California · Food and Agricultural Code - FAC

FAC §52391: The secretary or the commissioner and any qualified representative of the commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed “stop-sale” order to the owner or custodian of any lot of agricultural

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The secretary or the commissioner and any qualified representative of the commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed “stop-sale” order to the owner or custodian of any lot of agricultural or vegetable seed that he or she finds is in violation of any provision of this chapter, that shall prohibit further sale of the seed until the officer has evidence that the law has been complied with. Upon compliance, the order shall be removed.

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