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.

• § 6021 — If the director receives a report from the executive officer of the State Department of Health Services which states that field rodents in a certain area carry, or are likely to carry, any disease, in
• § 6022 — The commissioner shall cooperate in suppressing field rodents and insects, or other associated vectors of rodent-borne diseases transmissible and injurious to humans.
• § 6023 — The director shall cooperate by entering into an agreement pursuant to Section 482 for the purpose of suppressing the field rodents and insects or other associated vectors in the reported areas and in
• § 6024 — In order to carry out the purposes of this article, the director or commissioner may enter upon any and all premises within any reported area or neighboring area to bait, trap, expose chemically treat
• § 6025 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The continued viability of the agricultural economy is of paramount importance to the people of this state.
• § 6025.2 — For purposes of this article, “vertebrate pest” means any specie of mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, or fish that causes damage to agricultural, natural, or industrial resources, or to any other reso
• § 6025.3 — For purposes of this article, “research” means basic and applied research.
• § 6025.4 — Notwithstanding Section 597u of the Penal Code, carbon monoxide may be used for the control of burrowing rodent pests, provided the following conditions are met: (a) The carbon monoxide delivery devic
• § 6025.5 — (a) The secretary shall establish and administer a research program to control vertebrate pests that pose a significant threat to the welfare of the state’s agricultural economy, infrastructure, and t
• § 6026 — The secretary shall establish the Vertebrate Pest Control Research Advisory Committee consisting of the following members, appointed by the secretary, to serve at the pleasure of the secretary: (a) On
• § 6026.5 — On or before December 31 of each year, the committee shall recommend to the secretary priorities for conducting various vertebrate pest control research projects and the amount of the assessment neces
• § 6027 — There is hereby created the Vertebrate Pest Control Research Account in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund.
• § 6027.1 — Expenditure of funds pursuant to this article shall be limited to the following: (a) Reasonable administrative and operational expenses of the committee and the department, subject to the recommendati
• § 6027.5 — During the calendar year, each commissioner shall pay to the secretary a fee not to exceed fifty cents ($0.
• § 6028 — The assessment payments required pursuant to Section 6027.
• § 6029 — This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2035, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 603 — Any building or improvement that is constructed by the department pursuant to this chapter shall be primarily for the occupancy of the department and its commissions, divisions, bureaus, advisory boar
• § 6031 — The necessity of controlling beet leafhopper, the only known vector of the curly top virus, is recognized by the Legislature as being in the public benefit.
• § 6032 — As used in this article “handler” means any person that engages in the operation of selling, marketing, or processing any of the crops vulnerable to damage from curly top virus, as covered by this cha
• § 6033 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, the assessment collected from producers by handlers or due from producer-handlers shall be paid by the handlers or producer-handlers to the secretary as p
• § 6033.5 — (a) Any assessment that is imposed on the producer pursuant to this article is a personal debt of the producer.
• § 6034 — For the purpose of assessment, the following districts are established: District I, Imperial and Riverside Counties; District II, Kern, Kings, Tulare, Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, and San Joaqu
• § 6035 — The secretary may establish the rate of assessment by district and crop and may adjust the assessment rate from time to time, whenever necessary as provided in Section 6036.
• § 6036 — The assessment rate may vary from district to district and from crop to crop based on the degree of vulnerability to damage from curly top virus experienced by those crops in those districts.
• § 6037 — Any money which is received by the director pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund to be used for the administration and enforcement of this article
• § 6038 — The director may receive moneys from other sources for this program, which shall be deposited into the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund and used to carry out the purposes of this article.
• § 6039 — The secretary shall appoint a Curly Top Virus Control Board consisting of nine members.
• § 6039.5 — It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that persons appointed to the Curly Top Virus Control Board pursuant to Section 6039 are intended to represent and further the interest
• § 604 — The building or improvement shall be administered and supervised by the department in accordance with rules and regulations which are established by the department and approved by the Department of Ge
• § 6040 — Board members shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary.
• § 6041 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the board shall be advisory to the secretary and may make recommendations on all matters pertaining to this article including, but not limited to, the annual
• § 6042 — The board shall meet at the call of its chairman or the secretary or at the request of any three members of the board.
• § 6043 — Upon termination of this article, any remaining funds received pursuant to this article shall be refunded on a pro rata basis to all persons from whom assessments were collected during the 12-month pe
• § 6045 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the plant killing bacterium, Xyella Fastidiosa, and the resulting pathogen, Pierce’s disease, and its vectors present a clear and present danger to Californ
• § 6046 — (a) There is hereby created in the department the Pierce’s Disease Control Program.
