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.

• § 19038 — It is unlawful for any person knowingly to represent that an article has been examined by a licensed livestock meat inspector, licensed processing inspector, or department inspector or exempted under
• § 19039 — It is unlawful for any person to assault, resist, impede, intimidate, or interfere with any person while engaged in the performance of duties under this chapter.
• § 19040 — (a) All fees, charges, and collections collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund.
• § 19051 — As used in this chapter, animal means livestock as defined in Section 18663 and poultry as defined in Section 24657.
• § 19052 — If the director determines that any animal raised for the production of any food product is or may be carrying in its body pesticides, poisons, or other deleterious substances, including, but not limi
• § 19053 — If the director finds that any animal under a hold order pursuant to this chapter cannot, after treatment or care, be safely used for human food purposes, or contains in its body any such deleterious
• § 19054 — It is unlawful for any person to fail to comply with any order of the director issued pursuant to this chapter.
• § 19055 — The director may bring an action in the superior court of any county in which animals subject to a hold order are located to require enforcement of such order.
• § 19056 — The owner of any animal for which a hold or disposal order is issued pursuant to this chapter may seek administrative review of such order in the same manner as is provided in Section 18931.
• § 19200 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions of this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 19201 — “Animals” means burros, cattle, goats, horses, mules, sheep, swine and other large domesticated animals and poultry.
• § 19202 — “Bureau” means Bureau of Meat and Poultry Inspection of the Department of Food and Agriculture.
• § 19203 — “Canned pet food” means any commercially sterile food product packed in hermetically sealed containers and composed of either edible fresh or frozen meat or horsemeat, meat or horsemeat byproducts or
• § 19204 — “Collection center” means a receiving area for the temporary storage of animal carcasses, packinghouse waste, or other products before transportation to a licensed rendering plant or pet food processo
• § 19205 — “Dead animal hauler” means any person or company that engages in the business of transporting the carcasses of dead animals.
• § 19206 — “Edible” means food fit to be eaten by dogs, cats, or other carnivora.
• § 19207 — “Horsemeat byproducts” means the parts other than horsemeat which have been derived from horses, mules or burros, or any combination of them.
• § 19208 — “Horsemeat” means the uncooked muscle tissue of horse, mule or burro, or any combination thereof, which is skeletal, with or without the accompanying and overlaying fat, and the portion of sinews, ner
• § 19209 — “Inspected horsemeat” means horsemeat produced in a slaughtering establishment under federal, state or state-approved municipal inspection.
• § 19210 — “Meat” means the uncooked muscle tissue of a cow, goat, sheep, swine, or poultry which is skeletal, with or without the accompanying and overlaying fat, and the portion of sinews, nerves and blood ves
• § 19210.5 — “Meat byproducts” means the edible parts other than meat which have been derived from cattle, goats, sheep, swine, or poultry or any combination of them.
• § 19211 — “Pet” means any household animal including but not limited to cats or dogs and other carnivora, whether or not for public exhibition.
• § 19212 — “Processed pet food” means a food for pets which has been prepared by heating, drying, semidrying, canning, or by a method of treatment prescribed by regulation of the State Department of Public Healt
• § 19213 — “Rendering” means all recycling, processing, and conversion of animal and fish materials and carcasses and inedible kitchen grease into fats, oils, proteins, and other products that are used in the an
• § 19214 — “Slaughter” means to kill live animals and prepare for consumption for pet food purposes.
• § 19215 — “Transporter of inedible kitchen grease” means any person who transports inedible kitchen grease.
• § 19216 — “Inedible kitchen grease” means any fat or used cooking greases and oils obtained from any source.
• § 19218 — (a) There is in state government a Rendering Industry Advisory Board consisting of seven persons, appointed by the secretary, six of whom are licensed under this chapter and are subject to payment of
• § 19218.1 — The term of office of the members of the board is three years.
