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Law:Division 21. Marketing (California)
1.1 Chapter 1. State Marketing Services
1.1.2 Article 2. Powers Of The Director
1.1.3 Article 3. Investigations
1.1.4 Article 4. Collection And Dissemination Of Information
1.2 Chapter 2. Cooperative Agreements
1.2.2 Article 2. Powers Of The Director
1.3 Chapter 3. Void Contracts And Restraint Of Trade
1.3.1 Article 1. Void Contracts
1.3.2 Article 2. Destruction Of Foodstuffs In Restraint Of Trade 58381-58383
1.4 Chapter 4. Assignment Of Dues
1.5 Chapter 5. Donation Of Food
1.6 Chapter 6. Foreign Marketing
1.6.2 Article 2. Project Agreements
1.6.3 Article 3. Funding
1.6.4 Article 4. Reporting
2 Part 2. General Marketing Laws
2.1 Chapter 1. California Marketing Act Of 1937
2.1.1 Article 1. Short Title And Definitions
2.1.3 Article 3. Exceptions
2.1.4 Article 4. Administration
2.1.5 Article 5. Marketing Orders And Agreements
2.1.6 Article 6. Notice, Reports, And Hearings
2.1.7 Article 7. Findings
2.1.8 Article 8. Advisory Boards And Committees
2.1.9 Article 9. Terms Of Marketing Orders
2.1.10 Article 10. Assessments And Funds
2.1.11 Article 11. Deposits By Applicants For Marketing Order
2.1.12 Article 12. Assent To Marketing Orders
2.1.13 Article 13. Major Amendments
2.1.14 Article 14. Minor Amendments
2.1.15 Article 15. Termination Or Suspension
2.1.16 Article 16. Publication Of Notice
2.1.17 Article 17. General Rules And Regulations
2.1.18 Article 18. Administrative Rules And Regulations
2.1.19 Article 19. Seasonal Marketing Regulations
2.1.20 Article 20. Records
2.1.21 Article 21. Actions And Penalties
2.1.22 Article 22. Inspection And Abatement
2.2 Chapter 2. The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law
2.2.1 Article 1. Short Title And Definitions
2.2.3 Article 3. Exceptions
2.2.4 Article 4. Administration
2.2.5 Article 5. Establishment Of Proration Zone
2.2.6 Article 6. Change Of Proration Zone Boundaries
2.2.7 Article 7. Marketing Program And Grading Committees
2.2.8 Article 8. Marketing Programs
2.2.9 Article 9. Assents To Marketing Programs
2.2.10 Article 10. Proration Certificates
2.2.11 Article 11. Amendments To Marketing Programs
2.2.12 Article 12. Funds
2.2.13 Article 13. Termination Of Marketing Programs
2.2.14 Article 14. Actions And Penalties
3 Part 3. Marketing Laws Regarding Particular Products
3.1 Chapter 1. Marketing Of Milk And Other Dairy Products
3.1.2 Article 2. Nonprofit Cooperative Associations
3.1.3 Article 3. General Provisions
3.1.4 Article 4. Unlawful Practices
3.1.5 Article 5. Bonding And Payment For Manufacturing Milk
3.1.6 Article 6. Records
3.1.7 Article 7. Investigations And Hearings
3.1.8 Article 8. Manufacturing Milk Handler Licenses
3.1.9 Article 9. Disposition And Use Of Funds
3.1.10 Article 10. Actions And Penalties
3.2 Chapter 2. Stabilization And Marketing Of Market Milk
3.2.1 Article 1. Legislative Declarations
3.2.2 Article 2. Definitions
3.2.3 Article 3. Nonprofit Cooperative Associations
3.2.4 Article 4. Administration
3.2.5 Article 5. Classes Of Market Milk
3.2.6 Article 6. Marketing Areas
3.2.7 Article 7. Formation And Adoption Of Stabilization And Marketing Plans
3.2.8 Article 8. Amendment And Termination Of Stabilization And Marketing Plans
3.2.9 Article 9. Establishment Of Minimum Prices And Provisions Of Stabilization And Marketing Plans
3.2.10 Article 10. Unlawful Trade Practices
3.2.11 Article 11. Sales To The United States
3.2.12 Article 12. Handlers' Licenses
3.2.13 Article 13. Bonding And Payment For Market Milk
3.2.14 Article 14. Administrative Fees
3.2.15 Article 15. Reports And Statistics
3.2.16 Article 17. Local And Regional Producer Advisory Boards
3.2.17 Article 18. Actions And Penalties
3.3 Chapter 2.5. Milk Producers Security Trust Fund
3.3.1 Article 1. Legislative Declaration
3.3.2 Article 2. Definitions
3.3.3 Article 3. Milk Producers Security Trust Fund Board
3.3.4 Article 4. Financing Plan
3.3.5 Article 5. Milk Producers Security Trust Fund Coverage
3.3.6 Article 6. Discovery And Notification Of Default In Payments 62600-62604
3.3.7 Article 7. Producer Claims
3.3.8 Article 9. Trust Fund Coverage Of The Pool Equalization Fund 62640-62641
3.3.9 Article 10. Administration
3.4 Chapter 3. Equalization Pools
3.5 Chapter 3.5. Milk Pooling
3.6 Chapter 3.6. Dairy Marketing Study
3.7 Chapter 4. Marketing Of Edible Nuts
3.7.1 Article 1. Contract Requirements
3.7.2 Article 2. Records
3.8 Chapter 5. Marketing Of Avocados
3.9 Chapter 6. Marketing Of Processing Strawberries
3.9.2 Article 2. Marketing Orders
Ca Codes (fac:58001-58005) Food And Agricultural Code Section 58001-58005 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, which are formed for the purpose of facilitating the marketing of any product. 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 Department of Food and Agriculture Fund. Funds received for these purposes, upon appropriation, shall be expended by the department for market news services. The secretary may adopt regulations implementing procedures for receiving fees, charges, and reimbursement for costs from users of market news. Article 2. Powers Of The Director
Ca Codes (fac:58031-58042) Food And Agricultural Code Section 58031-58042 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, distributors, and consumers of any product, and protect and conserve the interests of the producers and consignors of products. 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 such service, fees which are sufficient to make the service self-supporting. 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 deems necessary and charge for such labels such fees as in his judgment are proper. 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. This section shall become operative January 1, 1990. 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 state and to better effectuate the purposes of this article may attend necessary meetings and conferences in relation to any such product and may enter into cooperative agreements with the United States Department of Agriculture. 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 division, Division 20 (commecing with Section 54001), or of any marketing law, including any marketing order, marketing program, regulation, or rule and regulation, which is issued under it, the responsibility for the administration and enforcement of which is with the director. Article 3. Investigations
Ca Codes (fac:58061-58062) Food And Agricultural Code Section 58061-58062 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 program which is authorized by any law now in effect or which may hereafter be enacted. 58062. The director may make pertinent investigations which concern the aggregate amount of any product which is held in common or cold storage. In connection with any such investigation, the director may inspect only the pertinent books and records of common or cold storage warehouses for the purpose of determining and publishing aggregate amounts of any product which is held in storage, and may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of pertinent books, papers, accounts, documents, and testimony in any such investigation. Article 4. Collection And Dissemination Of Information
Ca Codes (fac:58091-58093) Food And Agricultural Code Section 58091-58093 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 products, which are produced in this state, such as, but not limited to, crop and livestock estimating and market news services. 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 economic conditions which affect the sale of any farm product which is produced in this state. 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. Chapter 2. Cooperative Agreements
Ca Codes (fac:58201-58203) Food And Agricultural Code Section 58201-58203 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 and correlation of such activities. 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 (60 Stat. 966), and since Title II thereof embodies features of a nature akin to agricultural and regulatory service functions performed by the department, and inasmuch as financial cooperation in those phases of the marketing field is provided in Title II, it is hereby declared to be the purpose of this chapter to make possible a furtherance of intergovernmental cooperation in such marketing activities as will accrue advantageously to the agricultural industry of the state. 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. 966) and in relation to such other federal laws as may relate to the same and comparable activities. Article 2. Powers Of The Director
Ca Codes (fac:58231-58233) Food And Agricultural Code Section 58231-58233 58231. The director may enter into cooperative agreements with the Secretary of Agriculture or the Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. , Sec. 1621 et seq.), or both, to develop projects or programs which are designed to improve, expand, and correlate the work of both agencies in any of the following: (a) Federal-state cooperative crop reporting. (b) Federal-state cooperative market news services. (c) Seed and crop improvement. (d) Agricultural products certification. (e) Marketing orders and programs. (f) Milk and milk products stabilization. (g) Market enforcement. (h) Agricultural trade. (i) Agricultural commodities, grades, and standards. (j) Prepackaging of, and special containers for, shipment of any farm product. 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 Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (50 Stat. 246), with advisory boards and program committees which are established by the director pursuant to Chapters 1 (commencing with Section 58601) and 2 (commencing with Section 59501), Part 2 of this division, with producers' cooperative marketing associations and other producer or handler organizations to assist financially or otherwise in the development of such projects or programs and in putting the results of such projects or programs into operation within this state. 58233. The director may receive and pay out money for the purposes which are mentioned in this article. Chapter 3. Void Contracts And Restraint Of Trade
Article 1. Void Contracts
Ca Codes (fac:58351-58353) Food And Agricultural Code Section 58351-58353 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, discount, or other credit, except an allowance for variation in quality, condition, or quantity, or any other form of compensation or credit by a seller to a buyer, or to an agent, employee, subsidiary, or affiliate of a buyer that buys to sell at retail and which is not paid, given, or allowed in like circumstances to all other buyers or to the agents, employees, subsidiaries or affiliates of other buyers, whether the same is paid or allowed directly or indirectly, is hereby declared to be against public policy and void. 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 subsidiary. Article 2. Destruction Of Foodstuffs In Restraint Of Trade 58381-58383