• § 6047 — The secretary may establish, maintain, and enforce regulations consistent with the intent of the Legislature as expressed in this article as may be necessary to interpret, clarify, or implement this a
• § 6047.1 — The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) The state’s agricultural business economy could be seriously damaged if measures are not taken to prevent the transmittal of the plant killing bac
• § 6047.10 — (a) All assessments payable under this article shall be remitted to the department no later than January 31 of each year.
• § 6047.100 — The general provisions of the laws of this state, prescribing the requirements for and manner of levying and collecting county taxes and the duties of the several county officers with respect to levyi
• § 6047.101 — The revenue from the assessments imposed pursuant to this article by the district are trust funds and shall be encumbered only for the purposes for which the district is formed and for the benefit of
• § 6047.102 — (a) The county treasury shall be the repository of all the moneys of the district.
• § 6047.103 — If a consolidated district includes parts of two or more counties, the repository of all money of the district shall be the county treasury of the county in which is located the largest area of table
• § 6047.104 — (a) The county treasurer shall pay out money of the district only upon warrants of the county auditor drawn upon the order of the board of directors of the district signed by the chairperson or vice c
• § 6047.105 — Acreage devoted exclusively to the growing of table grapes within a tract of land outside the district, but in the county in which the district is located, may be annexed to the district in the same m
• § 6047.106 — Any two or more districts organized or existing under this article may be consolidated, whether or not the boundaries are coterminous, and whether or not the districts are located in the same county.
• § 6047.107 — The board of directors may adopt a resolution that recites the fact of receipt and the willingness of the district to consolidate, and shall then send copies of the resolution to the board of director
• § 6047.108 — The board of supervisors of the county in which is located the largest area of table grape acreage of the proposed consolidated district shall fix a time and place for hearing the proposal.
• § 6047.109 — If the board of supervisors determines that consolidation is feasible and in the best interests of the table grape acreage owners of the respective districts, it shall, by resolution duly adopted, dec
• § 6047.11 — Any producer who disputes the amount of the assessment may file a claim with the department.
• § 6047.110 — Upon the adoption of a resolution consolidating two or more districts, the board of supervisors of the county in which is located the largest area of table grape acreage shall immediately appoint a bo
• § 6047.111 — The board of a consolidated district has all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the board of any other district organized pursuant to this article.
• § 6047.112 — Any district that has been included in a consolidated district may withdraw from the consolidated district and be reconstituted as a separate district by filing with the board of directors of the cons
• § 6047.113 — Upon the filing of a petition with the board of supervisors that is signed by either (1) 50 percent or more of the table grape acreage owners who own 65 percent or more of the affected acreage or by (
• § 6047.114 — The board of supervisors shall give notice of the time and place fixed for the hearing upon the petition for dissolution.
• § 6047.115 — The notice of hearing shall state all of the following: (a) That a petition has been filed requesting the dissolution of the district.
• § 6047.116 — Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the district.
• § 6047.117 — The notice shall be published once a week for two successive weeks prior to the date set for the hearing.
• § 6047.118 — If, at the hearing, a majority of the board of supervisors does not find a compelling reason to override the owners’ petition to dissolve the district, the board of supervisors shall by resolution dis
• § 6047.119 — The board of supervisors shall cause a certified copy of the resolution to be recorded in the office of the county recorder and shall file a certified copy of it with the Secretary of State.
• § 6047.12 — (a) Expenditures charged by the department and the board for administrative purposes shall not exceed a total of 14 percent of the assessments collected pursuant to this article.
• § 6047.120 — Upon dissolution, the right, title, and interest to property owned or controlled by the district that is situated within the corporate limits of any city shall vest absolutely in the city.
• § 6047.121 — The board of supervisors is ex officio the governing body of the dissolved district.
• § 6047.122 — All claims and accounts against the district that have not been settled by the board within 90 days after the resolution is recorded pursuant to Section 6047.
• § 6047.123 — If there are insufficient funds to discharge all claims and accounts brought pursuant to Section 6047.
• § 6047.124 — Owners of wine grapes and raisin grapes and any other agricultural commodities may petition to become subject to any district established pursuant to this article.
