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Food and Agricultural Code - FAC

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• § 57507 — “Reasonable or agreed charges” means the agreed price, if any, for the feed and materials sold to the lien debtor, at the lien debtor’s request.
• § 57510 — A person who provides feed or materials to aid the raising or maintaining of poultry or fish or for the production of eggs has a lien upon the proceeds of the sale of the eggs, poultry, fish, or other
• § 57511 — (a) The lien created pursuant to this chapter attaches to the proceeds.
• § 57512 — The lien created by this chapter shall be perfected and shall be effective upon the filing of a notice of claim of lien with the Secretary of State pursuant to this article.
• § 57513 — Any person who provides feed or materials may, at any time, file in the manner and at the place set forth in this article, the notice of claim of lien.
• § 57514 — The notice of claim of lien shall contain all of the following information: (a) The name and address of the lien claimant.
• § 57515 — The notice of claim of lien shall be signed by the lien claimant or by a person authorized to sign documents of a similar kind on behalf of the claimant.
• § 57516 — The notice of claim of lien shall be filed on a form which is the standard form of original financing statement prescribed by the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 9521 of the Commercial Code.
• § 57517 — The notice of claim of lien shall be filed, indexed, and marked in the office of the Secretary of State in the same manner as a financing statement is filed, indexed, and marked pursuant to Section 95
• § 57518 — The lien claimant shall provide written notice of the claim of lien to the lien debtor within 10 days of the date of the filing with the office of the Secretary of State.
• § 57519 — For the purpose of the Secretary of State’s index pursuant to Section 9519 of the Commercial Code and for the purpose of the issuance of a certificate pursuant to Section 9519 or 9528 of the Commercia
• § 57525 — (a) The lien created by this chapter shall have the priority in accordance with the time the notice of claim of lien is filed.
• § 57530 — A member of the public may obtain a certificate identifying whether there is a lien on file and any notice of claim of lien naming a particular debtor, and if so, giving the date and time of filing of
• § 57531 — A member of the public may obtain a copy of any notice of claim of lien filed pursuant to this chapter, including notices affecting the notices.
• § 57535 — The lien claimant shall provide written notice to secured creditors at least 30 days prior to enforcing a claim of lien.
• § 57536 — The lien claimant shall foreclose on a lien created by this chapter only in an action to recover the reasonable or agreed charges for feed and materials provided.
• § 57537 — (a) When a lien claimant receives payment for the total amounts secured by the lien and the lien claimant has not provided feed for materials for a period of 30 consecutive days, the lien claimant sha
• § 57540 — A lien created pursuant to this chapter is assignable or transferable by the holder of the lien, with full rights of enforcement.
• § 57541 — Except to the extent specifically set forth in this chapter, the lien created by this chapter is subject to Division 9 (commencing with Section 9101) of the Commercial Code.
• § 57545 — The Secretary of State may adopt any regulations necessary to carry our his or her duties pursuant to this chapter, including prescribing necessary forms.
• § 57551 — “Agricultural chemical” means fertilizers, fertilizer material, lime, chemical compounds, pesticides, pesticide chemicals, plant regulators, plant amendments, plant food, soil amendments, herbicides,
• § 57552 — “Agricultural seed” means the seed of any domesticated grass or cereal, of any vegetable, flower, or propagated plant, and of any legume or other plant which is grown as turf, cover crop, forage crop,
• § 57553 — “Labor” means labor or service performed in the application, delivery, or preparation of an agricultural chemical or agricultural seed provided by the seller of the agricultural chemical or agricultur
• § 57554 — “Proceeds” means funds received by the lien debtor from the sale of the crop on which the agricultural chemical was applied or for which the agricultural seed was used.
• § 57555 — “Reasonable or agreed charges” means the agreed price, if any, for agricultural chemicals or agricultural seeds sold to the lien debtor, at the lien debtor’s request, and for labor.