• § 19218.2 — The board shall elect a chairperson, and from time to time any other officers as it may deem advisable.
• § 19218.3 — (a) The board shall meet at the call of its chairperson or the secretary or at the request of any three members of the board.
• § 19218.4 — (a) The board shall advise the secretary and may make recommendations to the secretary concerning all of the following: (1) Adoption, modification, and repeal of regulations and procedures.
• § 19218.5 — Persons subject to this chapter shall not have access to any information in the possession of any entity or entities established or designated pursuant to this chapter that would disclose proprietary
• § 19218.6 — (a) The secretary shall adopt regulations to be used by the board to administer this article.
• § 19218.7 — The secretary shall, within 30 days of receiving a recommendation from the board in accordance with this article, provide the board with notice of the acceptance of the recommendation or with a writte
• § 19220 — A license granted under this chapter shall expire on December 31 of each year.
• § 19221 — The application for a license or a renewal of a license shall be accompanied by the license fee.
• § 19222 — A previous violation of any provision of this chapter is good and sufficient cause for denial of a license.
• § 19224 — A proceeding for refusal or revocation of a license shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code.
• § 19225 — Subject to Section 19229, the annual fee for each license held is one hundred dollars ($100).
• § 19226 — A separate license shall be required for each place of business.
• § 19227 — (a) In addition to the license fee required pursuant to Section 19225, the department may charge each licensed renderer and collection center an additional fee necessary to cover the reasonable costs
• § 19228 — All fees, charges, and collections collected pursuant to Sections 19225, 19227, 19312, and 19315 shall be paid into the State Treasury monthly to the credit of the Department of Food and Agriculture F
• § 19229 — If a licensee has two or more licenses in effect at the same meat processing establishment, custom livestock slaughterhouse, place of business, or poultry plant, pursuant to Section 19010, 19011, 1924
• § 19240 — Every person engaged in the business of slaughtering animals for pet food or horses for human food purposes shall first obtain a license pursuant to this chapter.
• § 19241 — The application shall be in a form which is prescribed by the director and shall contain the following: (a) The name and address of the applicant.
• § 19242 — The secretary, after notice and hearing, shall refuse to issue a license unless he or she finds that the applicant satisfies all of the following: (a) Is qualified to operate a slaughterhouse.
• § 19260 — Every person engaged in the business of processing, packing, or preparing fresh or frozen horsemeat or any other meat product for use as pet food of any kind, shall first obtain a license pursuant to
• § 19261 — The application for a license shall be in a form which is prescribed by the secretary and shall contain the following: (a) The name and address of the applicant.
• § 19262 — The secretary, after notice and hearing, shall refuse to issue a license unless he or she finds that the applicant satisfies all of the following: (a) Is qualified to operate a processing plant.
• § 19280 — Every person who engages in the business of importing (distributing or jobbing) fresh or frozen meat, meat byproducts, horsemeat byproducts, poultry meat, or poultry meat byproducts for pet food or ho
• § 19281 — The application shall be in a form which is prescribed by the director and shall contain the following: (a) The name and address of the applicant.
• § 19282 — The director shall issue a license unless he finds, after notice and hearing, that the applicant has been convicted of a felony involving adulterated or misbranded food or has violated any of the prov
• § 19300 — Every person engaged in the business of rendering shall obtain a license from the department for each rendering plant.
• § 19300.5 — Every person engaged in the business of operating a collection center shall obtain a license from the department for each collection center operated.
• § 19301 — The application for a license shall be in a form which is prescribed by the director and shall contain the following: (a) The name and address of the applicant.
