California

Food and Agricultural Code - FAC

9,659 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 3953 — Each association is a state institution.
• § 3954 — Each association by its name has perpetual succession.
• § 3955 — Claims against an association shall be presented to the Department of General Services in accordance with Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.
• § 3956 — (a) The officers of the association shall consist of a board of directors of nine members.
• § 3957 — If two or more counties constitute a district, each county shall be represented on the board by at least two persons who are citizens and residents of such county.
• § 3958 — If, by reason of the formation of a new district, a director in one district becomes a resident of another district, his term of office as director expires 60 days after the formation of the new distr
• § 3959 — The directors shall be appointed by the Governor.
• § 3960 — The term of office of each director, except that of a member of the first board, is four years from the beginning of the term for which he or she is appointed.
• § 3961 — The term of office of each member of the first board shall be so fixed by the Governor that the terms of the directors of such board shall expire in three groups of two, and one group of three, on the
• § 3962 — The directors are state officers.
• § 3963 — The directors shall meet at a place within the district and organize by the election of one of their number as president.
• § 3964 — The directors shall also select a secretary, a manager, and a treasurer from among persons who are not members of the board.
• § 3964.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a board may form any advisory committee by resolution or any similar formal action.
• § 3965 — The board may, with the approval of the department: (a) Fix the term of office, the amount of bond and salary, and prescribe the duties of the secretary and of the treasurer.
• § 3965.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 3965 or 4051, the board, without prior approval from the department, may arrange for and conduct, or cause to be conducted, or by contract permit to be conducted, any activ
• § 3966 — The board shall annually make to the department such report as such department may direct.
• § 3967 — Any director who misses three consecutive regular meetings of the board without the permission of the board is deemed to have resigned as a director.
• § 3968 — Records of the board which are entries in events which are scheduled for future judging and for overnight entries in races on which there is parimutuel wagering prior to such events, judging times, or
• § 39701 — “UHT” when used to describe a dairy product or a product resembling a milk product means that the product has been hermetically sealed in a container and so thermally processed in conformance with Sec
• § 39702 — (a) All products defined in this chapter shall be labeled in accordance with the applicable general labeling requirements of the Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance for aseptically processed milk and m
• § 39711 — UHT milk and UHT cream is market milk or market cream processed and packaged pursuant to Section 39701.
• § 39712 — UHT milk or UHT cream shall be made from market milk or market cream which meets all the requirements of this division for the respective class or grade of milk and cream which is used.
• § 39713 — UHT milk shall contain not less than 3.
• § 39714 — UHT cream shall contain not less than 18 percent milk fat.
• § 39715 — UHT milk or UHT cream which has been altered in composition to conform to special nutritional requirements or special dietary purposes shall include “modified” in its name.
• § 39721 — UHT lowfat milk is market milk, evaporated market milk, condensed market milk, or dried market milk, or any combination thereof, processed and packaged pursuant to Section 39701.
• § 39722 — UHT reduced-fat milk shall contain not more than 2.
• § 39723 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, UHT lowfat milk shall meet all the standards and requirements which are specified in this division for market milk.
• § 39731 — UHT nonfat, skim, or fat-free milk is the product that results from the complete or partial removal of milk fat from market milk.
• § 39732 — UHT nonfat, skim, or fat-free milk shall contain not more than twenty hundredths of 1 percent of milk fat and not less than 8.
• § 39733 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, UHT nonfat, skim, or fat-free milk shall meet all the standards and requirements that are specified in this division for market milk.
• § 39741 — UHT flavored milk is market milk, evaporated market milk, condensed market milk, or dried market milk, or any combination of them, which contains harmless sweetening, chocolate, chocolate syrup, or ot
• § 39742 — UHT flavored milk shall contain not less than 3 percent milk fat and not less than 16 1 2 percent total solids.
• § 39751 — UHT flavored cream is market cream to which nonfat dry milk solids derived from market milk have been added, which contains harmless flavoring or syrup, or any combination of harmless flavorings or sy
• § 39752 — UHT flavored cream shall contain not less than 20 percent milk fat.