• § 57561 — (a) A person who provides agricultural chemical or agricultural seed is not entitled to establish a lien pursuant to this chapter, unless that person has first sent to the lien debtor a written notice
• § 57562 — Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the notice of claim of lien shall remain in effect, and no new notice of claim of lien shall be required in order to maintain the lien, as long as the per
• § 57563 — The lien created by this chapter shall be perfected and shall be effective upon the filing of a notice of claim of lien with the Secretary of State pursuant to this article.
• § 57564 — Any person who provides agricultural chemicals or agricultural seeds may file in the manner and at the place set forth in Section 57568, the notice of claim of lien.
• § 57564.5 — (a) The director shall, by regulation, establish methods and procedures for the settlement of a dispute between a lien claimant supplying agricultural chemicals and labor and a lien debtor, including,
• § 57565 — The notice of claim of lien shall contain all of the following information: (a) The name and address of the lien claimant.
• § 57566 — The notice of claim of lien shall be signed by the lien claimant or by a person authorized to sign documents of a similar kind on behalf of the claimant.
• § 57567 — The notice of claim of lien shall be filed on a form which is the standard form of original financing statement prescribed by the Secretary of State pursuant to Sections 9515, 9516, and 9522 of the Co
• § 57568 — The notice of claim of lien shall be filed, indexed, and marked in the office of the Secretary of State in the same manner as a financing statement is filed, indexed, and marked pursuant to Section 95
• § 57569 — The lien claimant shall provide written notice of the claim of lien to the lien debtor within 10 days of the date of the filing with the office of the Secretary of State.
• § 57570 — For the purpose of the Secretary of State’s index pursuant to Section 9519 of the Commercial Code and for the purpose of the issuance of a certificate pursuant to Section 9519 or 9528 of the Commercia
• § 57575 — (a) The lien created pursuant to this chapter shall have the priority in accordance with the time the notice of claim of lien is filed.
• § 57581 — A member of the public may obtain a certificate identifying whether there is a lien on file and any notice of claim of lien naming a particular debtor, and if so, giving the date and time of filing of
• § 57582 — A member of the public may obtain a copy of any notice of an agricultural chemical or seed lien filed, including notices affecting the notices.
• § 57585 — The lien claimant shall provide written notice to secured creditors at least 30 days prior to enforcing a claim of lien.
• § 57586 — The lien claimant shall foreclose on a lien created by this chapter only in an action to recover the reasonable or agreed charges.
• § 57587 — (a) When a lien claimant receives payment for the total amounts secured by the lien and the lien claimant has not furnished agricultural chemicals or seeds for a period of 45 consecutive days, the lie
• § 57590 — (a) A lien created pursuant to this chapter is assignable or transferable by the holder of the lien, with full rights of enforcement.
• § 57591 — Except to the extent specifically set forth in this chapter, the lien created by this chapter is subject to Division 9 (commencing with Section 9101) of the Commercial Code.
• § 57595 — The Secretary of State may adopt any regulations necessary to carry out his or her duties pursuant to this chapter, including prescribing necessary forms.
• § 576 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the University of California Pest Research Act of 1990.
• § 5761 — The regulations which are adopted pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 5321) of Chapter 5, Part 1 of this division may proclaim any portion of the state to be an eradication area with respec
• § 5762 — Any pest with respect to which an eradication area has been proclaimed, and any stages of the pest, its hosts and carriers, and any premises, plants, and things infested or infected or exposed to infe
• § 5763 — The director, or the commissioner acting under the supervision and direction of the director, in a summary manner, may disinfect or take such other action, including removal or destruction, with refer
• § 5764 — If an eradication area has been proclaimed with respect to a species of fruit flies and the removal of host plants of such species is involved, the director may enter into an agreement with the owner
• § 577 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) There is a need to develop and apply ecologically based pest management alternatives that are environmentally sound to prevent, control, an
• § 57700 — No more than two liens filed pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 57501) and Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 57551) shall be enforceable against any one lien debtor, even if filed by di
• § 5771 — When the secretary proclaims an eradication project in an urban area pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 5761), where the eradication plan includes potential aerial application of a pestici
• § 5772 — The notice shall be delivered at least 72 hours prior to applying the economic poison.