• § 19302 — (a) The department may refuse to issue a license if the department finds that the applicant does not meet one or more of the following requirements: (1) The applicant is properly equipped to engage in
• § 19303 — In addition to any other records required to be kept pursuant to this chapter, every licensed renderer shall record and keep for 2 years, in connection with the receipt of kitchen grease which is not
• § 19304 — All records required to be retained pursuant to this chapter shall be maintained for two years at the regular place of business of every renderer and collection center operator licensed pursuant to th
• § 19305 — Any peace officer of this state, or any employee of the department, during normal business hours, may inspect any premises maintained by a renderer or collection center operator licensed pursuant to t
• § 19305.5 — (a) The department may suspend or revoke a renderer license or collection center license at any time, if it finds any of the following has occurred: (1) The licensee has sold or offered for sale to an
• § 19306 — (a) Any renderer or collection center operator licensed pursuant to this article or transporter registered pursuant to Article 6.
• § 19310 — (a) It is unlawful for any person or entity to engage in the transportation of inedible kitchen grease without being registered with the department and without being in possession of a valid registrat
• § 19310.5 — It is unlawful for any person who is not a registered transporter of inedible kitchen grease to transport that product from any place within this state to any place outside the borders of this state.
• § 19310.7 — Any person registered as a transporter of inedible kitchen grease may deliver any inedible kitchen grease to a licensed renderer or collection center for processing or recycling into usable products.
• § 19311 — Any renderer who operates vehicles for the purpose of collecting inedible kitchen grease shall register as a transporter of inedible kitchen grease and otherwise comply with this article.
• § 19312 — (a) Registration shall be made with the department and shall include all of the following: (1) The applicant’s name and address.
• § 19313 — Every vehicle used in the transportation of inedible kitchen grease shall conspicuously display the name of the owner of the vehicle in letters not less than two inches high.
• § 19313.1 — In addition to any other records required to be kept pursuant to this chapter, every transporter of inedible kitchen grease shall record and maintain for two years all of the following: (a) The name a
• § 19313.5 — It is unlawful for any person to steal, misappropriate, contaminate, or damage inedible kitchen grease, or containers thereof.
• § 19313.8 — A registered transporter or any other person shall not take possession of inedible kitchen grease from an unregistered transporter, an unlicensed collection center, or an unlicensed renderer, or knowi
• § 19314 — The department may suspend or revoke a registration certificate, at any time, if it finds any of the following has occurred: (a) The registrant has sold or offered for sale to an unlicensed person, an
• § 19315 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), in addition to the registration fee required by Section 19312, the department may charge a fee necessary to cover the costs of administering this article.
• § 19316 — It is the purpose of this article to prevent the sale and transfer of illegally obtained inedible kitchen grease, to protect the environment, to reduce blockages of public sewer systems, and to preven
• § 19316.5 — The department is authorized to establish a system for documenting and tracking the transportation of inedible kitchen grease in order to ensure the proper disposal or recycling of that material.
• § 19317 — A registered transporter of inedible kitchen grease shall, whenever any contract for the transportation of inedible kitchen grease under which that transporter provides transportation services is term
• § 19320 — All persons engaged in the business of hauling of dead cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses or other large domesticated animals or parts of the carcasses of any animal that died otherwise than by slaug
• § 19321 — The application for a license shall be in a form which is prescribed by the director and shall contain the following: (a) The name and address of the applicant.
• § 19322 — The secretary, after notice and hearing, may refuse to issue a license unless he finds that the applicant: (a) Is properly equipped to engage in the business of dead animal hauling.
• § 19340 — No slaughterer shall own or control directly or indirectly, through stock ownership or control or otherwise, by himself or through his agents or employees, any interest in a person or company licensed
• § 19342 — No slaughterer shall pick up or receive any dead animal at his slaughterhouse except those which have died en route and such animals shall be transported directly and without delay to a licensed rende
• § 19343 — Every establishment where animals are slaughtered for pet food, or where fresh or frozen pet food is processed or prepared shall be maintained and operated in a clean and sanitary manner.