• § 6047.13 — (a) All proprietary information obtained by the board or the department from producers, processors, or any other source, including, but not limited to, the name, addresses, and assessments collected f
• § 6047.14 — (a) The sole remedy against any producer who fails to pay the assessment and against any processor who fails to collect and remit assessments within the time required by the secretary shall be an acti
• § 6047.15 — Upon termination of this article, and based upon a recommendation of the board subject to approval by the secretary, any collected assessments not required to defray financial obligations incurred pur
• § 6047.16 — No action in law or equity may be brought against any members or agent of the board, nor shall any member or agent of the board be personally liable for the actions of the board or the department.
• § 6047.17 — This article shall not be subject to Chapter 3.
• § 6047.18 — This article shall be liberally construed.
• § 6047.19 — (a) On or before December 31 of every year, the secretary, after consultation with the board, shall make publicly available on the department’s internet website, a report on the status of this article
• § 6047.2 — For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall govern its construction: (a) “Board” means the Pierce’s Disease and Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Board.
• § 6047.20 — This article shall become inoperative as of March 1, 2026, unless the secretary finds, in a referendum conducted by the secretary, or a person designated by the secretary, subsequent to the operative
• § 6047.21 — (a) No later than April 15, 2025, the secretary shall establish a list of those persons eligible to vote on the continued implementation of this article.
• § 6047.22 — For the purpose of voting in the referendum required in Section 6047.
• § 6047.23 — In determining whether this article shall become inoperative, the secretary shall find that at least 40 percent of the total number of persons from the list established by the secretary participated i
• § 6047.24 — In determining whether the referendum is approved by producers pursuant to the provisions of this article, the secretary shall consider the vote in favor of the referendum of any nonprofit agricultura
• § 6047.25 — The secretary shall establish a period in which to conduct the referendum that shall not be less than 10 days nor more than 60 days in duration.
• § 6047.26 — Nonreceipt of a ballot shall not invalidate a referendum.
• § 6047.27 — (a) If the secretary finds that a favorable vote as provided in this article has not been given subsequent to the operative date of the amendments to this section adopted in 2024, this article shall b
• § 6047.28 — (a) The provisions of this article are severable.
• § 6047.29 — (a) The secretary shall appoint an advisory task force consisting of scientific experts, including, but not limited to, university researchers and agricultural representatives, for the purpose of advi
• § 6047.3 — (a) Within 90 days after the effective date of this section, the secretary shall create in the department the Pierce’s Disease and Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Board, which shall consist of at least 14,
• § 6047.3.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the secretary, upon the recommendation of the board, may contract with any nonprofit authoritative scientific body with expertise in agricultural issues in
• § 6047.30 — (a) The board may, after consulting with the advisory task force and upon making findings as described in this section, recommend to the secretary, and the secretary may determine, that a pest or dise
• § 6047.4 — (a) The powers of the board shall be the following: (1) Submit recommendations to the secretary on, but not limited to, the following: (A) Selection of officers.
• § 6047.5 — (a) Expenditure of the funds pursuant to this article shall be restricted to the following: (1) Reasonable administrative expenses of the board and the department, subject to the limitation in Section
• § 6047.6 — The secretary shall accept the recommendations of the board unless he or she determines that the recommendations are not practicable or in the interest of the industry or the public.
• § 6047.60 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (a) California is the leading producer of table grapes in the United States, accounting for 97 percent of table grapes grown in this country.
• § 6047.61 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Table Grape Pest and Disease District Law.
• § 6047.62 — (a) It is the purpose of this article to make available a procedure for the organization, operation, and dissolution of districts to respond to the effects of the spread of the glassy-winged sharpshoo
• § 6047.63 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this article.
• § 6047.64 — (a) Proceedings for the formation of a district within any county shall be commenced by a petition signed by the owners of 15 percent of the table grape acreage.
• § 6047.65 — The petition may be filed in sections, each of which shall comply with all the requirements for a petition, except that a section need not contain the total number of signatures required for the petit
• § 6047.66 — Signatures to the petition may be withdrawn at any time before it has been acted upon by filing with the clerk of the board of supervisors a declaration signed by the petitioner that states that it is
• § 6047.67 — (a) The petition shall state the name of the proposed district and shall set forth its boundaries or describe the lands to be included.
• § 6047.68 — (a) The petition shall be accompanied by a fee in an amount established by the board of supervisors as is necessary to reimburse the county for all costs incurred by it in connection with the proposed
• § 6047.69 — (a) Upon the presentation and filing of a petition, the board of supervisors shall refer the petition to the county agricultural commissioner for the preparation of a register of owners of table grape
• § 6047.7 — (a) During the first marketing season, beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the annual assessment shall be three dollars ($3) for each one thousand dollars ($1,000) assessed pursuant to S
• § 6047.70 — (a) The board of supervisors shall fix a time and place for a hearing of the petition.
