Title FAC — California Food & Agric. Code

The termination of the operation of the commission and the implementation of this chapter shall not affect or waive any right, duty, obligation, or liability that has arisen or that may thereafter arise in connection with this chapter, release or extinguish any violation of this …

(a) Five years after implementation of this chapter, the secretary shall hold a public hearing, after providing proper notice to persons subject to this chapter and any other persons or entities who have requested, in writing, notice of the hearing, to determine whether the commi…

Following a hearing, or a referendum resulting in a vote to continue the operation of the commission if required, the process specified in Section 79991 shall be conducted by the secretary every five years thereafter between April 1 and March 31 of the following year, unless a re…

(a) Upon a finding by a two-thirds vote of the commission board of directors that the commission has not tended to effectuate its declared purposes, the commission may recommend to the secretary that the operation of the commission be suspended. Any suspension shall not become ef…

After the effective date of suspension of the operation of the commission, the operation of the commission shall be concluded and all moneys held by the commission, and moneys collected by assessment and not required to defray the expenses of concluding and terminating the operat…

Upon suspension of the operation of the commission, the commission shall mail a copy of the notice of suspension to growers and processors affected by the suspension whose names and addresses are on file.

As used in this division, “environment” means the aggregate of all factors that influence the conditions of life in or about the state or within any portion thereof, and which are affected by the use of pesticides or related materials within the state.

The director shall prohibit or regulate the use of environmentally harmful materials, pursuant to the provisions of Chapters 2 (commencing with Section 12751) and 3 (commencing with Section 14001) of this division. In so doing, he shall consider the effect of all such materials u…

In establishing criteria and regulations relating to environmental injury and protection, and in conducting the reviews required in Chapters 2 and 3, the director shall consult with representatives of the Water Resources Control Board, the Departments of Public Health, Fish and G…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Meat and Poultry Supplemental Inspection Act and supplements the provisions of the California Meat and Poultry Inspection Act, Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18650).

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in Article 1 (commencing with Section 18650) of Chapter 4 govern the construction of this chapter.

“Inspector” means an employee of the department authorized to perform inspection functions under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18650) and under this chapter.

“Licensed livestock meat inspector” means a person who is licensed by the department to perform inspection functions under this chapter in custom livestock slaughterhouses.

“Licensed processing inspector” means a person who is licensed by the department to perform inspection functions under this chapter in licensed meat processing establishments.

“Livestock” means any cattle, sheep, swine, and goat, and pursuant to regulations adopted by the Fish and Game Commission, for the purposes of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18650) and this chapter, fallow deer (Dama dama) whether alive or dead.

“Livestock product” means any carcass, part of the carcass, meat, or meat food product of any livestock.

“Slaughter” means the stunning, bleeding, eviscerating, skinning, splitting, and preparing of livestock for human consumption.

“Custom livestock slaughterhouse” means a licensed establishment where: (a) Cattle, sheep, swine, or goats are slaughtered and prepared for the owners of the livestock. (b) Fallow deer are slaughtered and prepared for transportation or sale, or transportation and sale.

“Meat processing establishment” means a licensed establishment required to be inspected pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18650) where livestock or poultry products are prepared by curing, drying, smoking, or rendering and the products are sold on the premises to hou…

“Smoking” means exposing meat or poultry products, for the purpose of food preservation, rather than as a method of flavor enhancement, to an environment of smoke generated from hardwood, hardwood sawdust, corn cobs, or natural or artificial liquid smoke that has been transformed…

“Sanitary” means free from dirt, filth, and contamination and free from any other substance or organisms which are known to be injurious to human health or which would render the product adulterated.

“Establishment” means any business, firm, or facility that is required to be licensed by the director under this chapter.

The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Sausage products and cured and smoked meat products which are processed and sold at retail meat processing establishments and custom slaughtered carcasses are an important source of the food supply in California; and it is essential an…

The Legislature further finds and declares that: (a) A significant number of persons raise their own animals or purchase their animals alive and then have them slaughtered. (b) Rather than have their animals slaughtered under unsanitary conditions, those persons would prefer to h…

The objectives of this chapter are to require sanitation and wholesomeness inspection at licensed custom slaughter establishments and licensed meat processing establishments exempt from federal inspection and to provide a cost-effective program using trained and licensed establis…

No person shall operate an establishment performing any of the functions stated in this chapter unless the establishment is licensed and continues to meet building and sanitation standards required by this chapter and the regulations thereunder.