• § 5773 — The notice shall be delivered to each residential unit in the treatment area.
• § 5774 — The notice shall be delivered by hand distribution whenever practicable.
• § 5774.5 — In addition to any other notice requirements of this article, if the secretary determines that it may become necessary to use aerial application of a pesticide in a pest eradication program over an ur
• § 5775 — If the date of a pesticide application is changed, the notice required by this article shall be redistributed and contain the revised information.
• § 5776 — The notice distributed pursuant to this article shall contain all of the following: (a) The likely date or dates and approximate time or times of all proposed pesticide applications in the eradication
• § 5777 — The notice, other than the notice specified in Section 5774.
• § 5778 — In every county that contains an eradication area in which a pesticide is used in the eradication effort, the department shall establish and operate a telephone service to provide information to the p
• § 5779 — For pesticide applications other than by air, the procedures in this article may be followed subject to the discretion of the director as to their practicality.
• § 578 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this article.
• § 5780 — No agency of the state or county shall be liable in any civil actions arising from the administration of this article if the director or the commissioner utilizes his or her best efforts to comply wit
• § 5781 — If the director determines that a particular pest, either within the state or from any area which is adjacent to the state, cannot be eradicated or effectively controlled by recognized ordinary means,
• § 5782 — During the existence of a host-free period or host-free district which is established by regulations of the director, any host which is planted, growing, or being cultivated or maintained within the h
• § 5783 — It is unlawful for any person to plant, grow, cultivate, or maintain any host which is described in any regulation of the director that establishes a host-free period or host-free district, within the
• § 5784 — (a) The regulations adopted by the director upon the establishment of a cotton host-free period or district for a particular pest shall, insofar as practical, be uniform and shall be uniformly enforce
• § 5785 — (a) Celery which is being produced in violation of a host-free period or district adopted pursuant to this article is a nuisance.
• § 5786 — (a) The Legislature finds that any cotton plants and parts thereof not in compliance with any cotton plowdown dates adopted pursuant to this article constitutes a public nuisance which immediately thr
• § 579 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the responsibilities of the center include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) Establishing multidisciplinary, long-term research priorities for
• § 580 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the center, through its director, develop a list of recommended pest management research priorities for the University of California that emphasize and enc
• § 58001 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 58002 — “Organization of producers and distributors” includes all corporations, societies, associations, and organizations of producers, producers and distributors, or distributors, cooperative or otherwise,
• § 58003 — “Product” means any agricultural, aquacultural, dairy, or farm product which is produced, grown, raised, manufactured, or processed within the state.
• § 58004 — Except as provided in Section 58005, fees, charges, and costs that are collected under this chapter shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.
• § 58005 — All fees, charges, and costs that are received under this chapter for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of market news shall be paid into the State Treasury monthly to the credit of the Depa
• § 5801 — If the director, after investigation and hearing, determines that any kind or variety of plant is generally infected with a virus or mycoplasma-like disease that is dangerous or detrimental to the pro
• § 5802 — If a source of any prohibited or restricted kind or variety of plant has been demonstrated to be free of dangerous or detrimental viruses or mycoplasma-like organisms, the director shall, in the regul
• § 5803 — It is unlawful for any person to bud, graft, or otherwise propagate or grow any fruit or nut tree or vine in violation of any regulations which are adopted pursuant to this article or to sell as nurse
• § 58031 — The director may act as adviser for producers and distributors, if requested, and assist them in economical and efficient distribution of any product at fair prices.
• § 58032 — The director may gather and disseminate impartial information which concerns supply, demand, prevailing prices, and commercial movements, including common and cold storage of any product.
• § 58033 — The director may promote, assist, and encourage the organization and operation of cooperative and other associations and organizations for improving the relations and services among producers, distrib
• § 58034 — The director may foster and encourage cooperation between producers and distributors of any product, in the interest of the general public.
• § 58035 — The director may foster and encourage the standardizing, grading, inspection, labeling, handling, storage, and sale of any product.