Ca Codes (fac:58381-58383) Food And Agricultural Code Section 58381-58383 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 food, for human beings, and is in fit sanitary condition to be used as such. 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 product, without a permit in writing from the commissioner, county health officer, director, State Director of Health Services, or from some other official now or hereafter authorized by law to issue permits for the destruction of such product. Such permits, together with a detailed statement of every product which is destroyed pursuant to the permit, shall be kept on file by the person to whom they are issued. 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 product, or in lieu of such personal service, shall on such day be served by the consignee on the consignor by depositing it in the post office, inclosed in a sealed envelope, postage fully prepaid, addressed to the consignor of the destroyed product at the consignor's address, if known, or if not known, then to the place where the shipment or consignment of such product originated. Chapter 4. Assignment Of Dues
Ca Codes (fac:58451-58454) Food And Agricultural Code Section 58451-58454 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 other instrument in writing, a notice of assignment of dues to a nonprofit agricultural commodity organization directly representing the specific product involved, by which the processor or dealer is directed to deduct a sum from the price to be paid for such product and to pay the same over to such association as dues for the grower or producer, the processor or dealer shall deduct from the price to be paid for any farm product being sold by any such grower or producer to any such processor or dealer, the amount authorized and pay it over to the organization as assignee. 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 sufficient in amount for making the payment of the dues involved. In the case of an annual product, such payment need not be made until the end of the product year. Chapter 5. Donation Of Food
Ca Codes (fac:58501-58509) Food And Agricultural Code Section 58501-58509 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. (b) "Food bank" means a surplus food collection and distribution system operated and established to assist in bringing donated agricultural products to nonprofit charitable organizations and individuals for the purpose of reducing hunger and nutritional needs. (c) "Nonprofit charitable organization" means any organization which was organized and is operating for charitable purposes and meets the requirements set forth in Section 214 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. 58502. (a) Any person engaged in the business of processing, distributing, or selling any agricultural product may donate, free of charge, any product which is in a condition that it may be used as food for human beings, to a nonprofit charitable organization within the state. (b) To assist in accomplishing the purposes of this section, the director may divert agricultural products to organizations operating pursuant to this chapter. 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, consisting of an inventory of storage facilities and refrigeration equipment that are available in the county for such purposes and a 24-hour information and food collection center for receiving and transmitting information as to where agricultural products are available or what organization desires or needs donated agricultural products, and for collecting, receiving, handling, storing, and distributing donated agricultural products. Any nonprofit charitable organization regularly needing agricultural products in its operations may be listed with such center for the purpose of being notified whenever such products are available. 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 collecting, receiving, handling, storing, and distributing donated agricultural products. (b) It shall be incorporated as a nonprofit tax exempt organization and be eligible as a charitable organization under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of Section 501 of Title 26 of the United States Code or shall be affiliated with such an organization. (c) It shall maintain records for the proper control of inventory. (d) It shall demonstrate the availability of adequate liability insurance to cover the activities conducted pursuant to this chapter. (e) It shall show local support through funding sources, letters of endorsement, and a board of directors reflective of the community and population to be served. 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 state surplus buildings or equipment necessary for the operation of a food bank. 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 with Section 2011) of Title 7 of the United States Code). 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 be used as food for human beings. 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 liable for any injury, including, but not limited to, injury resulting from the ingesting of such agricultural product, as a result of any act, or the omission of any act, in connection with donating any product pursuant to this chapter. 58506. Nothing in this chapter shall relieve any nonprofit charitable organization from any liability for any injury, including, but not limited to, injury resulting from the ingesting of such agricultural product, as a result of receiving, accepting, gathering, or removing any agricultural product donated under this chapter. 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 product out of the state, provided that any product that does not comply with the requirements of Division 17 (commencing with Section 42501) which is received by a charitable organization situated in this state may be shipped out of the state by such organization in accordance with regulations of the director to assure compliance with the purposes of this chapter. This subdivision does not apply to agricultural products which comply with all maturity, quality, size, standard pack, container and labeling requirements of Division 17 (commencing with Section 42501). (b) No person and no employee of a public agency shall sell, offer for sale, use, or consume any agricultural product donated or distributed pursuant to this chapter, except the recipient of an agricultural product provided as charitable assistance by a nonprofit charitable organization who shall use or consume the agricultural product provided. (c) Any violation of this section is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000). 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 distributed at public expense are not donated to organizations that are capable of purchasing them. 58509. (a) The Secretary of the State and Consumer Services Agency 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 food banks for a minimum of two years immediately prior to appointment, and two from the southern portion of the state, all of whom have been active members of a nationwide network of food banks for a minimum of two years immediately prior to appointment, and two food industry representatives, one wholesaler and one manufacturer, all of whom shall be selected by the Governor and referred to as the Food Bank Advisory Committee. (b) Members of the committee who are not state employees shall be paid per diem for their actual expenses in attending committee meetings. (c) The committee shall do all of the following: (1) Advise the State and Consumer Services Agency in the establishment of new food banks. (2) Advise in the adequate and efficient distribution of surplus food commodities to all areas of the state. Chapter 6. Foreign Marketing
Ca Codes (fac:58551-58565) Food And Agricultural Code Section 58551-58565 58551. This act shall be known and may be cited as the N. Waters-Nielsen-Vuich-Berryhill Foreign Market Development Export Incentive Program for California Agriculture Act. 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, processors, distributors, and exporters in meeting world market needs. (b) The Legislature further finds and declares, as being consistent with the Thurman Agricultural Policy Act (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 801) of Part 1 of Division 1), both of the following: (1) The harvest from approximately one out of every four acres of California cropland is now sold in foreign markets, thus the state's agricultural economy is dependent upon international trade. (2) It is in the public's best interest to assist California agriculture in market development for agricultural products, and to expand world trade in these products to maximize growth in the state' s economy. 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 produced in California and livestock fed in feedlots located in California. 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 promotion of agricultural commodities that will coordinate a foreign market development program for its members; a federal marketing order board for California produced agricultural commodities; or a state marketing order board or commission organized pursuant to this code operating in California which is actively engaged in the marketing of agricultural commodities and has entered into a project agreement with the department to contribute cash, goods, or services to a foreign market development program. 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 commodities. 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 maintenance of agricultural commodity export sales. 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 and any third party cooperator to help carry out the terms of a project agreement. Funds, services, or personnel provided by any state or federal agency, except funds from a state marketing order board, including those funds allocated to carry out commodity transportation offset programs, agricultural commission organized pursuant to this code, or a federal marketing order board for California-produc ed commodities, cannot be counted as a contribution. 58563. The department shall adopt regulations, including criteria to establish what constitutes cooperator contributions, necessary to effectuate this chapter. Whenever applicable, the regulations shall be consistent with similar regulations adopted by the Foreign Agriculture Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. 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. That assistance shall include advice on establishing business contacts that will meet the needs of the prospective purchaser. 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 agricultural market research, including trends in California agricultural industry and trends in foreign agricultural markets. The agricultural market research shall be utilized to determine viable opportunities to export California agricultural products successfully to foreign markets. (b) To conduct personnel training, including the training of California foreign trade office personnel. (c) To perform existing duties of the department under this chapter. Article 2. Project Agreements