• § 39761 — UHT flavored reduced-fat, lowfat, or light (lite) milk is market milk, evaporated market milk, condensed market milk, or dried market milk, or any combination thereof, which contains harmless sweeteni
• § 39762 — UHT flavored reduced-fat milk shall contain not more than 2.
• § 39771 — 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 oth
• § 39781 — 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.
• § 39782 — UHT half-and-half shall contain not less than 10.
• § 39791 — 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.
• § 39792 — UHT sour flavored half-and-half shall contain not less than 9.
• § 39801 — UHT sour cream is market cream cultured with the addition of pure cultures of one or more strains of lactic acid bacteria.
• § 39802 — 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.
• § 39811 — UHT milk drink mix is a market milk product which has been processed and packaged pursuant to Section 39701.
• § 39812 — 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.
• § 39821 — 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, stabilizin
• § 39822 — 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.
• § 39831 — 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, l
• § 39832 — UHT eggnog shall contain not less than 6 percent milk fat and not less than 8.
• § 39833 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, UHT eggnog shall meet all the standards and requirements which are specified in this division for eggnog.
• § 39841 — 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
• § 39842 — 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.
• § 39901 — (a) Dairy beverages are milk and dairy food beverages resembling milk or milk products.
• § 39902 — The product may not contain any added fats or oils other than milkfat, except those fats present in incidental amounts that are naturally occurring in, or contributed by, flavorings or characterizing
• § 39903 — The product shall be pasteurized, ultra-pasteurized, or UHT processed and packaged, pursuant to the specifications and procedures for the applicable process contained in the Code of Federal Regulation
• § 39904 — The product may be cultured with safe and suitable bacterial cultures following pasteurization, ultra-pasteurization, or UHT processing.
• § 39905 — This article does not apply to any product regulated under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 38901) as a product resembling a milk product or any dairy product for which a standard is established in
• § 39906 — The label of all products subject to this standard shall be submitted to the secretary for approval prior to sale.
• § 39907 — (a) The term “dairy beverage” or “a dairy beverage” may appear on the principal display panel of the product only when milk and the components or derivatives of milk comprise at least 30 percent of th
• § 39908 — The product shall be labeled with a common or usual name of the beverage or a fanciful name that does not mislead, deceive, or confuse the consumer.
• § 39909 — Each container that contains the product shall be labeled with the name and address of the manufacturer or distributor, and in the event the address is not the address of the manufacturer or final pac
• § 39910 — If the product is labeled “Grade A,” all dairy ingredients shall be derived from market milk.
• § 39911 — The label of the product may contain references to, and comparisons with, a milk product if those statements, symbols, marks, designs, or representations are reasonable, relevant, truthful, complete,
• § 39912 — No product subject to this standard shall be advertised, displayed for sale, or sold in any manner or under any circumstances or conditions that are likely to mislead, deceive, or confuse consumers in
• § 4 — The provisions of this code, insofar as they are substantially the same as existing law, are restatements and continuations of existing law, and not new enactments.
• § 4001 — Any money which is received by any association, other than from the sale of real property or pursuant to a lease, easement, or agreement for the extraction of oil or gas from lands owned or controlled
• § 4002 — The proceeds of the sale of any interest in real property which is owned by any association shall be paid into the Fair and Exposition Fund.
• § 4003 — Any money that is not expended within three years after being paid into the Fair and Exposition Fund pursuant to Section 4002 shall be added to and become a part of the amount available pursuant to Se
• § 4004 — All revenue which is received by any association pursuant to any lease, easement, or agreement for the extraction of oil or gas from any land that is owned or controlled by it shall be paid into the G
• § 4005 — The fiscal year for each association is from January 1 to December 31.
• § 401 — The department shall promote and protect the agricultural industry of the state.
• § 401.5 — The department shall also seek to enhance, protect, and perpetuate the ability of the private sector to produce food and fiber in a way that benefits the general welfare and economy of the state.
• § 402 — The department shall prevent fraud and deception in any of the following: (a) Packing or labeling, or in any phase of the marketing, of any agricultural product which is governed by this code.