• § 58036 — The director may act as a mediator or arbitrator, if invited by both parties, in any controversy or issue that may arise between producers and distributors of any product.
• § 58037 — The director may certify, for the protection of owners, buyers, or creditors, if so requested, warehouse receipts for any product, verifying quantities and qualities of the product, and charge for suc
• § 58038 — The director may issue labels on request of the producer, packer, canner, or distributor, for any product for which labels have not otherwise been authorized by law, pursuant to such regulations as he
• § 58039 — The director may act on behalf of the consumers of any product in conserving and protecting their interests in every practicable way.
• § 58040 — The director may improve, broaden, and extend in every practicable way, the distribution and sale of any product of this state throughout the markets of the world.
• § 58041 — The director may promote in the interest of the producer, the distributor, and consumer, economical and efficient distribution and marketing of any product which is produced or processed within the st
• § 58042 — The director may enter into any cooperative agreement with any department or agency of the federal government, or with any other state or agency of it, in order to effectuate the purposes of this divi
• § 58061 — The director may conduct investigations, make surveys, and assemble facts which are pertinent to marketing and to the formulation, administration, or amendment of any marketing order, agreement, or pr
• § 58062 — The director may make pertinent investigations which concern the aggregate amount of any product which is held in common or cold storage.
• § 58091 — The director shall provide for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of statistics and other information which relates to the production and marketing of farm products, including processed farm
• § 58092 — The director may establish such facilities and publish such bulletins and reports as are necessary and proper in keeping producers and handlers informed with regard to the supply, demand, and other ec
• § 58093 — The director shall cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture, and with the appropriate office of the State of Oregon, to establish a market news service in the Klamath Basin.
• § 581 — To the extent that it is economically and scientifically feasible, it is the intent of the Legislature that the center shall award pest research funds obtained by the center on or after January 1, 199
• § 582 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the University of California appoint a director of the center who is knowledgeable about pest management practices and research and alternative pest management
• § 58201 — It is the policy of this state to gain maximum benefits in behalf of agriculture from the results of research and service work performed by local, state, and federal governments through coordination a
• § 58202 — Since the Congress of the United States has recognized the value of marketing research, developmental, and service work through the enactment of agricultural marketing laws, including Public Law 733 (
• § 58203 — The department is the proper state agency for such intergovernmental cooperation in those regulatory and service features contemplated by Public Law 733 (60 Stat.
• § 5821 — The director, for the purpose of promoting and protecting the agricultural industry of the state, may, upon request, inspect plants and the premises upon or near which they are growing and the records
• § 5822 — The director may do any of the following: (a) Certify as to the pest freedom of plants which may have been inspected or registered or may certify as to the true pest condition of the plants.
• § 5823 — The director may also establish and enforce regulations which are necessary to carry out the purposes of this article.
• § 58231 — The secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States Department of Agriculture or the Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.
• § 58231.1 — If a cooperative agreement related to federal-state cooperative market news services, as described in subdivision (b) of Section 58231, is not in effect in the state, the secretary may define grape-pr
• § 58232 — The director may also enter into agreements with federal administrative committees established by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States pursuant to the provisions of the Agricultural Marke
• § 58233 — The director may receive and pay out money for the purposes which are mentioned in this article.
• § 5824 — The cost of any service which is rendered pursuant to this article shall be paid from the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund out of any money which is derived pursuant to this article and shall n
• § 5825 — The services which are authorized by this article shall not duplicate services which are being rendered by commissioners.
• § 5826 — It is unlawful for any person to alter, deface, or misuse any statement of registry, certificate, label, or tag which is issued pursuant to this article.
• § 5827 — Any money which is received by the department pursuant to this article shall be paid into the State Treasury and be credited to the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund.
• § 583 — (a) The University of California shall prepare an annual report describing the activities of the center, major objectives and significant accomplishments of pest management research and extension prog
• § 58351 — Any contract which is made for the purpose of injuring competitors and destroying competition under which the seller of any agricultural product agrees to pay or allow any brokerage charge, rebate, di
• § 58352 — Advertising allotments or discounts by a seller to a buyer for bona fide advertising expenditures, however, are not included within such transactions which are against public policy and void.