Ca Codes (fac:58571-58580) Food And Agricultural Code Section 58571-58580 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. A project agreement may be limited to activities in one country, or may include activities in several countries. Project agreements shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (1) A description of the commodity, or commodities, for which a project agreement is being requested and a statement that California export availabilities are expected to be adequate during the life of the project. (2) A description of the applicant organization or firm. (3) A justification for participation in the foreign market development program. (4) A statement of proposed activities, including specific information on the activities to be conducted, the countries in which they will be undertaken, who will conduct or supervise them, and the expected results. (5) An estimate of the level of project funds required and an indication of the availability of industry resources to match project funds and personnel needed to carry out the proposed program. (b) Cooperator activities shall be described and budgeted in a marketing plan which becomes part of the project agreement. The marketing plan shall be separately submitted to the director who may approve or disapprove it. The marketing plan shall be reviewed annually at which time it may be revised by the cooperator or the department, or by both. (c) The marketing plan shall include all of the following: (1) The proposed expenditure of state funds and cooperator contributions. (2) Information on how much funding has been received from the Foreign Agriculture Service in the last five years and if those funds have been requested for the current year. (3) An identification of the constraints to expanding or maintaining California exports to each market area addressed by the plan. (4) A description of the proposed activities and the amount of funds, both state and cooperator, to be spent to overcome or mitigate the constraints for the commodity, or commodities, and the country, or countries, covered by the plan. (5) A report, if available, from local attach�s or the counselors regarding potential marketing activities in their countries. (d) A project agreement may not go into effect pursuant to this chapter without the director's approval of both the marketing plan and the agreement itself. (e) The cooperator shall administer and carry out the project agreement and shall permit the director or other state agencies to oversee and periodically inspect and investigate the administration of the project agreement. 58572. (a) The director may only approve a project agreement that appears to effectively contribute to the creation, expansion, or maintenance of markets abroad. Primary emphasis shall be on commercial markets. The director shall give preference to project agreements that demonstrate potential for establishing long-term benefits. Special consideration may also be given for any of the following: (1) Cooperators who are new to the market. (2) New product promotion. (3) Cooperators who are unable to obtain federal cooperator status. (4) Cooperators whose project proposals involve foreign markets not currently authorized pursuant to regulations adopted by the Foreign Agricultural Service. (b) Approvals and priorities shall be based on the following criteria: (1) Potential for creating, maintaining, or increasing consumption and exports of California agricultural commodities to other countries. (2) Long-range contribution to California agricultural exports. (3) Ability of the cooperator to provide a competent staff and other resources to ensure adequate development, supervision, and execution of project activities. (4) Willingness and ability of private organizations to back up promotional activities with aggressive selling and adequate supplies of commodities of the quality desired by foreign buyers. (5) Competition in the market. (6) Cultural, political, and economic obstacles which restrict imports of California agricultural commodities into the markets. (7) An assessment of the project costs compared to the benefits of expanding California agricultural exports. 58573. Project agreements may promote either a single commodity or a group of related commodities. Activities shall be aimed at increasing both consumer and commercial uses for agricultural commodities. Activities carried out by cooperators fall under the following three categories: (a) Technical assistance, which includes activities to address technical problems related to trade impediments and to the sale, movement, processing, marketing, or utilization of agricultural commodities. (b) Market development activities, which include activities involving foreign traders, importers, wholesalers, retailers, and foreign government officials who import, distribute, and market agricultural commodities. (c) Consumer promotion activities, which include activities to influence consumers by changing attitudes toward, or making them aware of the advantages of utilizing, California agricultural products. 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. (b) The director shall adopt regulations similar to those developed by the Foreign Agriculture Service of the United States Department of Agriculture to proscribe the unauthorized use of state funds pursuant to this chapter. (c) Not more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) shall be annually appropriated for this program's state administrative costs, as specified in the annual Budget Act. The funds appropriated for administrative costs pursuant to this subdivision shall be derived from the redistribution of the total amount of funds that are appropriated in the annual Budget Act by the Legislature to carry out this chapter. (d) Not more than 15 percent of the funds annually appropriated for this program shall be used for any one project agreement in any one year unless the director approves a higher level upon concurrence of a majority vote of the advisory committee authorized pursuant to Section 58576. (e) Cooperators shall provide an annual contribution which is equal to or greater than the amount of state funds utilized for each project agreement. 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) The director, the Director of General Services, and the advisory committee shall take necessary precautions to assure the confidentiality of the information which is contained in proposals for project agreements, market development plans, progress reports, documents in support of claims for funding under a project agreement, and other pertinent information submitted by individual marketing organizations. This information is exempt from the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code). (b) Notwithstanding Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the advisory committee may hold a closed meeting if an applicant requests that the submitted information not be discussed in an open meeting and the committee determines that it is in the best interest of the program to conduct a closed meeting for that purpose. 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 approval. The director shall have 15 working days from the date of submittal to review and approve or disapprove. 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 commissions which are actively engaged in the marketing of the same commodities. Article 3. Funding
Ca Codes (fac:58582) Food And Agricultural Code Section 58582 58582. (a) The California Agricultural Export Promotion Account is hereby created in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the account is continuously appropriated to the director to support export promotional and public relations activities conducted generally and pursuant to this chapter. (b) The account shall consist exclusively of funds received for the purpose of subdivision (a) from private industry sources, marketing order advisory boards established pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 58601) of Part 2, and agricultural councils and agricultural commissions established pursuant to Division 22 (commencing with Section 64001). (c) Funds expended from the account shall be used exclusively for activities which directly benefit the industry sources from which the funds are derived. Article 4. Reporting
Ca Codes (fac:58591) Food And Agricultural Code Section 58591 58591. On or before December 31 of every odd-numbered year, the director shall report to the chairpersons of the policy committees which have the appropriate subject matter jurisdiction in the Assembly and the Senate, as determined by the respective rules committees, on the status of this chapter. The report shall include an assessment of the act's ability to create, maintain, or increase exports of California agricultural commodities. Part 2. General Marketing Laws
Ca Codes (fac:58601-58624) Food And Agricultural Code Section 58601-58624 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 Article 18 (commencing with Section 59161) of this chapter. 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 the free flow of any commodity to market and may include the presentation of facts to, and negotiations with, state, federal, or foreign governmental agencies on matters which affect the marketing of any commodity that is included in any marketing order or marketing agreement which is made effective pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. 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 market, including negotiation with federal and foreign governments, and the allowance of reimbursement payments to offset commodity transportation or other costs to selected domestic and foreign markets. Domestic f.o.b. selling price shall not be used as a factor in determining qualifications for reimbursement payments unless the director determines that there is no feasible alternative for establishing these qualifications. 58605. "Commodity," except as otherwise provided in Section 58747, means any agricultural, aquacultural, horticultural (including floricultural), vermicultural, viticultural (including wine) or vegetable product which is produced in this state, any fish or seafood, or any class, variety, or utilization of that product, either in its natural state or as processed by a processor or as processed by a producer for the purpose of marketing that product. It includes bees, honey, and milk as defined in Section 32511. It does not, however, include timber or any timber product. The Legislature hereby declares that the addition of the phrase " (including wine)" in this section is made for the purpose of clarification only and shall not be construed or interpreted as an indication that wine is not a commodity as originally defined by Chapter 404, Statutes of 1937, and as heretofore amended. The Legislature further declares that at the time of the original enactment of the definition of the term "commodity" and at all times since, it intended that wine be, and wine was, included within the definition of the term. Every marketing order issued, signed, or declared effective prior to July 15, 1941, and every act of the director prior to such date which was performed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and consistent with the declarations which are contained in this paragraph are hereby confirmed, ratified, and validated. 