• § 6047.71 — Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the district.
• § 6047.72 — The notice shall be published once a week for two successive weeks prior to the date set for the hearing.
• § 6047.73 — At the hearing, the report of the county agricultural commissioner shall be received.
• § 6047.74 — At the hearing, any owner of table grape acreage in the proposed district may present to the board of supervisors a request, in writing, for the exclusion of that acreage or any part of that acreage f
• § 6047.75 — If the board of supervisors determines that the petition does not comply with the requirements of law, the matter may be dismissed without prejudice to present a new petition covering the same matter.
• § 6047.76 — (a) If the board of supervisors determines that the project is feasible and in the interest of the table grape acreage owners of the county, the board of supervisors shall, by order entered in its min
• § 6047.78 — (a) In determining the boundaries of the district, the board of supervisors shall exclude from the district any table grape acreage that it finds will not be benefited by the proposed project, pursuan
• § 6047.79 — Upon the filing of the order of organization, the board of supervisors shall appoint a board of directors of five members to administer the affairs of the district.
• § 6047.8 — (a) The assessment is the obligation of the producer.
• § 6047.80 — To be a director of the district, a person shall be either an owner of, or the designee of an owner of, acreage included in the district that is devoted, in whole or in part, to the growing of table g
• § 6047.81 — Upon his or her appointment, each director shall, in the manner provided by law, subscribe the oath of office and file the oath with the county clerk.
• § 6047.82 — (a) From and after the filing for record of the order of the board of supervisors declaring the district organized, and the appointment and qualification of its first board of directors, the organizat
• § 6047.83 — (a) Immediately after the organization of the district, the directors shall meet and organize as a board and shall elect a chairperson, vice chairperson, and secretary from among their own number.
• § 6047.84 — The members of the board shall serve for terms of two years, or for a longer term as determined by the board of supervisors, and until the appointment and qualification of their successors.
• § 6047.85 — Upon the expiration of the term of any member of the board, the board of supervisors shall appoint the successor.
• § 6047.86 — The members of the board shall not receive any compensation for their services, but may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses, when claims for those expenses have been approved by the
• § 6047.87 — (a) The district may do all of the following: (1) Sue and be sued in all actions and proceedings in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
• § 6047.88 — Every district formed pursuant to this article has all of the powers prescribed by Section 6047.
• § 6047.89 — The county agricultural commissioner of the county in which the district is located shall, upon request of the board, assist the district to the extent possible in all activities undertaken by the dis
• § 6047.9 — (a) For purposes of calculating the amount to be collected by the processor for purchased grapes, the assessment shall be based on the gross dollar value of the grapes, which is the gross dollar amoun
• § 6047.90 — The board shall, immediately after its appointment and after public hearing, formulate an effective plan and adopt a budget of expenditures for the forthcoming fiscal year.
• § 6047.91 — There may be added to the budget for the first fiscal year of the operation of the district an amount not to exceed 20 percent of the total amount of the budget to cover the preliminary expenses of th
• § 6047.92 — For each fiscal year subsequent to the first year of operation of the district, the board shall adopt the final budget in the same manner that the budget for the first fiscal year was adopted.
• § 6047.94 — The district shall identify any parcel of real property with more than one acre of table grape plants that shall be subject to assessments.
• § 6047.95 — Whenever acreage within the district is planted with table grape plants in a fashion so as to qualify as table grape acreage, the acreage is subject to assessment as provided in this article.
• § 6047.96 — (a) After the district has been formed, an owner of table grape acreage in the district may present to the board a request in writing for the exclusion of that acreage or any part of the acreage from
• § 6047.97 — (a) The board shall, on or before the first Monday in April of each year, or as soon thereafter as possible, file with the board of supervisors a budget that sets forth all estimated expenditures of t
• § 6047.98 — The assessment authorized to be assessed and levied is hereby declared to be in the nature of a special assessment, and the Legislature hereby finds that the owners of all table grape plants will be b
• § 6047.99 — (a) The assessment levied shall be computed and entered upon the assessment roll by the county auditor, and if the supervisors fail to levy the assessment as required, the auditor shall do so.
• § 6048 — (a) The plant hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) is a noxious aquatic weed not native to the State of California.
