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CA Food & Agri Code § 12648.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 1.5 - Produce Carrying Pesticide Residue|ARTICLE 6 - Abatement as Public Nuisance|Section 12648.6.

12648.6.  Any person who is licensed pursuant to this code and who is found by a court to have knowingly sold, applied, or provided pesticides that were stolen or otherwise obtained illegally, in addition to any other penalty that may be imposed, shall have his or her license or licenses suspended for a minimum of 18 months.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 361, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12649 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 1.5 - Produce Carrying Pesticide Residue|ARTICLE 6 - Abatement as Public Nuisance|Section 12649.

12649.  The director may bring an action to enjoin the violation or the threatened violation of any order made pursuant to Section 12648 in the superior court in the county in which the order was issued or the violation has occurred or is threatening to occur. The court may enjoin the violation or threatened violation upon this showing and without evidence of irreparable injury. The court may compel specific performance of any acts or course of conduct necessary to implement any order made pursuant to Section 12648.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 908, Sec. 3.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12671 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 1.5 - Produce Carrying Pesticide Residue|ARTICLE 7 - Violations|Section 12671.

12671.  It is unlawful for any person to pack, ship, or sell any produce that carries pesticide residue in excess of the permissible tolerance which is established by the director pursuant to this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 717, Sec. 12.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12672 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 1.5 - Produce Carrying Pesticide Residue|ARTICLE 7 - Violations|Section 12672.

12672.  The director or commissioner may prohibit the harvest of any produce or may seize and hold any lot of produce when a preharvest interval specified in the registered labeling of a pesticide applied to the produce has not been complied with. Except as provided in Section 12673, this harvest prohibition shall not extend beyond the expiration of the preharvest interval. Lots of produce so seized shall be held until the preharvest interval has expired and the director has determined that any pesticide residue is within a permissible tolerance.(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 288, Sec. 3.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12673 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 1.5 - Produce Carrying Pesticide Residue|ARTICLE 7 - Violations|Section 12673.

12673.  The director or commissioner may prohibit the harvest of any produce that carries pesticide residue in excess of a permissible tolerance which is established by the director pursuant to this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 717, Sec. 13.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12674 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 1.5 - Produce Carrying Pesticide Residue|ARTICLE 7 - Violations|Section 12674.

12674.  It is unlawful for any person to harvest, pack, ship, sell, transport, destroy, or dispose of any plant, crop, or commodity which has been seized pursuant to Section 12648, except in accordance with the decision of the director issued pursuant to Section 12648, unless the person otherwise has received written permission from the director.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 908, Sec. 4.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12751 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 12751.

12751.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12752 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 12752.

12752.  “Defoliating” includes killing or artifically accelerating the drying of plant tissues, with or without causing abscission.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12753 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 12753.

12753.  “Pesticide” includes any of the following:(a) Any spray adjuvant.(b) Any substance, or mixture of substances which is intended to be used for defoliating plants, regulating plant growth, or for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest, as defined in Section 12754.5, which may infest or be detrimental to vegetation, man, animals, or households, or be present in any agricultural or nonagricultural environment whatsoever.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 361, Sec. 27. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12754 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 12754.

12754.  “Insect” means any animal within the class of animals which are known as “Insecta” or any similar animal such as a centipede, spider, mite, tick, or louse.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12754.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 12754.5.

12754.5.  “Pest” means any of the following that is, or is liable to become, dangerous or detrimental to the agricultural or nonagricultural environment of the state:(a) Any insect, predatory animal, rodent, nematode, or weed.(b) Any form of terrestrial, aquatic, or aerial plant or animal, virus, fungus, bacteria, or other microorganism (except viruses, fungi, bacteria, or other microorganisms on or in living man or other living animals).(c) Anything that the director, by regulation, declares to be a pest.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 161, Sec. 2. Effective June 10, 1988. Note: See this section as modified on July 17, 1991, in Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1991.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12755 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 12755.

12755.  “Registrant” means a person that has registered a pesticide and has obtained a certificate of registration from the department.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 361, Sec. 28. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12756 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 12756.

12756.  “Regulating plant growth” means the use of any substance or mixture of substances intended, through physiological action, for accelerating or retarding the rate of growth or rate of maturation, or for otherwise altering the behavior of plants or the produce thereof.However, it shall not include the use of substances to the extent that they are intended as plant nutrients, trace elements, nutritional chemicals, plant inoculants, and soil amendments.Also, “regulating plant growth” shall not be required to include at all the use of any of such of those nutriment mixtures or soil amendments as are commonly known as vitamin-hormone horticultural products, intended for improvement, maintenance, survival, health, and propagation of plants and are not for pest destruction and are nontoxic, nonpoisonous in the undiluted packaged concentration. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 686.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12757 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 12757.

12757.  “Rodent” means all members of the order Rodentia and all rabbits and hares.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12757.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 12757.5.