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 requirement to pay assessments which are levied pursuant to any marketing order or marketing agreement which is issued by the director pursuant to this chapter. A requirement upon handlers to deduct and remit to the director assessments that are owed by producers under a marketing order or marketing agreement which is applicable upon producers only, does not, however, directly regulate such handlers. 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 or which he is marketing on behalf of a producer, whether as owner, agent, employee, broker, or otherwise. It does not, however, include a retailer, except a retailer that purchases or acquires from, or handles on behalf of any producer, any commodity which was not previously subjected to regulation by the marketing order which covers such commodity. 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 designed to inform the general public of the processes of producing agricultural commodities and designed to foster cooperation and understanding between urban and rural sectors of society. 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 notice and public hearing, to provide uniform methods and procedures to facilitate the administration and enforcement of all such marketing orders and marketing agreements. Such uniform methods and procedures may include but shall not be limited to any of the following: (a) Methods and procedures which pertain to the receiving, depositing, and expenditure of moneys which are received from assessments collected pursuant to this chapter. (b) The preparation, handling, and payment of claim schedules for the payment of bills, salaries, and other obligations. (c) Establishing the maximum rates to be allowed for travel expenses of board members and board employees. (d) The preparation, verification, and filing of evidence which relates to violations of marketing orders, agreements, and marketing regulations which are authorized pursuant to this chapter and other fiscal and administrative activities which the director finds are necessary to obtain reasonable uniformity, efficiency, and economy in the administration and enforcement of such marketing orders and agreements of this chapter. 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 person that is engaged as a processor in the business of processing any commodity. With respect to fish and seafood, it means any person that is engaged in the business of the distribution or sale of fish or seafood to restaurants, or to retailers for resale to consumers, or to any other persons or concerns for resale or for sale direct to consumers. 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. It does not include a seasonal marketing regulation. 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 of any commodity within this state during any specified period. 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 (commencing with Section 59051) of this chapter, with or without prior notice and public hearing, which change or modify the language or the provisions of any such marketing order or agreement for the purpose of clarification, or the removal of conflicts of meaning without involving changes or modifications of language, or provisions which are classed as major amendments. 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 activities which are regulated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. 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 the form of any commodity for the purpose of preparing it for market or of marketing such commodity, or any other activities which are performed for the purpose of preparing it for market or of marketing such commodity. It does not, however, include a person that is engaged in manufacturing from any commodity, so changed in form, another and different product. 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. It includes selling, delivering, or disposing of for commercial purposes, to any handler any commodity which the producer has produced. 58622. "Retailer" means any person that purchases or acquires any commodity for resale at retail to the general public for consumption off the premises. Such person is also included within the definition of distributor, to the extent that such person engages in the business of a distributor as defined in Section 58607. 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, reduction, or used in an extraction process. 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 with Section 59171) of this chapter. Article 2. General Provisions
Ca Codes (fac:58651-58661) Food And Agricultural Code Section 58651-58661 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 market and lack of uniform grading and classification of commodities; unfair methods of competition in the marketing of commodities; and the inability of individual producers to maintain present markets or to develop new or larger markets for California-grown commodities, results in an unreasonable and unnecessary economic waste of the agricultural wealth of this state. Such conditions and the accompanying waste jeopardize the future continued production of adequate supplies of food, fiber, and other products of the farm and of the soil for the people of this and other states, and prevent producers from obtaining a fair return from their labor, their farms, and the commodities which they produce. As a consequence, the purchasing power of such producers has been in the past, and may continue to be in the future, unless such conditions are remedied, low in relation to that of persons engaged in other gainful occupations within the state. Producers are thereby prevented from maintaining a proper standard of living and from contributing their fair share to the support of the necessary governmental and educational functions, thus tending to increase unfairly the tax burdens of other citizens of this state. 58652. These conditions vitally concern the health, peace, safety, and general welfare of the people of this state. It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state to aid producers in preventing economic waste in the marketing of their commodities, to develop more efficient and equitable methods in the marketing of commodities and to aid producers in restoring and maintaining their purchasing power at a more adequate, equitable and reasonable level. 58653. The marketing of commodities within this state is hereby declared to be affected with a public interest. The provisions of this chapter are enacted in the exercise of the police powers of this state for the purpose of protecting the health, peace, safety, and general welfare of the people of this state. 58654. The purposes of this chapter are to do the following: (a) Enable producers of this state, with the aid of the state, to correlate more effectively the marketing of their commodities with market demands for those commodities. (b) Establish orderly marketing of commodities. (c) Provide for uniform grading and proper preparation of commodities for market. (d) Provide methods and means for the maintenance of present markets, or for the development of new or larger markets, for commodities that are grown within this state or for the prevention, modification, or elimination of trade barriers that obstruct the free flow of those commodities to market. (e) Eliminate or reduce economic waste in the marketing of commodities. (f) Restore and maintain adequate purchasing power for the producers of this state. (g) Inform the general public of the processes of producing agricultural commodities. (h) Foster cooperation and understanding between urban and rural sectors of society. 58655. In any civil or criminal action or proceeding for violation of any of the following, proof that the act which is complained of was done in compliance with the provisions of this chapter or a marketing order which is issued pursuant to, and in furtherance of the purposes and provisions of this chapter, is a complete defense to such action or proceeding: (a) The Cartwright Act, Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 16700), Part 2, Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code. (b) The Unfair Practices Act, Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 17000), Part 2, Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code. (c) The Fair Trade Act, Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 16900), Part 2, Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code. (d) Any rule of statutory or common law against monopolies or combinations in restraint of trade. 58657. The provisions of this chapter regarding the marketing of commodities are applicable to fish and seafood and persons that handle, process, or distribute fish and seafood. Any marketing order or agreement relating to fish and seafood shall affect handlers only. It may include only those provisions which are authorized by Sections 58889 and 58892, and any other provisions of this chapter necessary to carry out the purposes of Sections 58889 and 58892. Such provisions shall apply to all fish and seafood whether or not they are a product of this state. 58658. If any section, sentence, clause, or part of this chapter is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of this chapter. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this chapter and each section, sentence, clause, and part of this chapter despite the fact that one or more sections, sentences, clauses, or parts of this chapter is declared unconstitutional. 58659. The suspension, amendment, or termination of any marketing order or marketing agreement does not suspend or terminate any cause of action which has accrued under it, but such cause of action shall survive and exist the same as if such marketing order or agreement had not been suspended, amended, or terminated. 58660. It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that the amendments of the statutory predecessor of Sections 58651 to 58653, inclusive, (former Section 1300.10) which were made at the 1959 General Session are enacted in the exercise of the power of this state for the purpose of protecting and furthering the public health and welfare. 58661. The term volume, or quantity, as used in this chapter, except Article 9 (commencing with Section 58881), may be in terms of gross dollar value if the director finds that such volume or quantity cannot be readily ascertained otherwise, or that gross dollar value is a more equitable measure of the commodity involved. Article 3. Exceptions