• § 19344 — All fresh or frozen meat, meat byproducts, horsemeat, and horsemeat byproducts sold or offered for sale to the public as pet food shall conform to the standards of this chapter or regulations promulga
• § 19346 — Any carcasses or parts or products of animals which are not intended for use as human food shall prior to their being offered for sale or transportation, be denatured or otherwise identified as prescr
• § 19347 — The Legislature finds that the use in pet food of animals that died from reasons other than slaughtering and pet food prepared from diseased animals or not prepared under sanitary conditions creates a
• § 19348 — (a) Unless a waiver is granted by the State Veterinarian in conjunction with implementation of Section 9562 or a declaration of a state of emergency or local emergency, as defined in subdivisions (b)
• § 19348.1 — The State Veterinarian is authorized to approve temporary research projects for the purpose of determining whether alternative methods of animal tissue disposal are capable of destroying organisms tha
• § 19348.2 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 19348 and regulations adopted by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery pursuant to Section 43020 of the Public Resources Code, including, but not limited to, S
• § 19348.5 — Every person who transports a live horse or horses to a slaughterhouse subject to licensing under this chapter shall provide such horse or horses with adequate food and water.
• § 19349 — All trucks and every licensed premises of a dead animal hauler shall be inspected by the bureau at least once a year before the license is renewed and at other times as the secretary deems necessary.
• § 19350 — Vehicles used for dead animal hauling shall be completely unloaded, cleaned, and disinfected at the rendering plant.
• § 19352 — Inspectors and duly authorized agents of the state, city, county, and city and county health departments shall have free access at all hours of operation to premises where animals are slaughtered, or
• § 19353 — Horses, mules, burros, cattle, sheep, goats and swine may be slaughtered on the premises of a pet food slaughterer.
• § 19354 — A dead animal hauler shall register each vehicle used to transport dead animals with the bureau.
• § 19355 — No licensee shall refuse to permit entry or inspection by a representative of the department, or to permit the taking of a sample of products.
• § 19356 — No meat or meat byproduct or horsemeat or horsemeat byproduct shall be sold or offered for sale as pet food or for pet food purposes by any person under any name or other marking or labeling which is
• § 19357 — All labels or other identification marks or methods for articles subject to this chapter shall be approved by the director in advance of their use.
• § 19358 — No person shall sell, transport, or offer for sale or transportation any meat or meat byproduct, horsemeat, or horsemeat byproduct subject to this article that is misbranded as prescribed by regulatio
• § 19360 — Only horsemeat inspected by state or federal agents shall be sold or offered for sale for human consumption.
• § 19362 — Every restaurant, cafe, or other public eating place offering or serving horsemeat for human consumption shall have stamped on all menus, in green ink letters not less than one-half inch in height and
• § 19363 — Horsemeat or fresh or frozen pet food shall not be packed, stored or kept in any retail establishment with or in close proximity with any food product which is or shall be offered for human consumptio
• § 19364 — Horsemeat or fresh or frozen pet food shall be kept and stored in a separate unit in a retail establishment provided for that purpose.
• § 19365 — All inspected horsemeat shall bear a tag or label with the words “inspected horsemeat,” “U.
• § 19366 — All horsemeat intended for pet food purposes not produced in the State of California shall be denatured before entering the state and shall meet all requirements of this chapter and the regulations pr
• § 19367 — Nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent any city, city and county, or county from regulating or prohibiting by ordinance the sale of horsemeat in their respective communities.
• § 19380 — The director may adopt rules or regulations necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter.
• § 19381 — The director shall by regulation promulgate minimum standards for the fitness of pet food so that the health of the animals and citizens of this state will not be endangered by unwholesome or tainted
• § 19382 — The director may establish by regulation, requirements to insure that vehicles used to transport dead animals and carcasses or parts or products of animals which have died other than by slaughter will
• § 19383 — The director shall establish by regulation, requirements for the slaughter of animals and inspection of pet food, to insure that it is wholesome, untainted, not adulterated, properly labeled, and fit
• § 19384 — The director shall establish by regulation the conditions under which carcasses or parts or products of animals for pet food may be processed, transported, and stored so as to prevent diversion into h
• § 19385 — The director may establish regulations to permit the sale and distribution of food for crab bait and for the feeding of mink and zoo animals under conditions which will conform to the purposes of this
• § 19400 — Any person that slaughters any horse, mule, burro, sheep, goats, swine or any other bovine for use as pet food, or who by purchase or otherwise acquires possession of the meat of any horse, mule, burr
• § 19401 — This article does not apply to any of the following: (a) Retail sales of any fresh or processed meat or meat product in a quantity of five pounds or less to any one person.