• § 403 — The department shall prevent the introduction and spread of injurious insect or animal pests, plant diseases, and noxious weeds.
• § 404 — The department shall execute the provisions of this code, except as otherwise provided, and of other laws administered by it.
• § 405 — (a) With the prior approval of the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the State Department of Public Health, the department may reproduce or distribute biological control organisms that are not detri
• § 40501 — This chapter does not apply to any investigation which is made or any certificate which is issued by any of the following: (a) Any person, firm, or corporation in respect to canned or dried fruit whic
• § 40502 — The director may cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture in carrying out this chapter.
• § 4051 — (a) An association may do any of the following: (1) Contract, in accordance with all of the following: (A) The written policies and procedures for contracting that are developed and maintained by the
• § 4051.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in accordance with procedures established by the board, the board may enter into agreements to secure donations, memberships, and corporate and individu
• § 4051.2 — An association shall not enter into a settlement agreement for an amount greater than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) without the prior approval of the department.
• § 4052 — An association shall not lease its racetrack for running races of horses to any private person, firm, or corporation, except to a national or international exposition or its affiliated corporations or
• § 40531 — The department may investigate and certify to other states and countries, shippers, or other financially interested parties the analysis, classification, grade, quality, or condition of any fruit, veg
• § 40532 — Every certificate which relates to the analysis, classification, condition, grade, or quality of any agricultural product, either raw or processed, and every duly certified copy of such certificate, i
• § 40533 — Any certificate which is issued by the state pursuant to this chapter or by any person shall truly state the grade, quality, and condition of the product which is certified.
• § 40534 — The director may contract with the United States Department of Agriculture to provide inspection and certification service for eggs and egg products and poultry meat classification pursuant to United
• § 40535 — (a) There is hereby created in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, the Analytical Laboratory Account, into which the residual balance of all reimbursements collected by the Secretary of Food
• § 4054 — (a) If the board of an association, by resolution adopted by vote of two-thirds of all its members, finds and determines that the public interest and necessity require the acquisition of any building
• § 4055 — Associations, by majority vote of their respective boards, may cooperate in the holding of a fair in any of the districts.
• § 4056 — An association may pay membership fees, and join and participate in the affairs of any organization which has the following purposes: (a) Interchange of information that relates to livestock, poultry,
• § 40561 — Any money which is collected pursuant to this chapter shall be paid into the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund.
• § 40562 — Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, the director shall prepare a statement which shows the receipt and expenditure during the fiscal year of funds provided for in this chapter.
• § 4057 — The state is not liable for any action, obligation, commitment, contract, or premium that is offered, or award that is made, by any association.
• § 40571 — There is in the department a Shipping Point Advisory Committee consisting of nine members.
• § 40571.1 — It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that shippers of fruits and vegetables appointed to the Shipping Point Advisory Committee pursuant to this article are intended to repr
• § 40572 — The term of office of the members of the committee is three years.
• § 40573 — The committee shall be advisory to the director on all matters pertaining to this chapter and shall make recommendations concerning the inspection and certification services rendered, including the an
• § 40574 — The director shall appoint an alternate for each committee member.
• § 40575 — Alternate members shall serve at committee meetings only in the absence of the member for whom the alternate is designated to serve in place of.
• § 40576 — Each member of the committee, or any alternate member serving in the absence of a regular member, may, with the approval of the director, be reimbursed for the actual and necessary expenses incurred i
• § 40577 — (a) In order to operate economically and reduce expenses that may adversely impact persons subject to this chapter, on or before May 1 of any year, the committee may request the secretary, and the sec
• § 40577.1 — The secretary may establish rules and procedures to guide the entity described in Section 40577.
• § 40577.2 — The committee shall not request that the secretary utilize, and the secretary shall not utilize, an entity a majority of whose officers and employees are persons utilizing services provided by the dep
• § 40577.3 — The entity shall keep an accurate record of expenses incurred in performing its responsibilities.