• § 58353 — It is a misdemeanor for any person to take any part in any transaction which is declared by this article to be against public policy and void whether as seller, buyer, buyer’s agent, employee, or subs
• § 58381 — It is unlawful for any person to destroy, in restraint of trade, any fowl, animal, vegetable, aquacultural product, or other stuff, product, or article which is customary food, or which is proper for
• § 58382 — A person that receives any agricultural product, for sale on commission or for sale or exchange for the benefit of any other person, shall not destroy, abandon, discard as refuse, or dump, such produc
• § 58383 — A copy of each such permit together with a copy of each such detailed statement shall, on the day such permit is issued, be served personally by the consignee, upon the consignor of the destroyed prod
• § 584 — If the center is established by the Regents of the University of California, it is the intent of the Legislature that the administrative costs of establishing the center shall be supported from existi
• § 58451 — If any grower or producer of any farm product within this state voluntarily executes and causes to be delivered to a dealer or processor of farm products, either as a clause in a sales contract or oth
• § 58452 — No provision which is inserted in any contract that is prepared by a dealer or processor which makes an assignment of the dues described in Section 58451 ineffective is valid.
• § 58453 — An assignment of dues may not exceed 2 percent of the total value of the product which is delivered by the grower or producer to the dealer or processor.
• § 58454 — Payment need not be made under any assignment of dues pursuant to Section 58451 until the dealer or processor has available and under his control funds owing to the grower or producer that are suffici
• § 585 — This article shall apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by resolution, make any of these provisions applicable to the university.
• § 5850 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Enhancing global business and trade is in the economic interest of the state.
• § 58501 — For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Agricultural product” means any fowl, animal, vegetable, or other stuff, product, or article which is customary food, or which is proper for food for human beings.
• § 58502 — (a) A person or gleaner engaged in the business of processing, distributing, or selling an agricultural product may donate, free of charge, a product that is in a condition that it may be used as food
• § 58503 — To assist in accomplishing the purposes of Section 58502, the board of supervisors of any county may establish, and publicize the availability of, a surplus food collection and distribution system, co
• § 58503.1 — In order to qualify as a food bank, an organization shall meet all of the following minimum standards: (a) It shall have access to storage facilities and refrigeration equipment for the purpose of col
• § 58503.2 — To assist in accomplishing the purposes of this chapter and to maximize use of state surplus equipment, the Director of General Services may assist a food bank by locating and providing available stat
• § 58503.3 — Nothing in this chapter restricts or limits the operation of any other nonprofit organizations which are engaged in the distribution of agricultural products to nonprofit charitable organizations.
• § 58503.4 — Programs operated in accordance with this chapter shall complement, and not in any way lessen, assistance to families and individuals pursuant to the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (Chapter 51 (commencing wit
• § 58504 — The board of supervisors may provide for the inspection of such products by the county health officer, upon request of the donee, prior to delivery by the donor to determine whether such products may
• § 58505 — Except for any injury resulting from gross negligence or willful act, no county or agency of a county established pursuant to this chapter and no person who donates any agricultural product shall be l
• § 58507 — (a) Any nonprofit charitable organization, that receives any agricultural product pursuant to this chapter, shall not sell or offer to sell any such agricultural product nor move or transfer such prod
• § 58508 — In operating an information and food collection center pursuant to this chapter, the board of supervisors shall provide for the screening of donees to assure that agricultural products which are distr
• § 58509 — (a) The Secretary of Food and Agriculture shall consult with four food bank representatives, two from the northern portion of the state, all of whom have been active members of a nationwide network of
• § 5851 — It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this article, to enhance the state’s business and trade opportunities by authorizing the department to do all of the following: (a) Perform nonregulato
• § 5852 — (a) The department may provide, upon request, nonregulatory accreditation, analytical, certification, diagnostic, inspection, quality assurance, testing, and other nonregulatory services relating to n
• § 58551 — This act shall be known and may be cited as the N.