• § 19402 — All horsemeat and animal food records shall be open at all times during the hours of operation to the inspection of the director, any health officer or sanitation inspector.
• § 19403 — It is unlawful for any person that is required to keep horsemeat and pet food records to fail to keep such records, or to fail or refuse to permit an authorized inspection of the horsemeat and pet foo
• § 19404 — Every dead animal hauler shall keep a record when and where each carcass is picked up and delivered.
• § 19420 — There is in the Department of Agriculture a compliance and evaluation team.
• § 19421 — The compliance and evaluation team’s primary duty shall be the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and the regulations made pursuant thereto.
• § 19430 — Any person who is licensed pursuant to this chapter, who requests inspection at time which is considered as overtime by Section 19352 shall be liable for overtime inspection fees.
• § 19432 — Any fee, charge, or assessment payable under the provisions of this chapter and regulations promulgated pursuant to it, shall constitute a debt of the person owing such fee, charge or assessment and s
• § 19433 — In establishing such fee, charge, or assessment the director shall give consideration to the fees, charges and assessments provided under the provisions of law stated above, with the exception of the
• § 19440 — Any person who is found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter is subject to imprisonment in a county jail for not more t
• § 19441 — Any person who, as principal or agent, employer or employee, adulterates any other meat or meat food product intended for human food with horsemeat or the product of an animal which has died otherwise
• § 19443 — In addition to the remedies herein provided, the department may bring an action in superior court and such court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and for cause shown, to grant a temporary or perma
• § 19444 — Upon conviction of a violation of any provision of this chapter, any license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be automatically suspended for 30 days.
• § 19445 — (a) In lieu of levying a civil penalty pursuant to Section 19447, and in lieu of seeking prosecution, upon complaint of the secretary, the Attorney General may bring an action for civil penalties in a
• § 19446 — In addition to any other remedies provided by this chapter, but in lieu of seeking prosecution of any violation of Article 6 (commencing with Section 19300) or Article 6.
• § 19447 — (a) In lieu of any civil action pursuant to Section 19445, and in lieu of seeking prosecution, the secretary may levy a civil penalty against a person who violates Article 6 (commencing with Section 1
• § 19501 — (a) Cattle, calves, horses, mules, sheep, swine, goats, or fallow deer, or poultry shall be slaughtered by the methods prescribed in this section.
• § 19501.5 — (a) The department shall, on or before December 31, 1993, adopt regulations to implement Section 19501 as to the slaughter of poultry, and, thereafter, enforce those regulations.
• § 19502 — The regulations adopted under this chapter shall conform as far as possible to the regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture governing methods of slaughtering.
• § 19503 — The Department of Agriculture shall enforce the provisions of Section 19501 and is authorized and directed to perform the following duties: Designate, on or before March 1, 1968, and at such times the
• § 19700 — (a) (1) The secretary shall adopt, by regulation, fees to cover the department’s reasonable regulatory costs of the administration, implementation, and enforcement of laws governing the confinement of
• § 20 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
• § 20001 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
• § 20002 — “Animal,” “calf,” and “cattle” mean only bovine animals.
• § 20003 — “Brand” means a design which is permanently impressed on the hide of an animal by burning with acid, a chemical compound, or a hot iron.
• § 20004 — “Brand” includes “brand and mark” if a mark is recorded or used with a brand.
• § 20005 — “Bureau” means the Bureau of Livestock Identification.