• § 40577.4 — The secretary may require an entity to correct or cease any activity or function that is determined by the secretary not to be in the public interest, or that is in violation of this chapter, and shal
• § 40577.5 — The secretary shall reimburse the entity for its actual and necessary expenses upon receipt of an invoice approved by the secretary.
• § 4058 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 4052, the California Exposition and State Fair, a district agricultural association fair, or county fair in the northern zone, with the approval of the Department of Food a
• § 4059 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Food and Agriculture shall develop criteria to be used, subject to the approval of the Department of General Services, for the dis
• § 406 — The department shall require reports from commissioners.
• § 4060 — (a) Any compensation to any officer or employee of the state by any nonprofit corporation formed exclusively to aid and assist an association, as provided for in Section 18000.
• § 4061 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a district agricultural association shall not be required to prepare or submit any written report to the Governor, the Legislature, or a state agency except as follo
• § 407 — The director may adopt such regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this code which he is directed or authorized to administer or enforce.
• § 40701 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 40702 — “Processing purposes” means tomatoes intended for the commercial production of processed products such as sliced, diced, quartered, halved, and whole tomatoes, tomato paste, puree, pulp, catsup, sauce
• § 40703 — “Committee” means the Processing Tomato Advisory Committee.
• § 40730 — The director shall not enforce this article during the period that any marketing order or commission covering the same subject is in effect.
• § 40731 — The standards which are established as authorized by this chapter are the only standards of quality for processing tomatoes that the director shall enforce.
• § 40732 — Tomatoes for processing purposes, except hard green tomatoes for use in the manufacture of green tomato products, shall conform to the standards established under this chapter.
• § 40760 — The director shall not enforce this article during the period that any marketing order or commission covering the same subject is in effect.
• § 40761 — The committee may submit to the director proposed regulations under this chapter.
• § 40781 — The director may, for the purpose of inspection, enter any place where processing tomatoes may be found.
• § 40782 — The director may cause the prosecution of any person violating any provision of this chapter, and may seize and hold the portion of any lot or load of tomatoes for processing purposes involved in a vi
• § 408 — The director may enter upon any premises to inspect the premises or any plant, appliance, or thing which is on such premises.
• § 40810 — The director shall not enforce this article during the period that any marketing order or commission covering the same subject is in effect.
• § 40811 — The director shall inspect deliveries of tomatoes for processing purposes.
• § 40812 — If the director finds that the tomatoes which are being delivered conform with the standards prescribed by regulations, the director shall issue a certificate to that effect.
• § 40813 — If the director finds that the tomatoes delivered do not conform with the standards prescribed by regulations, the director shall issue a notice of rejection.
• § 40814 — The director is not required to perform inspection at any place where adequate inspection facilities are not provided.
• § 40815 — The inspection certificate which is issued pursuant to this chapter is prima facie evidence of the percentage of defects according to the definition of such defects as defined by regulations.
• § 40871 — Loads of tomatoes which are offered for delivery by a producer to a processor in accordance with the terms of a contract between them shall be given inspection as may be required without undue delay a
• § 40872 — Any load of tomatoes which is so offered for inspection and delivery that is rendered unsuitable for processing purposes as a direct result of unwarranted delay in inspection, willfully or negligently
• § 40873 — In addition to any other remedy, the producer so offering for inspection and delivery any load of tomatoes that has incurred any added handling costs as a direct result of the unwarranted delay in ins
• § 40874 — No producer shall have any rights under this article unless he shall register each load of tomatoes with the processor at the time he offers the load for inspection and delivery.
• § 409 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department by rule or regulation may provide for the issuance and renewal on a two-year basis of licenses, certificates of registration, or other indicia of auth
• § 40901 — The failure of a processor willfully and without due cause to furnish raw product containers to a producer as agreed upon, or any willful discrimination against any producer in this regard, shall subj
• § 40902 — This article does not affect existing remedies for the violation of a contract but is in addition to such existing remedies.
• § 40930 — The director shall not enforce this article during the period that any marketing order or commission covering the same subject is in effect.
• § 40931 — Each processor that receives deliveries of tomatoes for processing purposes is hereby designated as the authorized agent of the director to collect the inspection and certification fees which are char
• § 40932 — The cost of the inspection and certification shall be borne equally by both the processor and the producer.
