilizers…

UHT sour cream shall contain not less than 18 percent milk fat and not less than one-half of 1 percent acidity, expressed as lactic acid.

UHT milk drink mix is a market milk product which has been processed and packaged pursuant to Section 39701.

UHT milk drink mix shall contain not less than 12 percent total milk solids, not less than 4 percent butterfat, and not more than one-half of 1 percent pure and harmless edible stabilizer by weight. It may contain sweetening and harmless coloring and flavoring.

UHT dairy spread is a product made from milk, cream, skim milk, or nonfat milk solids, or any combination thereof, to which may be added lactose, sodium caseinate, emulsifiers, stabilizers, stabilizing salts, and harmless coloring. The product shall be processed and packaged purs…

UHT dairy spread shall contain not less than 30 percent milk fat and not more than six-tenths of 1 percent stabilizer and emulsifier combined by weight, unless otherwise stated on the label.

UHT eggnog is an unfrozen product which is made with milk, cream, evaporated or condensed milk, evaporated or condensed skim milk, dry milk solids, nonfat dry milk solids, buttermilk, whey, lactose, lactalbumins, lactoglobulins, and modified whey, or any combination thereof, egg …

UHT eggnog shall contain not less than 6 percent milk fat and not less than 8.25 percent milk solids-not-fat. It shall contain not less than one-half of 1 percent by weight of wholesome fresh egg yolk solids or the equivalent amount of egg yolk solids obtained from wholesome froz…

Except as otherwise provided in this article, UHT eggnog shall meet all the standards and requirements which are specified in this division for eggnog.

UHT flavored nonfat, skim, or fat-free milk is market milk from which has been removed all or part of the milk fat and to which has been added any harmless syrup or flavoring, harmless sweetening, and harmless edible stabilizer. It is homogenized and processed and packaged pursua…

UHT flavored nonfat, skim, or fat-free milk shall contain not more than twenty hundredths of 1 percent of milk fat and not less than 8.25 percent of milk solids-not-fat.

(a) The handling and marketing of avocados is affected with the public interest. The provisions of this chapter are enacted for the protection of the avocado industry and for the purposes of protecting the health, peace, safety, and general welfare of the people of this state. (b…

If the director finds that avocados which are being prepared for market conform to the applicable standards, he shall so indicate by an official stamp placed on each flat, carton, or any other container by, or under the supervision of, the inspector, stating that the applicable s…

It is unlawful for any person, including a grower, packer, handler, or retailer to pack, handle, or sell any lot of avocados which are not in compliance with maturity and quality standards established through regulations of the director.

(a) Any violation or threatened violation of any provision of this chapter or regulations of the director established pursuant to this chapter is unlawful and shall constitute grounds for injunctive relief and the imposition of civil penalties of not less than five hundred dollar…

(a) Each handler of avocados shall pay to the director an inspection and certification fee each month. The fee shall be based on the number of pounds certified as determined by the director. However, in no event shall the fee be greater than twenty-five cents ($0.25) per hundredw…

The moneys which are received pursuant to this chapter shall be used only for the administration and enforcement of this chapter, including, but not limited to, payments to the county agricultural commissioners and to institutions of scientific research for improving the inspecti…

The director may adopt such regulations as he determines are reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

The director may enter into an agreement with any county agricultural commissioner for assistance in the enforcement of this chapter.

It is unlawful for any person to fail to comply with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations of the director adopted pursuant thereto.

Every person who prepares avocados grown in this state for market shall report to the director, prior to this preparation, the date and time these avocados will be prepared for market. Avocados and their containers shall be made available for inspection and certification at the t…

The director may prescribe a higher frequency of inspection or surveillance of a person or firm handling or packing avocados for sale, if the director determines either that repeated violations of this chapter have occurred, or has probable cause to believe that a violation is ab…

(a) Inspection to determine maturity of avocados may be performed prior to preparation for market, either at roadside by the orchard or enroute to or at the first point of packing. The results shall serve as a cause for placing all or any sizes of the avocados under a disposal or…

Each handler of avocados shall prepare and retain for two years up-to-date records of daily transactions. These records shall contain, but not be limited to, the amount of avocados received, shipped, packed, transported, dumped, and on hand at the end of each day. Amounts for eac…

It shall be unlawful for any person to falsify or cause to be falsified the record or information required to be kept pursuant to Section 44982.

Any handler, packer, shipper, transporter, or grower of avocados who is required to keep records pursuant to Section 44982, shall allow the director or his or her authorized agent to examine or inspect these records during normal business hours and any other time when avocados ar…

The director may authorize the issuance and use of, or revocation of, a certification stamp as provided for under this chapter.

It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (a) Use a certification stamp for certifying containers or lots of avocados for other than containers previously inspected by the director’s authorized agent and designated to be stamped. (b) Use the stamp at any time or i…

In lieu of the certification stamp required under this chapter, the director may authorize issuance of a permit to any person or firm engaged in preparing avocados for market on an intermittent basis, or any other person on an emergency basis. The permit shall have an assigned nu…

(a) The director may promulgate regulations which establish maturity standards governing the time at which avocados may be harvested. The regulations shall include minimum maturity requirements for the various varieties of avocados produced. The standards may be established in th…

There is in the department the Avocado Inspection Committee, which consists of six members. The director shall appoint three members and one alternate member who shall be producers of avocados and three members and one alternate member who shall be representatives of handlers eng…

Upon the director’s request, the committee shall submit to the director the name of a natural person, who shall be a citizen and resident of this state and not a producer, shipper, or processor nor financially interested in any producer, shipper, or processor, for appointment by …

The committee member’s term of office shall be two years. Appointment of the first members shall be made so that the terms of office of three members shall expire at the end of one year and three at the end of two years. Thereafter, appointment shall be for full two-year terms. E…

The committee shall be advisory to the director, and to the California Avocado Commission if it decides to act pursuant to Section 67095, on all matters pertaining to this chapter, shall review all proposed regulations relating to this chapter, and shall make recommendations conc…

(a) In adopting regulations pursuant to this chapter, the director shall accept the recommendations of the advisory committee whenever he or she finds them to be practicable and in the interests of the avocado industry and the public. The director shall provide the committee with…

Committee members shall be compensated for all reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, as determined by the committee and concurred in by the director.

(a) The committee may recommend to the director that avocados subject to weather-related damage not be harvested for a specified period of time and the director may restrict harvesting based on that recommendation. (b) The director shall adopt regulations which govern the committ…

(a) The requirements specified in this chapter, including, but not limited to, the setting, collection, and handling of inspection and certification fees and other costs of service, inspection frequency and procedures, hiring, training, and supervision of inspectors and other nec…

Every person who is in possession of over 25 pounds of avocados that are produced in this state shall possess a record of proof of ownership of the avocados.

(a) Upon probable cause to believe any avocados regulated by this chapter are in unlawful possession, proof of ownership shall be made available for inspection upon the request of the director or any peace officer. If the director has probable cause to believe that any avocados r…

A bill of lading, bill of sale, certified farmers certificate, any data obtainable by electronic transmission which is accessible to a common carrier, or a similar type document shall be considered proof of ownership for purposes of this chapter.

It is unlawful for any person to knowingly falsify or cause to be falsified any information in a record intended to show proof of ownership.

A copy of the proof of ownership record shall be retained by the buyer and seller for a period of one year after sale.

This article does not apply to avocados transported and accompanied by a valid permit, disposal order, or certificate issued by the director or the commissioner for any reason other than to comply with this article.

Upon probable cause to believe avocados regulated by this chapter are being unlawfully transported, any peace officer may stop the transporting vehicle and request a record of proof of ownership of the avocados.