• § 6049 — The department, with the cooperation of the University of California, the United States Department of Agriculture, or other agencies, may develop and implement biological control methods to eradicate
• § 6051 — Cotton pests abatement districts may be organized and established by the board of supervisors of the Counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura, pursu
• § 6052 — In order to propose the organization of a cotton pests abatement district, a petition shall be presented to the board of supervisors of the county where the lands included within the proposed district
• § 6053 — Upon receipt of the petition, the board of supervisors shall direct the agricultural commissioner to create a register of all cottongrowers growing cotton within the proposed district describing the n
• § 6054 — The commissioner shall file the cottongrowers register within 60 days of receipt of the order from the board of supervisors or by March 1st, whichever date is the later.
• § 6055 — The proponents of the formation of the district may, within 30 days of the receipt by the board of supervisors of the register of cottongrowers from the agricultural commissioner, file with the board
• § 6056 — Upon receipt of the petition, the board of supervisors shall immediately refer the petition to the agricultural commissioner who shall examine it by reference to the register of cottongrowers, and sha
• § 6057 — At its meeting at which the certificate is received from the agricultural commissioner, or at its next meeting, regular or special, thereafter, the board of supervisors shall by order fix a time and p
• § 6058 — At the hearing, the board of supervisors shall make such changes in the boundaries of the proposed district as they determine to be advisable, and shall determine and describe the boundaries of the di
• § 6059 — The board of supervisors shall, at the next regular or special meeting following the hearing upon the question of the organization of the proposed district, meet and, if it determines that the evidenc
• § 6060 — The board of supervisors shall, at the meeting at which the order declaring the district to be organized is made, appoint a board of five directors to administer the affairs of the district.
• § 6061 — Each director so appointed shall, in the manner provided by law, give official bond for the faithful performance of his or her duties in the amount which shall be fixed by the board of supervisors, an
• § 6062 — Any cotton pests abatement district organized pursuant to this chapter may do all of the following: (a) Have perpetual succession.
• § 6063 — The general control and management of each district shall be vested in a board of directors of five members.
• § 6064 — The term of office of the directors shall be four years, except for those first appointed upon the organization of the district.
• § 6065 — In the event of a vacancy in the board of directors either by resignation, death, or otherwise, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the board of supervisors and the person so appointed shall
• § 6066 — The board of directors of each district shall have the power to appoint and to fix the compensation of a secretary of the district who shall keep all records and perform such other duties as are order
• § 6067 — Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, all acts of the board of directors shall be by resolution, and the adoption of a resolution shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the board
• § 6068 — The powers conferred upon any cotton pests abatement district and its board of directors by the provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to be in lieu of other disease, pest, or insect contro
• § 6069 — The agricultural commissioner of the county in which any district is situated, may, without fee or charge, supervise and direct, in accordance with the best known accepted methods as determined by the
• § 6070 — The board of supervisors in every county where a district has been organized and exists under the provisions of this chapter shall direct the agricultural commissioner to file with the board of superv
• § 6071 — The board of directors of each district shall, on or before the first Monday in February of each year, prepare and file with the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is situated, a
• § 6072 — The board of supervisors of the county may annually establish a fee for a permit to grow cotton within each cotton pests abatement district situated within the county and shall issue the permit to any
• § 6073 — The permit fee shall be entered in the minutes of the board of supervisors who shall advise the board of directors of the district of the fee per acre required for the issuance of a permit.
• § 6074 — The treasury of the county shall be the repository of all the moneys of the district.
• § 6075 — The board of directors, when prohibiting the planting, growing, or maintenance of cotton plants within the boundaries of the district, shall notify persons affected by this action within 15 days.
• § 6076 — In each cotton pests abatement district, a biennial election shall be held in March of each odd-numbered year by the county elections official of the county in which a majority of the acreage in the d
• § 6077 — The county elections official on or after the 29th day before the election shall mail a ballot, an identification envelope, and a stamped and addressed return envelope to each cottongrower on the regi
• § 6078 — The persons declared elected shall take the oath of office and file their official bonds with the county elections official on or before the first day of April following their election and shall take
• § 6079 — Any owner of land devoted to the growing of cotton in the county where the district is situated may file a petition for inclusion in the district with the board of directors of any cotton pests abatem
• § 6080 — The board of directors of each cotton pests abatement district shall hold a regular meeting at least once each month at the time and place in the district designated by resolution of the board; and th
• § 6081 — Whenever the board of supervisors, by resolution, desires to dissolve the district, or whenever a petition, signed by not less than 25 percent of the cottongrowers within a district who are engaged in
• § 6082 — At the expiration of 90 days after the election, the board of directors shall deliver on the basis of the ratio of the acreage devoted to cottongrowing in each county in the district all property and
• § 6083 — All claims and accounts against the district which have not been settled by the board of directors within 90 days after the election authorizing the dissolution of the district shall be presented to t
• § 6084 — In the event that there are insufficient funds to discharge all claims and accounts brought pursuant to Section 6083, the board of supervisors shall, at the time of levying the next general county tax
• § 6085 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Cotton Pests Abatement District Act.