• § 20006 — “Carcass” means the carcass of an animal.
• § 20007 — “Cattle record brand” means a brand used to classify an animal for the purpose of keeping records which relate to the animal.
• § 20008 — “Chief” means the Chief of the Bureau of Livestock Identification.
• § 20009 — “Hide” means the hide of an animal.
• § 2001 — There is in each county government the county department of agriculture.
• § 20010 — “Inspector” means a hide and brand inspector.
• § 20011 — “Mark” means a design which is cut into or from the ear, dewlap, or other part of an animal.
• § 20012 — “Vent” means a design which is permanently impressed on the hide of a branded animal for the purpose of voiding the prior brand.
• § 20013 — “Feedlot” means a beef cattle feedlot or feed yard having more than 500 head of cattle at one time during the calendar year in which cattle are being fed for slaughter.
• § 20014 — “Beef cattle” means bovine animals of any breed being grown primarily for meat production.
• § 20015 — “Registered feedlot” means a feedlot defined in Section 20013 that is registered with the bureau in accordance with Sections 21081 and 21082.
• § 20016 — “Licensed frozen food locker plant” means an establishment defined and licensed pursuant to Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 28800) of Division 22 of the Health and Safety Code.
• § 20017 — “Modified point-of-origin inspection area” means any area designated by the director, by regulation, pursuant to Section 21111.
• § 20018 — “Upon entry into a registered feedlot” means brand inspection of the cattle as soon after arrival at the feedlot as is consistent with the provisions of Section 21172.
• § 20019 — “Processor” means an establishment in which, for compensation directly or indirectly, meat or meat products are cut, wrapped, or frozen to be delivered for frozen storage by the ultimate customer.
• § 2002 — The county department of agriculture is under the control of the county agricultural commissioner.
• § 20020 — “Point of sale” as used in Section 22004.
• § 20021 — “Modified point of origin inspection,” as provided in Sections 21111 and 21112, pertains only to the inspection of cattle where there is no sale within a designated modified point of origin inspection
• § 20022 — “Full point of origin inspection area” means any area designated by the director, by regulation, pursuant to Sections 21141 and 21141.
• § 20023 — “Full point of origin inspection” as provided in Sections 21141 and 21141.
• § 20024 — “Destination point inspection” means the inspection of cattle within the California borders after shipment directly to a posted stockyard, public salesyard, private cattle sales market, licensed slaug
• § 20025 — “Cattle movement” means the transportation of cattle by vehicle or herding, such as a drive of an animal herd.
• § 20026 — “Private treaty transaction,” as used in this division, means the transfer of ownership of cattle or livestock by agreement or contract, at a point other than a destination point.
• § 20027 — “Pasture-to-pasture movement” means transportation of cattle, or leading or herding from one feeding or pasture premise to another feeding or pasture premise with no change of ownership.
• § 20028 — “Transportation, transport, or transporting” as used in this division means to carry livestock from one place to another by means of a vehicle which may be propelled, moved, or drawn on land or water,
• § 20029 — “Shipper” means any person who transfers cattle from one geographical location to another.
• § 2003 — The California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association shall be recognized as the official representative body on behalf of county agricultural commissioners and sealers.
• § 20030 — “Licensed slaughterer” means any person who is in the business of slaughtering bovine animals and who has applied to and been issued a grant of inspection by the United States Department of Agricultur
• § 201 — The department may expend in accordance with law all money which is made available for its use.
• § 20151 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that this division is enacted in the exercise of the police power of this state for the purpose of protecting the cattle industry of this state from losses of li
• § 20152 — The provisions of this division, including the payment of fees, are applicable to all state and county institutions which are engaging in livestock operations.
• § 20171 — The director may make such regulations as may be reasonably necessary to carry out this division and to protect the cattle of this state from theft and misappropriation.
• § 20172 — The regulations shall be published in one or more stock journals of general circulation in the state before they become effective.