Ca Codes (fac:58681-58682) Food And Agricultural Code Section 58681-58682 58681. This chapter does not apply to any order, rule, or regulation which is issued, or is issuable, by the Public Utilities Commission or the Interstate Commerce Commission with respect to the operation of common carriers. 58682. This chapter is not applicable to any retailer of any commodity except to the extent that such retailer also engages in the production, processing or distribution of any commodity. Article 4. Administration
Ca Codes (fac:58711-58714) Food And Agricultural Code Section 58711-58714 58711. The director shall administer and enforce this chapter and may exercise any or all of the administrative powers which are conferred by Sections 11180 to 11191, inclusive, of the Government Code upon the head of a department of the state. 58712. In order to effectuate the declared purposes of this chapter, the director may issue, administer, and enforce the provisions of any marketing order issued pursuant to this chapter which regulates producer marketing or the handling of any commodity within this state. 58713. The director may do all of the following: (a) Confer and cooperate with the legally constituted authorities of other states and of the United States, for the purpose of obtaining uniformity in the administration of federal and state marketing regulations, licenses, or orders. (b) Conduct joint hearings and issue joint or concurrent marketing orders for the purposes and within the standards which are set forth in this chapter. (c) Exercise any administrative authority which is prescribed by this chapter to effect such uniformity of administration and regulation. 58714. The director may purchase general liability insurance for all marketing orders subject to the provisions of this chapter in an amount he or she determines as necessary. The cost of the insurance shall be paid by the affected marketing orders on a pro rata basis. The insurance policy shall name the director, in his or her official capacity, and all persons, collectively, that are subject to the marketing order as insured parties for claims made against the marketing order in its advisory capacity to the director or against the director regarding the activities of a marketing order. The director, after consultation with the Attorney General, may refer claims to the insurance carrier for appropriate action. In the alternative, the director may require that claims be handled in the manner otherwise specified in this chapter. Article 5. Marketing Orders And Agreements
Ca Codes (fac:58741-58750) Food And Agricultural Code Section 58741-58750 58741. Subject to the provisions, restrictions, and limitations which are imposed in this chapter, the director may issue marketing orders which regulate producer marketing, the processing, distributing, or handling in any manner of any commodity by any and all persons that are engaged in such producer marketing, processing, distributing, or handling of such commodity within this state. 58741.1. Subject to Section 58993.1, the director may establish an educational program, as defined in Section 58608.1, directly affecting producers of all commodities produced in this state. If established, the educational program shall be created with all the powers, rights, and duties set forth in this chapter, except that it shall not be subject to Section 58749 or 58993. 58742. The director may also, subject to the restriction and limitations which are contained in Article 7 (commencing with Section 58811) of this chapter, issue marketing orders which regulate the handling, processing, preparation for marketing, or marketing of any or all portions of any commodity which is produced in this state for which marketing regulatory powers are not being exercised by the federal government pursuant to the Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (50 Stat. 249). 58743. If the director finds that it tends to effectuate the declared purposes of this chapter within the standards which are prescribed in this chapter, the director may issue a marketing order, applicable to the marketing, within this state, of any commodity, which contains like terms, provisions, methods, and procedures as any license or order that regulates the marketing of such commodity in interstate or foreign commerce which is issued by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States pursuant to the provisions of any law or laws of the United States. In selecting the members of any board or other advisory agency under such marketing order, the director shall, insofar as practicable, utilize the same persons as those serving in a similar capacity under such federal license or order, so as to avoid duplicating or conflicting personnel. Any board, agency, or committee so appointed by the director shall be responsible to the director for the performance of such of their duties as relate to the administration of any such marketing order which is issued by the director pursuant to this section. 58744. Any marketing order which is issued by the director pursuant to this chapter may be limited in its application by prescribing the marketing area or portion of the state in which it shall be effective. A marketing order shall not, however, be issued by the director unless it embraces all persons of a like class that are engaged in a specific and distinctive agricultural industry or trade within this state. 58745. In order to effectuate the declared policy of this chapter, the director may also, after due notice and opportunity for hearing, enter into marketing agreements with processors, distributors, producers, and others that are engaged in the handling of any commodity, which regulate the preparation for market and handling of such commodity. Such marketing agreements are binding upon the signatories to the agreements exclusively. 58746. The purposes and provisions of the chapter which relate to marketing orders are applicable to marketing agreements except as follows: (a) Section 58779, which requires the preparation of an official list of the names and addresses of all producers and the volume of the commodity which was produced or marketed by all the producers in the preceding marketing season and a list of the names and addresses of all handlers and the volume of the commodity which was handled by all the handlers, during the preceding marketing season, is not applicable to marketing agreements. (b) Sections 58991 to 58998, inclusive, and Sections 59082 to 59086, inclusive, are not applicable to marketing agreements. Prior to the issuance of any marketing agreement, or amendment to it, the director shall, however, find, in addition to the findings which are set forth in Section 58813, that the marketing agreement, or any amendment to it, has been assented to by a sufficient number of signatories that handle a sufficient volume of the commodity which is affected to accomplish the objectives of the agreement or amendment and provide sufficient moneys from assessments levied to defray the necessary expenses of formulation, issuance, administration, and enforcement. (c) Section 59233 is not applicable to marketing agreements. 58747. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 58605, the director may issue and make effective marketing orders or marketing agreements that affect handlers only which include only the provisions which are authorized in Sections 58889, 58890, 58892, 58893, and 58894, or any of such provisions, but no others, as may be applicable to the commodity that is regulated which is handled within this state, without regard to whether or not such commodity is produced within this state. 58748. If producers or handlers of any commodity which is regulated by a marketing order or marketing agreement that is issued by the director pursuant to the provisions of this chapter are required to comply with minimum quality, condition, size, or maturity regulations, no person may, except as otherwise provided in such order or agreement, process, distribute, or otherwise handle any of such commodity from any source, whether produced within or without this state, which commodity does not meet such minimum requirements applicable upon producers or handlers of such commodity in this state. Such regulations do not, however, apply to any commodity which has been produced outside of this state and is in transit on the effective date of the regulations. 58749. The director may issue and make effective a marketing order or marketing agreement which applies to two or more commodities. The producers or handlers of each commodity encompassed by such marketing order or agreement shall have all rights and privileges contained in this chapter as though such producers or handlers were directly affected by a marketing order or agreement regulating only a single commodity. If the producers or handlers of one commodity who are directly affected by a marketing order or agreement which applies to two or more commodities act to enjoin, amend, suspend or terminate the provisions thereof to such commodity, the order or agreement shall not be enjoined, amended, suspended or terminated with respect to any other commodity regulated by such order or agreement unless the director finds such injunction, amendment, suspension, or termination respecting one commodity makes continuance of the order or agreement no longer feasible or it fails to attain the objectives of this chapter. Unless the director makes findings to the contrary, a marketing order or agreement applicable to more than one commodity is deemed to be severable with respect to each commodity encompassed by it and also severable as to each sentence, clause, or part as it applies to each commodity. There shall be a clear and concise definition or identification of each commodity regulated by such multiple commodity marketing order or agreement. 58750. (a) There is within the Department of Food and Agriculture a public and private collaboration known as the "Buy California Program." The purposes of the program are to encourage consumer nutritional and food awareness and to foster purchases of high-quality California agricultural products. (b) Pursuant to Section 58749, and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the secretary may issue and make effective a marketing agreement and be advised by those elements of the production agriculture and food processing industry willing to participate in the program via co-funding or in-kind contributions in a manner defined under the agreement. (c) The department shall report to the Legislature on January 1, 2002, and each successive January 1 while this section is operative, regarding its expenditures, progress, and ongoing priorities with this program. (d) The Buy California Account is created in the Food and Agriculture Fund and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, is continuously appropriated for purposes of this section. Article 6. Notice, Reports, And Hearings
