California · Food and Agricultural Code - FAC

FAC §76161: It is unlawful to do any of the following: (a) Willfully render or furnish a false report, statement, or record required by the commission.

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

It is unlawful to knowingly provide false reports or records to a cherry commission, fail to provide information about cherry sources, or destroy required records.

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It is unlawful to do any of the following: (a) Willfully render or furnish a false report, statement, or record required by the commission. (b) When engaged in the shipping, processing or handling of cherries, or in the wholesale or retail trade of cherries, to fail or refuse to furnish the commission or its duly authorized agents, upon request, information concerning the name and address of the persons from whom cherries have been received and the quantity received. (c) Secrete, destroy, or alter records required to be kept under this chapter.

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