The director may adopt, by regulation, standards and requirements relating to inspection, sanitation, facilities, equipment, reinspection, preparation, processing, buying, selling, transporting, storing, identification, recordkeeping, registration and labeling, and marking for ca…

The director, by regulation, may adopt provisions of the rules and regulations made under federal acts with such changes therein as he or she deems appropriate to make them applicable to operations and transactions subject to this chapter.

The department may adopt, by regulation, provisions to examine applicants for the positions of licensed livestock meat inspector and licensed processing inspector.

The department, in consultation with the State Department of Health Services, shall, on or before December 31, 2001, adopt, by regulations, standards and requirements relating to inspection, sanitation, facilities, equipment, reinspection, preparation, processing, buying, selling…

(a) Prior to the issuance of a license to an establishment required to be licensed pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 19010), the establishment shall meet the department’s building and equipment standards. (b) Building plans and specifications shall be submitted to th…

The director shall investigate the sanitary conditions of each establishment required to be licensed pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 19010) and shall withdraw or otherwise refuse to provide inspection services at any establishment where the sanitary conditions are …

The director may inspect, reinspect, or order the reinspection of any livestock or poultry product which is slaughtered, processed, or stored in an establishment licensed pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 19010).

(a) Licensed livestock meat inspectors, licensed processing inspectors, and department inspectors are authorized to supervise the operations of licensed establishments, to order the establishments not to operate until required standards are met, and to cease operations when the s…

The director may order any labeling or containers to be withheld from use if he or she determines that the labeling is false or misleading or the containers are of a misleading size or form.

If an action of a livestock meat inspector, licensed processing inspector, or department inspector in condemning any livestock or poultry product is questioned, appeal by the licensed establishment operator may be made to the immediate supervisor of the inspector and from his or …

If slaughtering, carcass preparation, or processing of any meat, meat products, poultry, or poultry products, or training of licensed livestock meat inspectors or licensed processing inspectors is conducted in an establishment licensed under Article 8 (commencing with Section 190…

The director may require a deposit to pay for the overtime charges which he or she shall deposit in the General Fund, and may refuse inspection if the deposit is not made in a timely fashion. The director shall withdraw inspection services at any establishment licensed under Arti…

(a) The application fee for a livestock meat inspector’s license or a processing inspector’s license is one hundred dollars ($100). If an applicant for a license does not take the examination within one year after the date of the receipt of the application by the secretary, the a…

(a) Application for renewal of a license accompanied by a fee of one hundred dollars ($100) shall be made on or before its expiration. Applicants for renewal of a license who have not paid the renewal fee by the expiration date of the license shall be assessed a twenty-five dolla…

The department shall conduct periodic training for licensed livestock meat inspectors and licensed processing inspectors to maintain and increase their competence in the performance of their official duties.

Licensed livestock meat inspectors and licensed processing inspectors shall participate in annual training meetings sponsored by the department to maintain and increase their competence in the performance of their official duties. Failure to participate may be a cause to revoke t…

(a) Each person, before acting as a livestock meat inspector in a livestock custom slaughterhouse, shall apply to the director and shall receive from the director a license after passing an examination and a demonstration that shows the applicant’s ability to understand laws and …

(a) A licensed livestock meat inspector, in accordance with regulations adopted hereunder, shall conduct antemortem examination of each animal to be slaughtered in a licensed establishment and shall permit the slaughter of apparently healthy animals and withhold from slaughter al…

Each person, before acting as a licensed processing inspector in a retail meat processing establishment, shall apply to the department and receive from the department a license after passing an examination and a demonstration that shows the applicant’s ability to understand laws …

(a) A licensed processing inspector shall conduct a sanitation inspection before the establishment commences operations for the day, and shall make periodic inspections throughout the day. (b) The licensed processing inspector shall order the establishment not to begin operations…

The department may suspend or revoke the license of a licensed processing inspector for permitting the processing or labeling of products not meeting the requirements provided for in this article.

(a) Each person shall, before operating a meat processing establishment or a custom livestock slaughterhouse, file an application accompanied with an application fee, with the secretary for a license to operate the establishment. The application shall be in the form as the secret…

(a) Application for renewal of a license accompanied by a renewal fee shall be made on or before its expiration. (1) Subject to Section 19011.5, the annual renewal fee for a custom livestock slaughterhouse is: (A) Five hundred dollars ($500) if the plant slaughtered 1,000 or fewe…

If a licensee has two or more licenses in effect at the same meat processing establishment, custom livestock slaughterhouse, place of business, or poultry plant, pursuant to Section 19010, 19011, 19240, 19260, 19280, or 24741, the license fee that is the highest amount shall be p…