Ca Codes (fac:58771-58788) Food And Agricultural Code Section 58771-58788 58771. If the director has reason to believe that the issuance of a marketing order, or amendments to an existing marketing order, will tend to effectuate the declared policy of this chapter with respect to any commodity, he shall, either upon his own motion or upon application of any producer or handler of such commodity, or any organization of such persons, give notice of not less than 30 days for a public hearing upon a proposed marketing order or such amendments to such existing marketing order. In an emergency situation requiring urgent action, the director may, upon citing the nature of the emergency in the notice, give less than 30 days' notice. 58773. The director shall also mail a copy of such notice of hearing and a copy of such proposed marketing order, or proposed amendments, to every producer or handler of such commodity whose name and address appears upon lists of such persons, on file in the department that may be directly affected by the provisions of such proposed marketing order or such proposed amendments. 58774. The notice of hearing shall set forth all of the following: (a) The date and place of the hearing. (b) The commodity and the area which are covered by the proposed marketing order or the proposed amendments. (c) A statement that the director will receive, at the hearing, testimony and evidence as to other necessary and relevant matters which are set forth in Article 7 (commencing with Section 58811). 58775. To provide the director with accurate and reliable information, if that information is not then on file in the department, regarding the persons that may be directly affected by the provisions of any proposed marketing order for any commodity, the director shall, if he or she has reason to believe that the issuance of a marketing order will tend to effectuate the declared policy of this chapter, or upon receipt of a written application for a hearing pursuant to Section 58771, notify all handlers of the commodity to file with the director, within 30 days from the last date of the notice, a report, properly certified, which shows all of the following: (a) The correct name and address of such handler. (b) The quantities of the commodity that are affected by the proposed marketing order which were handled by the handler in the marketing season next preceding the filing of the report or the current marketing season if the harvest and delivery of the commodity to handlers is complete. (c) The correct name and address of every producer of the commodity, that may be directly affected by the proposed marketing order, from whom the handler received the commodity in the marketing season next preceding the filing of the report or the current marketing season if the harvest and delivery of the commodity to handlers is complete. (d) The director may also require all handlers to report quantities of the commodity which were received by the handler from each producer in the marketing season next preceding the filing of the report or the current marketing season if the harvest and delivery of the commodity to handlers is complete. 58777. The director shall mail a copy of such notice to file such report to every handler of such commodity whose name and address appears upon the lists on file in the department, of handlers that may be directly affected by the provisions of such proposed marketing order. 58778. Each handler of such commodity that may be directly affected by the provisions of such proposed marketing order shall file such verified report with the director within the time which is specified in Section 58775. Failure or refusal of any handler to file such report within the time which is specified does not invalidate any proceeding which is taken or marketing order which is issued pursuant to this chapter. The director shall proceed upon the basis of such information and reports as may otherwise be available. 58779. From the reports which are filed and the information which is received or available to the director, including any proper corrections, the director shall prepare a list of the names and addresses of the producers and the volume of such commodity which was produced or marketed by all such producers and a list of the names and addresses of such handlers and the volume of such commodity which was handled by all such handlers, that are directly affected by the provisions of such proposed marketing order, or amendments to it, in the preceding marketing season. Such lists shall constitute complete and conclusive lists for use in any finding made by the director pursuant to the provisions of Article 12 (commencing with Section 58991) of this chapter and such findings are conclusive. 58780. In the preparation of the list of producers or handlers to be used in the formulation or amendment of any marketing order or marketing agreement, the director may omit from such list the name of any person that makes only casual sales of the product which is involved, or whose sales or marketings of such product are incidental to urban home ownership, or the result of activity other than a commercial farm or business venture. Any person that is excluded from such lists is not subject to the provisions, including the payment of any assessments, which are applicable upon producers, or handlers, as prescribed in any such marketing order or marketing agreement. 58781. The information which is contained in the individual reports of handlers which are filed with the director pursuant to this article shall not be made public by the director in such form but the information which is contained in such reports may be prepared in combined form for use by the director, his agents, or other interested persons, in the formulation, administration, and enforcement of a marketing order, or may be made available pursuant to court order. Such information shall not be made available to anyone for private purposes. 58782. The hearing on a proposed marketing order or proposed amendments shall be public and all testimony shall be received under oath. A full and complete record of all proceedings at such hearing shall be made and maintained on file in the office of the director. 58783. At the hearing, the director shall receive, in addition to other necessary or relevant matters, evidence upon the matters which are set forth in Article 7 (commencing with Section 58811). 58784. At any public hearing which is held in connection with the formulation or amendment of a marketing order or marketing agreement, the director shall present testimony with respect to the procedure used to develop the official producer or handler list, as the case may be. 58785. At each public hearing upon a marketing order or a major amendment to it, the director shall receive evidence relative to the period of time which may be necessarily required for the filing, checking, and tabulating of written assents which are prescribed in Article 12 (commencing with Section 58991) of this chapter. He shall also, at the conclusion of each such hearing, make a finding, based upon the evidence, with respect to the period of time which may be reasonably and necessarily required for such filing, checking, and tabulating. On the basis of such finding, the director shall fix and limit the period during which such assents may be received by him and shall be the period at the time of mailing of assent forms to producers and handlers that are affected. If, however, the director finds that an extension of such period is reasonably warranted, he may extend such period for receiving assents. 58786. At a public hearing which is held to consider a proposed marketing order or major amendments to an existing marketing order, the director shall also receive evidence from which the director can determine whether the assent, approval, or favor of the producers, handlers, or processors affected shall be determined by written assents or by referendum as prescribed in Article 12 (commencing with Section 58991). 58787. Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the director shall make a finding which is based upon the evidence received, whether assent, approval, or favor shall be determined by written assents or by referendum. 58788. If the director finds that a referendum shall be had, the director shall direct that a referendum be held in accordance with Sections 58991 to 58998, inclusive. If a referendum is conducted, the director is not required, with respect to the assent, approval, or favor, to make a finding pursuant to Section 58785 concerning, or to fix and limit, the period during which assents may be received by the director. Article 7. Findings
Ca Codes (fac:58811-58814) Food And Agricultural Code Section 58811-58814 58811. After the notice and hearing which are required by Article 6 (commencing with Section 58771) of this chapter, and before issuing a marketing order or amendments to it for the written assent of producers or handlers which contain provisions for correlating the supply of the commodity which is affected with market demands for it by means of restrictions upon the total quantity of such commodity, or restrictions upon the total quantity of any grade, size, quality, or condition of it, which restrictions have the effect of limiting the total quantity of such commodity which may be marketed during any marketing season, if the restricted portion of such commodity might otherwise be marketed by producers in compliance with other laws of this state or of the United States or in compliance with established commercial practice during such marketing season, the director shall make all of the following findings with respect to such marketing order or amendments to it: (a) Such provisions are necessary in order to effect a reasonable correlation of the supply of the commodity which is affected with market demands for the commodity and that such marketing order or amendments to it will tend to reestablish or maintain such level of prices for such commodity as will provide a purchasing power for such commodity which is adequate to maintain in the business of producing such commodity such number of producers as is required to provide such supply of the quantities and qualities of such commodity as is necessary to fulfill the normal requirements of consumers of the commodity. (b) Such marketing order or amendments to it will tend to approach such equality of purchasing power at as rapid a rate as is feasible in view of the market demand for such commodity. (c) Such marketing order or amendments to it are in conformity with the provisions of this chapter and within the applicable limitations and restrictions which are set forth in this chapter and will tend to effectuate the declared purposes and policies of this chapter. (d) Such marketing order or amendments to it will protect the interests of consumers of such commodity, by exercising the powers of this chapter only to such extent as is necessary to establish the equality of purchasing power which is described in subdivision (a) of this section. 