• § 58552 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of this state to actively encourage and promote the sale of agricultural products of California in foreign markets and to assist farmers, p
• § 58553 — The definitions in this article apply to this chapter.
• § 58553.5 — “Advisory committee” means the State Board of Food and Agriculture.
• § 58554 — “Agricultural commodities” means the products of California farms and ranches and items processed from these products, and includes forest products, aquacultural products, and fish and fish products p
• § 58555 — “Constraint” means a condition in a particular country or region which needs to be addressed in order to develop, expand, or maintain agricultural commodity exports.
• § 58556 — “Cooperator” means a private or nonprofit agricultural marketing organization; a nonprofit trade association, whose members market agricultural commodities, which has demonstrated expertise in the pro
• § 58557 — “Marketing” means the advertising, sale, and distribution of agricultural commodities, including private brands and trade names, in foreign markets.
• § 58558 — “Marketing plan” means the primary annual document prepared by cooperators and approved by the director which defines activities and budgets addressing constraints and the marketing of agricultural co
• § 58559 — “Project agreement” means a contract between the department and a cooperator under which the cooperator agrees to conduct activities that both address constraints and encourage the development or main
• § 58560 — “State funds” means the funds made available by the department under a project agreement.
• § 58561 — “Third party cooperator” means a foreign government or private organization which has entered into an agreement with a cooperator to join in the marketing of agricultural commodities.
• § 58562 — “Cooperator contributions” means contributions of money, personnel, materials, facilities, services, or supplies, expressed in terms of United States dollar value, that are furnished by the cooperator
• § 58563 — The department shall adopt regulations, including criteria to establish what constitutes cooperator contributions, necessary to effectuate this chapter.
• § 58564 — The department shall, as one of its functions, provide assistance to persons from foreign countries who desire to purchase agricultural products produced in this state.
• § 58565 — The department shall direct a portion of any additional funding, in excess of the original appropriation for purposes of this act, to be used for all of the following purposes: (a) To conduct agricult
• § 58571 — (a) Project agreements may be entered into between the department and cooperators in order to address constraints and encourage the marketing of agricultural commodities in foreign countries.
• § 58572 — (a) The director may only approve a project agreement that appears to effectively contribute to the creation, expansion, or maintenance of markets abroad.
• § 58573 — Project agreements may promote either a single commodity or a group of related commodities.
• § 58574 — (a) State funds may be used to pay costs which are essential to, and clearly identifiable with, the carrying out of the activities specified in the marketing plan approved by the director.
• § 58575 — Activities undertaken pursuant to this chapter shall be supplemental to, and not a substitute for, any market development activities undertaken by the federal government.
• § 58577 — (a) (1) The director, the Director of General Services, and the advisory committee shall take necessary precautions to assure the confidentiality of the information that is contained in proposals for
• § 58578 — All project agreements entered into pursuant to this chapter, unless exempted in accordance with Section 10351 of the Public Contract Code, shall be submitted to the Director of General Services for a
• § 58580 — Nothing in this chapter precludes the director from separately funding project proposals coming from private or nonprofit agricultural marketing organizations, state marketing order boards, or commiss
• § 58582 — (a) The California Agricultural Export Promotion Account is hereby created in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund.
• § 58583 — The secretary may enter into goods and services contracts using funds from the California Agricultural Export Promotion Account for the activities described in subdivision (c) of Section 58582 and usi
• § 58595 — (a) A California state-owned or state-run institution that purchases agricultural food products shall implement necessary practices to achieve a goal of ensuring that at least 60 percent of the agricu
• § 58596.1 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Buy American Food Act.
• § 58596.2 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Agricultural food product” means a fresh or processed product, including fruits, nuts, vegetables, herbs, mushrooms, dairy, shell eg
• § 58596.3 — (a) A public institution that receives federal meal reimbursement funding to provide prepared meals and that solicits bids for the purchase of an agricultural food product shall include in their solic
• § 58596.4 — (a) To monitor price gouging, any local educational agency participating in a federal school lunch or school meal program subject to subdivision (a) of Section 58596.