• § 40933 — Any money which is collected pursuant to this article shall be remitted to the director weekly during the tomato processing season for deposit into the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund to be us
• § 40934 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, any money which is so collected and not used for the purposes of this chapter shall be returned to the processors from whom it was received for distributi
• § 40935 — If the director determines, as to any money heretofore or hereafter collected as inspection and certification fees, that the return of the money with respect to any processing season is impracticable
• § 40961 — It is unlawful for any person to deliver or to accept tomatoes for processing purposes, or to process any tomatoes, which have not been certified as meeting the requirements of this chapter or the reg
• § 40962 — It is unlawful for any person to deliver to a processor or for any processor to accept delivery of any load of tomatoes which has been rejected for failing to comply with the standards established pur
• § 40963 — It is unlawful for any person to remove, deface, or destroy, any warning tag or notice which has been placed by a proper enforcing officer upon a rejected lot or load of tomatoes for processing purpos
• § 41 — “Section” means a section of this code, unless some other statute is specifically mentioned.
• § 410 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Food and Agriculture, in cooperation with appropriate county officials and industry representatives, develop mutually satisfactory sources of
• § 41000 — The director shall not enforce this article during the period that any marketing order or commission covering the same subject is in effect.
• § 41001 — There is in the department the Processing Tomato Advisory Committee, which consists of 10 members.
• § 41002 — It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that producers of tomatoes for processing and processors engaged in processing tomatoes appointed to the Processing Tomato Advisory Com
• § 41003 — In making selection of the membership of the committee, the director shall take into consideration the recommendations of organizations and associations of producers of tomatoes for processing and of
• § 41004 — The committee member’s term of office shall be three years.
• § 41005 — The committee shall be advisory to the director on all matters pertaining to standards for tomatoes for processing purposes.
• § 41006 — The committee shall meet at the call of its chairman or at the request to the director of any three members of the committee.
• § 41007 — The meetings of the committee shall be held in the office of the department at Sacramento, or elsewhere within the state, if necessary for the proper performance of its duties.
• § 41008 — Each member of the committee, any alternate member serving in the absence of a regular member, and any member of an advisory committee appointed by the chairman of the committee, may, with approval of
• § 41009 — The director shall appoint an alternate member for each committee member.
• § 4101 — (a) The Sixth District Agricultural Association shall also be known as Exposition Park.
• § 4101.2 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the California Science Center, with the approval of the Director of General Services and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, may enter into a long-term le
• § 4101.3 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the California Science Center is hereby authorized to enter into a site lease with the California Science Center Foundation, a California Nonprofit Corporation, with
• § 4101.4 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the operation of the California Science Center may require individual skills not generally available in state civil service to support specialized functions
• § 41010 — Alternate members shall serve at committee meetings only in the absence of the member for whom they are designated as alternate.
• § 4102 — Exposition Park, with the approval of the Natural Resources Agency, may build, construct, and maintain and operate a stadium or any arena, pavilion, or other building that is to be used for the holdin
• § 4103 — The California Science Center, in consultation with the Exposition Park Manager, may establish an air and space center in its building at Exposition Park in the City of Los Angeles.
• § 4103.5 — (a) (1) The California Science Center may enter into one or more agreements or leases with the California Science Center Foundation, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, with the approva
• § 4104 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there is a need for a state repository dedicated to the diverse contributions of African Americans to the history and culture of this state and the n
• § 4104.5 — (a) The board may enter into concession contracts to license or sell, or both, its branded merchandise, images, and other museum-related merchandise directly to the public for revenue generation.
• § 4105 — Notwithstanding any other law, from December 14 to December 21, inclusive, of any year, a state entity shall not charge parking fees for the parking facilities surrounding the Los Angeles Memorial Col
• § 4105.5 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms apply: (1) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the California African American Museum.
• § 4106 — (a) Exposition Park shall work with the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission, the City of Los Angeles, and the County of Los Angeles to develop additional parking facilities in Exposition Park to
• § 4107 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Member of the Legislature representing any district in Los Angeles County may be appointed as a director of the California Science Center.