• § 6101 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 6102 — “Blanks” means caprifigs which are devoid of Blastophaga insects or galls that contain Blastophaga insects.
• § 6103 — “Mamme” crop means the winter crop of caprifigs.
• § 6104 — “Matured pollen” means pollen in a powdery condition which can be dusted or shaken out from the anthers in appreciable quantities.
• § 6105 — “Profichi crops” means the crop of caprifigs which matures in June and July and is used to caprify or pollinate the main crop of the Smyrna type of figs.
• § 6106 — “Spent figs” means caprifigs from which all the female Blastophaga insects have issued.
• § 61301 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 61302 — “Bulk milk” or “bulk cream” means milk or cream, respectively, which has not been pasteurized or packaged in bottles, cartons, dispenser cans, or other consumer packages, and which is handled or deliv
• § 61303 — “Consumer” means any person that buys milk, cream, or any dairy product for consumption and not for resale.
• § 61304 — “Cream” has the meaning of that term as defined in Section 32504.
• § 61305 — “Dairy product” means any product classified as Class 1 or Class 2 under Section 61932, 61933, or 61936; any frozen product or frozen product mix classified as Class 3 under Section 61934; any product
• § 61306 — (a) “Distributor” means any handler, as defined in Section 61826, and includes brokers and agents and the nonprofit cooperative associations described in Article 2 (commencing with Section 61331) of t
• § 61306.5 — “Educational and research activities” means any effort to develop and improve the management practices of dairy producers and processors, including, but not limited to, practices associated with the e
• § 61307 — “Manufacturing milk” has the meaning of that term as defined in Section 32509.
• § 61307.2 — “Manufacturing milk handler” means any person who, as owner, agent, broker, or intermediary, either directly or indirectly, receives, purchases, or otherwise acquires ownership, possession, or control
• § 61307.4 — “Manufacturing milk plant” means any place, structure, or building where a handler receives manufacturing milk.
• § 61308 — “Manufacturer” means any person that is engaged in the business of manufacturing any dairy product.
• § 61309 — “Market milk” has the meaning of that term as defined in Section 32510.
• § 6131 — The commissioner shall enforce this chapter.
• § 61310 — “Market cream” has the meaning of that term as defined in Section 35811.
• § 61311 — “Milk” has the meaning of that term as defined in Section 32511.
• § 61312 — “Packaged milk,” “packaged cream,” or “packaged dairy product” means market milk, market cream, or any dairy product, respectively, which is packaged in cartons, bottles, dispenser cans, or other cons
• § 61313 — “Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, nonprofit cooperative association, nonprofit corporation, o
• § 61314 — “Producer” means any person that operates a dairy herd which produces milk or cream commercially and whose bulk milk or bulk cream is received or handled by any distributor, manufacturer, or any nonpr
• § 61315 — “Producer-distributor” means any person that is both a producer of milk or cream and a distributor of milk, cream, or any dairy product.
• § 61316 — “Restricted use market milk” has the meaning of that term as defined in Section 32516.
• § 61317 — “Wholesale customer” means any person other than a distributor that buys packaged milk, cream, or any dairy product for resale to consumers or to other wholesale customers.
• § 6132 — The commissioner may enter any place where caprifigs are produced, packed, stored, shipped, delivered for shipment, or sold, and inspect them.
• § 6133 — The board of supervisors of any county may receive and accept on behalf of the county, any contribution or donation of money from a person or from any agency of this state or of the United States for
• § 61331 — For the purposes of this chapter, a nonprofit cooperative association which is organized and existing under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 54001) of Division 20 of this code, that acts for produce
• § 61332 — For the purposes of this chapter, a nonprofit cooperative association which is organized and existing under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 54001) of Division 20 of this code, that acts for produce
• § 61333 — A nonprofit cooperative association accounts to producers on a patronage basis when it accounts to each producer for his share of the net proceeds derived from the marketing operations of the associat
• § 6134 — It is unlawful for any person to willfully or otherwise interfere with the enforcement of any provision of this chapter.