58812. In making the findings with respect to any of the objectives which are set forth in Section 58811, the director shall, if any or all of the following economic factors are relevant, take into consideration any and all facts which are available to him with respect to all of the following: (a) The quantity of such commodity which is available for distribution. (b) The quantity of such commodity which is normally required by consumers. (c) The cost of producing such commodity as determined by available statistics and surveys. (d) The purchasing power of consumers as indicated by reports and indices. (e) The level of prices of other commodities which compete with, or are utilized as substitutes for, such commodity. (f) The level of prices of other commodities, services, and articles which farmers commonly buy. 58813. If the marketing order or amendments to it contain provisions only for the purpose of regulating the flow of the commodity, or any grade, size, or condition of the commodity, to market without directly restricting the total quantity which may be marketed during the marketing season, or if the marketing order or amendments to it contain provisions only for the establishment of grade, size, quality, or condition specifications, or for uniform grading and inspection, or the elimination of unfair trade practices, or provisions for advertising or sales promotion, or for research, the director may issue such marketing order or amendments to it if he makes all of the following findings: (a) That such marketing order or amendments to it are reasonably calculated to attain the objectives which are sought in such marketing order. (b) That such marketing order or amendments to it are in conformity with the provisions of this chapter and within the applicable limitations and restrictions which are set forth in this chapter and will tend to effectuate the declared purposes and policies of this chapter. (c) That the interests of consumers of such commodity are protected in that the powers of this chapter are being exercised only to the extent which is necessary to attain such objectives. In making any findings pursuant to this section, the director shall base his findings upon the facts, testimony, and evidence which is received at the public hearing together with any other relevant facts which are available to him from official publications or institutions of recognized standing. 58814. Any marketing order in effect on August 27, 1945, which was duly issued by the director pursuant to this chapter prior to May 28, 1945, and in effect on such date, shall continue in full force and effect and shall be conclusively presumed to be in conformity with the provisions of this article as amended. Article 8. Advisory Boards And Committees
Ca Codes (fac:58841-58852) Food And Agricultural Code Section 58841-58852 58841. Any marketing order which is issued pursuant to this chapter shall provide for the establishment of an advisory board to assist the director in the administration of any marketing order. The members of the advisory board shall be appointed by the director and may hold office at the pleasure of the director. A marketing order may, however, provide for the appointment of members from nominations made by the producers and handlers and may also provide for the method of selecting such nominees. 58842. If the marketing order affects directly only producers of a particular commodity, the members of the advisory board shall be producers. If the marketing order affects directly only handlers of a particular commodity, the members of the advisory board shall be handlers. If the marketing order affects directly both producers and handlers of a particular commodity the advisory board shall be composed of both producers and handlers. The number of producers or handlers upon any such advisory board shall be of such number of producers or handlers as the director finds is necessary to assist properly in the administration of such order. 58842.5. Any raisin marketing order or agreement involving producers operating under this chapter shall provide for, and the director shall appoint, a person to represent cooperative bargaining associations organized pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 54401) of Division 20 from nominations made by the associations to the advisory board. The person so appointed shall be a voting member of the advisory board. 58843. Upon the recommendation of the advisory board, the director may appoint one person who is neither a producer nor a handler to represent the department or the public generally. 58844. A member of an advisory board is entitled to actual expenses which are incurred while engaged in performing duties that are authorized by this chapter and, with the approval of the advisory board concerned, may receive compensation not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) per day for each day spent in actual attendance at, or traveling to and from, meetings of the board or on special assignment for the board. 58845. The director may authorize an advisory board to do all of the following: (a) Enter into contracts or agreements. (b) Employ necessary personnel, including attorneys engaged in the private practice of the law, and fix their compensation and terms of employment. (c) Incur such expenses, to be paid from moneys which are collected as provided in Article 10 (commencing with Section 58921), as the director may deem necessary and proper to enable the advisory board properly to perform its duties as authorized by this chapter. (d) Receive, invest, and disburse funds pursuant to the provisions of Article 10 (commencing with Section 58921). 58846. The duties of an advisory board are administrative only and any such board may do only the following: (a) Subject to the approval of the director, administer the marketing order. (b) Recommend to the director administrative rules and regulations which relate to the marketing order. (c) Receive and report to the director complaints of violations of the marketing order. (d) Recommend to the director amendments to the marketing order. (e) Assist the director in the assessment of members of the industry and in the collection of funds to cover expenses incurred by the director in the administration of the marketing order. (f) Assist the director in the collection of such necessary information and data as the director may deem necessary to the proper administration of this chapter. 58846.5. Each advisory board shall, annually, report to the members of the industry who are subject to its marketing order on the activities and program, including, but not limited to, the income and expenses, the fund balance, and a report of progress in achieving program goals, of such a marketing order, as prescribed by the director. 58847. The members or alternate members of any advisory board, including employees of the advisory board, are not responsible individually in any way whatsoever to any person for liability on any contract or agreement of the advisory board. 58848. In addition to the advisory board, one or more special committees or subcommittees may be established to assist the advisory board in carrying out its duties and functions. Upon approval of the director, each advisory board may establish committees or subcommittees to carry out assigned duties and functions and designate the members or alternate members of the advisory board to serve upon such committees. 58849. If the marketing order so authorizes, or upon the recommendation of the advisory board, the director may authorize the establishment of special committees or subcommittees of persons who are not members or alternate members of the board to perform specific duties and functions. The members and alternate members of any such special committee or subcommittee shall be appointed by the director. 58850. An advisory board may at any time invite any persons to their meetings to serve in an advisory capacity and the director may, if requested by the advisory board, pay necessary expenses to such persons at rates not to exceed those granted to advisory board members. 58851. Any action of any committee, special committee, or subcommittee of the board is subject to final approval by the advisory board. Members and alternate members of any committee, special committee, or subcommittee, whether by appointment or approval of the director, are entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses which are incurred while acting in their authorized capacities. 58852. It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that the producers, or handlers, or both producers and handlers, appointed to any advisory board pursuant to this article are intended to represent and further the interest of a particular agricultural industry concerned, and that such representation and furtherance is intended to serve the public interest. Accordingly, the Legislature finds that, with respect to persons who are appointed to such advisory boards, the particular agricultural industry concerned is tantamount to, and constitutes, the public generally within the meaning of Section 87103 of the Government Code. Article 9. Terms Of Marketing Orders