• § 20201 — The director may make any necessary investigations relative to reported violations of this division, pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180), Chapter 2, Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of th
• § 20202 — The person in custody of any records required to be kept by any provision of Divisions 9 (commencing with Section 16301), 10 (commencing with Section 20001), or 11 (commencing with Section 23001) shal
• § 20203 — It is unlawful for any person to refuse to exhibit any records to any inspector or peace officer who is acting in accordance with the provisions of Section 20202.
• § 20221 — Every person that violates this division is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,0
• § 20222 — Any person who uses an unrecorded, forfeited, or canceled brand shall pay a penalty upon a first violation of one hundred dollars ($100); upon a second violation within the same 12-month period, a pen
• § 20251 — Any person that violates any provision of this division, or any regulation which is issued pursuant to it, is liable civilly for a penalty in an amount not to exceed a sum of five hundred dollars ($50
• § 20252 — The Attorney General shall, upon complaint by the director, or may upon his own initiative, if after examination of the complaint and evidence he believes a violation has occurred, bring an action for
• § 20253 — The Attorney General shall, upon complaint by the director, or may upon his own initiative, if after examination of the complaint and evidence he believes a violation has occurred, bring an action in
• § 20281 — The department shall, at least once a month, report to the State Controller the total amount of money collected for fees, penalties, judgments, or otherwise.
• § 20282 — Any money in the Department of Agriculture Fund derived under any of the provisions of this division may be expended for the administration and enforcement of any of the provisions of this code stated
• § 20283 — A civil action may be brought by the department to recover any fee, penalty, or other money that becomes due pursuant to this division.
• § 20401 — There is in the department the Bureau of Livestock Identification.
• § 20402 — The bureau is administered by a chief who is appointed by the director pursuant to the State Civil Service Act, Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500), Division 5, Title 2 of the Government Code.
• § 20403 — The chief shall administer and enforce this division and shall perform such other duties within the scope of his employment as the director may require.
• § 20404 — The chief is responsible to the director for the proper administration and enforcement of this division.
• § 20405 — The chief shall assist in the prosecution of persons charged with violation of any provision of this division.
• § 20406 — Subject to the approval of the director, the chief shall appoint such inspectors and other assistants as may be necessary to carry out this division.
• § 20407 — Subject to the approval of the director, the chief may employ investigators to investigate reported thefts or losses of cattle.
• § 20432 — Each inspector may enforce the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 484), Title 13, Part 1 of the Penal Code, with reference to theft of any animal or carcass, and is authorized, as a publ
• § 20433 — Each sheriff, member of the California Highway Patrol, and other peace officer shall cooperate and assist in enforcing this division.
• § 20434 — Each sheriff or other officer to whom a complaint which relates to the loss or theft of cattle is made shall forthwith transmit to the bureau a report which shows all of the following: (a) The number
• § 20435 — If an inspector or peace officer finds any animal, hide, carcass, or portion of a carcass in the possession of any person that he has reason to believe is not the legal owner or entitled to the posses
• § 20436 — A person shall not, without a release from the inspector or peace officer, dispose of the animal, hide, carcass, or portion of a carcass within 30 days after receiving the notice pursuant to Section 2
• § 20437 — Any animal, hide, carcass, or portion of a carcass shall not be held pursuant to Section 20435 for more than 30 consecutive days, unless the notice of seizure is renewed by the inspector or peace offi
• § 20438 — Any inspector or peace officer may stop any conveyance which is transporting any animal, hide, carcass, or portion of a carcass on any public thoroughfare for the purpose of making an investigation an
• § 20439 — Any expense which is incurred in caring for any property which is seized pursuant to this article shall be paid by the owner of the property.
• § 20440 — Any animal which is seized by or comes into the possession of an inspector pursuant to this division shall be disposed of as provided in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 1, Division 9 o
• § 20461 — As used in this article, “board” means the Livestock Identification Advisory Board.