• § 4108 — There shall be established in Exposition Park the position of Exposition Park Manager to be filled by a person appointed by the Governor for the purpose of managing, scheduling, and administering all
• § 4108.5 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Agency” means the Natural Resources Agency.
• § 4109 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms apply: (1) “Foundation” means the Exposition Park Foundation.
• § 411 — (a) The Department of Food and Agriculture shall supply the Department of Water Resources with a forecast that estimates the amount of production of food, fiber, livestock, and other farm products.
• § 41101 — The director shall have supervision and control over the commissioners and their deputies or inspectors in the performance of their duties under this chapter.
• § 41102 — The certificates which are provided for in this chapter are prima facie evidence of the true average soluble solids test of all of the grapes in the lot or load under consideration.
• § 41131 — This chapter does not apply to grapes which are marketed by or through a nonprofit cooperative marketing association unless the board of directors of the association elects to have the soluble solid d
• § 41132 — This chapter does not affect the right of a purchaser of grapes for wine and byproducts purposes to specify a minimum percentage of soluble solids as a definition of maturity of the grapes if the pric
• § 41161 — In order to prevent fraud and deception in any transaction which involves fresh grapes for wine and byproducts purposes, that requires the extraction or pressing out of the juice, in which the average
• § 41162 — Each lot or load of such grapes which is delivered shall be tested at or immediately after the time of delivery and the average soluble solids test of the juice of such grapes shall be certified to by
• § 41163 — Each commissioner shall provide for the taking of samples, making tests, and issuing the certificates which are required in this chapter.
• § 41164 — The board of supervisors of the county shall establish a scale and method of collection of fees, to be paid for each certificate which is provided for in this chapter.
• § 41191 — Notwithstanding any other provisions which are contained in this chapter and in lieu of such determinations by the commissioner, the director may make determinations of the average percentage of solub
• § 41192 — In order to prevent fraud and deception in any transaction which involves fresh grapes for wine and byproducts purposes, when the percentage of rot or foreign material has any effect on the amount of
• § 41193 — When any transaction involves fresh grapes for wine and byproducts purposes, the purchaser shall notify the seller, in writing, prior to delivery, of the conditions relating to soluble solids, rot, an
• § 41194 — For the purpose of carrying out this article, the director may establish necessary regulations, including reasonable fees which are to be charged for the services and for the acceptance of advance fee
• § 41195 — Any money which is received pursuant to this article shall be paid into the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund to be expended in carrying out this article.
• § 412 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a diversity of dairy methane management practices, including anaerobic digesters and nondigester dairy methane management strategies, can effectively reduce
• § 41201.5 — There is in the department a Wine Grape Inspection Advisory Committee consisting of eight wine producers and eight wine grape growers appointed by the director.
• § 41202 — The Legislature hereby declares that it intends that the wine producers and wine grape growers appointed to the Wine Grape Inspection Advisory Committee pursuant to this article shall represent and fu
• § 41203 — The term of office of each member of the committee is three years.
• § 41204 — The members of the committee, alternate members when acting as members or when requested to perform certain actions by the committee, and subcommittee members, may be reimbursed, upon request, for nec
• § 41205.5 — The members of the committee, or their voting alternates, consisting of at least five producers and five processors, shall constitute a quorum.
• § 41206 — The committee shall select a chairperson and a vice chairperson from among its members, and other officers as it deems necessary.
• § 41207.10 — The director may require an entity to correct or cease any activity or function that is determined by the director not to be in the public interest or in violation of this chapter, and shall notify th
• § 41207.11 — The director shall reimburse the entity for its actual and necessary expenses upon receipt of an approved invoice.
• § 41207.5 — (a) The committee shall be advisory to the director on all matters pertaining to this chapter and certification of the quality of grapes used for processing pursuant to Section 40531 and shall make re
• § 41207.6 — (a) In order to operate economically and reduce expenses that may adversely impact persons subject to this chapter, the committee may, on or before January 15 of any year, request the director to util