Ca Codes (fac:58881-58897) Food And Agricultural Code Section 58881-58897 58881. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 58657 and 58747, any marketing order which is issued by the director pursuant to this chapter may contain any or all of the provisions which are prescribed by this article for regulating, or providing methods for regulating producer marketing, or the handling, or any of the operations of processing or distributing by handlers, of any commodity within the state, but no others. 58882. A marketing order may contain provisions for determining the existence and extent of the surplus of any commodity, or of any grade, size, or quality of it, and providing for the control and disposition of such surplus, and for equalizing the burden of such surplus elimination or control among the producers, processors, distributors, or other handlers that are affected. Notwithstanding any other appropriate means of equalizing the burden of surplus control and its elimination as provided in this chapter, provision may be made for the creation of a stabilization fund to be used for purchasing or otherwise acquiring any portion of the surplus of any commodity either in fresh or processed form, except when processed in hermetically sealed containers, and for the diversion of such surplus quantity of such commodity which is so acquired into noncompetitive or byproducts uses or for disposing of such surplus in noncommercial channels. Money for such stabilization fund shall be provided by means of the establishment of an assessment rate for such purpose levied upon producers or handlers, or upon both producers and handlers. Such assessment rate shall be based upon the units in which such commodity is handled or marketed or upon any other uniform basis which the director determines to be reasonable and equitable. For convenience of collection, the director may collect any producer assessments from handlers of such commodity. Handlers paying such assessments for, and on behalf of, any producers may deduct such producer assessments from any money which is owed by such handlers to such producers. 58883. A marketing order may contain provisions for limiting the total quantity of any commodity, or of any grade, size, or quality of it, which may be marketed by producers, or processed, distributed, or otherwise handled within this state during any specified period by any and all persons that are engaged in such producer marketing, processing, distributing, or handling. Any such limitation shall be applied under a uniform rule which is applicable to all such persons so regulated. The total quantity of any such commodity which is so regulated and permitted to be marketed by producers, processed, distributed, or otherwise handled, shall not be less than the quantity which the director finds is reasonably necessary to supply the market demands of consumers of such commodity. The marketing of green ripe olives is not, however, subject to any provisions of a marketing order which limits the total quantity of such commodity which may be marketed. 58884. A marketing order may contain provisions for allotting the quantity of any commodity, or of any grade, size, or quality of it, which each handler may purchase or acquire from, or handle on behalf of, any and all producers of the commodity, within this state during any specified period under a uniform rule, which is applicable to all handlers that are so regulated based upon the amounts produced or sold by such producers in a prior period which the director finds to be representative, or upon the current season's production or sales of such producers, or both, to the end that the total quantity of such commodity, or of any grade, size, or quality of it, which is so purchased or handled within this state is apportioned equitably among the producers of the commodity. 58885. A marketing order may contain provisions for allotting the quantity of any commodity, or of any grade, size, or quality of it, which each handler may process, distribute, or handle within this state under a uniform rule, which is applicable to all handlers that are so regulated, which is based upon the quantities of such commodity, or of any grade, size, or quality of it, of the current season's crop which each such handler has available for such processing, distribution, or handling, or upon the quantities of such commodity, or of any grade, size, or quality of it, which is so processed, distributed, or handled by each such handler in a prior period which the director finds to be representative, or based upon both, to the end that the total quantity of such commodity, or any grade, size, or quality of it, processed, distributed, or handled within this state during any specified period is equitably apportioned among all such handlers of the commodity. 58886. A marketing order may contain provisions which regulate the period during which any commodity, or any grade, size, or quality of such commodity, may be processed, distributed, or otherwise marketed within this state by any and all persons that are engaged in such processing, distributing, or marketing within this state. The total quantity of such commodity which is so regulated and permitted to be processed, distributed, or otherwise marketed during such period, shall not, however, be less than the quantity which the director finds is necessary to reasonably supply the needs of consumers of such commodity. 58887. A marketing order may contain provisions for the establishment of surplus, stabilization, or byproduct pools for any commodity, or of any grade, size, quality, or condition of it, and providing for the sale of the commodity in any such pool and for the equitable distribution among the persons that are participating in the pool of the net returns which are derived from the sale of such commodity. The marketing of green ripe olives is not, however, subject to any provisions of a marketing order which relate to the establishment and operation of surplus pools. If the marketing order authorizes the establishment of any such pool, the advisory board may receive such commodity from each producer or handler and handle it according to the grade, size, quality, or condition of the commodity and account to each producer or handler that is participating in the pool upon a pro rata basis for the net proceeds derived from the sale of the commodity. The contents of any surplus pool shall not be marketed by the advisory board in any form which would compete directly with that portion of the commodity which is marketed in regular channels of trade. However, any portion of any surplus pool may be transferred by the advisory board upon any gratuitous basis to charitable organizations and other similar agencies under proper safeguards to insure that none of such commodity shall compete directly with the unrestricted portion of such commodity. The advisory board may dispose of the contents of a stabilization pool in the regular marketing channels in such manner and at such times as it deems advisable, consistent with the maintenance of stabilized marketing conditions for such commodity. The advisory board may dispose of the contents of any byproduct pool only for byproducts or for other similar purposes under proper safeguards to prevent such portion of the commodity so disposed of from directly competing with that part of the commodity which is marketed in the usual form or in the regular channels of trade. If the marketing order authorizes the establishment of a surplus, stabilization, or byproduct pool, the advisory board may do any of the following: (a) Arrange for and operate any necessary facilities for the storing, financing, grading, packing, servicing, processing, preparing for market, selling, and disposing of the contents of any pools which are provided for in this chapter. The board shall not, however, engage in commercial warehousing. (b) Pledge all of the commodity in any such pools with banks or other lending agencies for the purpose of obtaining loans upon it. The board shall have title, for the purpose of financing and handling, to all of the commodity in any such pools. (c) Create, by a uniform assessment upon producers, or upon some other uniform and equitable basis, maintain, and disburse an equalization fund to be used for the removal of any inequalities between producers or handlers that are participating in any pool which result from errors in estimating production or surplus or for indemnifying producers whose production, in whole or in part, is diverted in green form or otherwise from normal marketing outlets or diverted to byproducts, relief, or other noncompetitive purposes pursuant to the provisions of the marketing order. 58888. A marketing order may contain provisions which establish, or provide for the establishment, with respect to any commodity, either as delivered by producers to handlers or processors, or as handled, processed, or otherwise prepared for market, or as marketed by producers, handlers, or processors, both of the following: (a) Grading standards of quality, condition, size, maturity, or pack, which standards may include minimum standards. The standards so established shall not, however, be established below any minimum standards which are prescribed by law for such commodity. (b) Uniform inspection and grading of such commodity in accordance with the standards which are so established. 58889. (a) A marketing order may contain provisions for the establishment of plans for advertising and sales promotion to maintain present markets or to create new or larger markets for any commodity that is grown in this state, or for the prevention, modification, or removal of trade barriers that obstruct the free flow of any commodity to market. The secretary may prepare, issue, administer, and enforce plans for promoting the sale of any commodity. (b) Any plan shall be directed toward increasing the sale of the commodity without reference to any private brand or trade name that is used by any handler with respect to the commodity regulated by the marketing order, except the use of wine if other than private brands or private trade names are unavailable, and except that marketing orders that provide for the advertising and sales promotion of raisins, prunes, and walnuts may allow those plans to credit the pro rata assessment obligations of a handler with all or any portion of that handler's direct expenditures for the marketing promotion that may include private brand or trade name advertising performance allowances, sales promotions, couponing, and in-store promotion programs and materials. (c) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of this section, any marketing order for fluid milk may contain in its advertising and sales promotion plan provisions to allocate funds for promotions of cheese, ice cream, or butter products made with California milk, including promotions in which brand or trade names are used, but only if the use is incidental to the promotion of the California milk product and not in direct promotion of the brand or trade name, and if the allocation of funds is made available on a nondiscriminatory basis to all retailers and manufacturers of butter, ice cream, or cheese utilizing milk produced in California. Permissible private brand or trade name marketing promotions may include advertising, performance allowances, sales promotions, couponing subject to Section 61375 and in-store promotion programs and materials, and other marketing communication tools. (2) For purposes of this subdivision, "butter" means the product made by gathering the fat of fresh or ripened milk or cream into a mass, which also contains a small portion of other milk constituents. (3) This subdivision shall not become operative unless approved as set forth in subdivision (c) of Section 58993. (d) No advertising or sales promotion program shall be issued by the secretary that makes use of false or unwarranted claims in behalf of any product, or disparages the quality, value, sale, or use of any other commodity. 58889.1. Notwithstanding Section 58889, any marketing order for processed fruits, nuts, or vegetables may contain in its advertising and sales promotion plan provisions to allocate funds to promote private brands or trade names. 58889.3. Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 58889, effective immediately, a marketing order may contain provisions for the establishment of