• § 58596.5 — This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 58601 — This chapter shall be known as “The California Marketing Act of 1937.
• § 58602 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 58603 — “Administrative rules and regulations” means rules and regulations that are applicable to a particular marketing order or agreement which are issued and made effective by the director pursuant to Arti
• § 58604 — “Advertising and sales promotion” means, in addition to its ordinarily accepted meaning, trade promotion and activities for the prevention, modification, or removal of trade barriers which restrict th
• § 58604.5 — “Advertising and sales promotion” also means, in addition to its ordinary accepted meaning, activities for the modification or removal of trade barriers that restrict the free flow of a commodity to m
• § 58605 — “Commodity,” except as otherwise provided in Section 58747, means any agricultural, aquacultural, horticultural (including floricultural), vermicultural, viticultural (including wine) or vegetable pro
• § 58606 — “Directly affecting” or “directly affected” is synonymous with “directly regulating” and “directly regulated,” and means the direct application of regulations upon any person, including the requiremen
• § 58607 — “Distributing” means engaging in the business of a distributor as defined in Section 58608.
• § 58608 — “Distributor” means any person that engages in the operation of selling, marketing, or distributing, in intrastate commerce any commodity which he has produced or purchased or acquired from a producer
• § 58608.1 — “Educational program,” unless otherwise defined in this chapter, means a program established by the director pursuant to this chapter that provides for the planning and implementation of activities de
• § 58609 — “Fish” means every form of fish, either salt water or fresh water fish, which is used for human consumption, except fish for canning, retorting, reduction, or use in an extraction process.
• § 58610 — “General rules and regulations” means rules and regulations, which are applicable to all marketing orders and marketing agreements and are issued and made effective by the director without prior notic
• § 58611 — “Handler,” except with respect to fish and seafood, means any person that is engaged within this state as a distributor in the business of distributing any commodity in intrastate commerce, or any per
• § 58612 — “Handling” means engaging in the business of a handler as defined in Section 58611.
• § 58613 — “Major amendments” mean amendments to any marketing order or agreement which are made pursuant to Article 13 (commencing with Section 59021) of this chapter.
• § 58614 — “Marketed by producers” means producer marketing, as defined by Section 58621.
• § 58615 — “Marketing order” means an order which is issued by the director, pursuant to this chapter, which prescribes rules and regulations that govern the processing, distributing, or handling in any manner o
• § 58616 — “Minor amendments” are amendments to any marketing order or agreement which are made effective by the director upon recommendation of the advisory board which is concerned, as specified in Article 14
• § 58617 — “Person” means an individual, firm, corporation, association, or any other business unit, and, for the purposes of this chapter, includes any state agency which engages in any of the commercial activi
• § 58618 — “Processing” means engaging in the business of a processor as defined in Section 58619.
• § 58619 — “Processor” means any person that is engaged within this state in the operation of receiving, grading, packing, canning, fermenting, distilling, extracting, preserving, grinding, crushing, or changing
• § 58620 — “Producer” means any person that is engaged within this state in the business of producing, or causing to be produced for market, any commodity.
• § 58621 — “Producer marketing” means any or all operations which are performed by any producer in preparing for market.
• § 58622 — “Retailer” means any person that purchases or acquires any commodity for resale at retail to the general public for consumption off the premises.
• § 58623 — “Seafood” means shellfish and every other form of animal or plant life which is taken from fresh or salt water and used for human consumption, except seafood which is used for canning, retorting, redu
• § 58624 — “Seasonal marketing regulations” mean marketing regulations that are applicable to a particular marketing order or agreement which are made effective by the director pursuant to Article 19 (commencing
• § 58651 — It is hereby declared that the marketing of commodities in this state in excess of reasonable and normal market demands therefor; disorderly marketing of such commodities; improper preparation for mar