12757.5.  “Service container” means any container, other than the original labeled container of a registered pesticide provided by the registrant, that is utilized to hold, store, or transport the pesticide or the use-dilution of the pesticide.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 361, Sec. 29. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12758 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 12758.

12758.  “Spray adjuvant” means any wetting agent, spreading agent, deposit builder, adhesive, emulsifying agent, deflocculating agent, water modifier, or similar agent, with or without toxic properties of its own, which is intended to be used with another pesticide as an aid to the application or effect of the other pesticide, and sold in a package that is separate from that of the pesticide other than a spray adjuvant with which it is to be used.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 361, Sec. 30. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12758.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 12758.5.

12758.5.  “Use-dilution” means a dilution specified on the label or labeling that produces the concentration of the pesticide for a particular purpose or effect.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 361, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12759 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 12759.

12759.  “Weed” means any plant which grows where not wanted.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12781 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 12781.

12781.  The director may adopt regulations which are reasonably necessary to carry out this chapter.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12782 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 12782.

12782.  A copy of the regulations which are adopted by the director pursuant to this chapter shall be mailed to each registrant promptly upon promulgation of the regulation. The failure to receive such copy is no defense to a violation of any regulation.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12783 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 12783.

12783.  Any person who is charged with the enforcement or execution of this chapter shall not be directly or indirectly interested in the sale, manufacture, or distribution of any pesticide.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 361, Sec. 32. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12784 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 12784.

12784.  Any money that is received by the director pursuant to this chapter shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Pesticide Regulation Fund. Registration fees and assessments received pursuant to this chapter shall be expended only for the administration and enforcement of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12751), Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 14001), and Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 14101) of Division 7.(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 695, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12786 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 2.5 - Agricultural Pest Control Research|Section 12786.

12786.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(a) The continued viability of the agricultural economy is of paramount importance to the people of California.(b) The development of alternatives to existing pesticides available for the control of pests is prudent, and the development of alternatives to pesticides is important for the protection of the public health and safety.(c) The ability of the state to control, detect, exclude, and eradicate pest infestations is necessary to continue the preeminent position of this state as the leading farm state and is essential for the continuing supply of foodstuffs.(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1129, Sec. 4.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12790 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 2.5 - Agricultural Pest Control Research|Section 12790.

12790.  Proposals for research consistent with the purposes of this article may be submitted to the committee by any person, organization, institution, or governmental agency.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1593, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12794 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 2.5 - Agricultural Pest Control Research|Section 12794.

12794.  Members of the research and screening committees shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for all necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and approved by the secretary.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 545, Sec. 3.5. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12797 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 2.5 - Agricultural Pest Control Research|Section 12797.

12797.  To the extent that funding is available, the secretary shall maintain a program to develop new methods and modify existing methods for testing produce for the presence of pesticide residues. The secretary may consult with representatives of the federal Food and Drug Administration, the State Department of Health Services, the Department of Pesticide Regulation, public and private institutions of higher education, other laboratories, or any other entity he or she deems appropriate. The secretary shall focus his or her review on analytical methods for pesticide residues that are not detectable on existing multiple-residue screens, and on pesticide residue detection methods that the secretary deems are difficult to accurately identify and quantify due to time, equipment, or expense.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 545, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12798.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 2.5 - Agricultural Pest Control Research|Section 12798.6.

12798.6.  The secretary shall establish a Pest Science and Technology Screening Committee, which shall function as a scientific peer review committee on exotic pest research proposals submitted pursuant to Section 12798. The screening committee shall conduct and provide a thorough evaluation of the scientific merit, environmental soundness, and economic viability of each proposal. The committee shall meet at the request of the secretary and after reviewing all current proposals shall make recommendations to the Pest Management Research Committee established pursuant to Section 12798 as to which proposals should be funded. The committee shall consist of the following members:(a) Five members who represent California’s public and private colleges and universities or private research community, each of whom possesses a degree in entomology, plant pathology, or environmental studies, and who are knowledgeable, technically qualified, and experienced in exotic pest biology and pest exclusion, detection, and eradication research.(b) One member who represents the department, with experience in pest prevention.(c) One member who represents the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, with experience in public health or toxicology.(d) One member who represents the State Department of Health Services, with experience in public health.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 545, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12801 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 3 - Exemptions|Section 12801.

12801.  This chapter does not apply to any preparation, drug, or chemical which is intended to be used or sold solely for medicinal or cosmetic use by humans or to commercial feed as defined in Section 14925.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 732.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12802 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 3 - Exemptions|Section 12802.

12802.  A person may mix or dilute any registered pesticide in accordance with its registered labeling for his or her own use or for use in his or her own business without having become a registrant pursuant to this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 361, Sec. 33. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12803 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 3 - Exemptions|Section 12803.

12803.  The director, by regulation, may exempt from all or part of the requirements of this division a pesticide exempted pursuant to Section 25(b) of the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. Sec. 136w (b)) as a pesticide that is determined to be of a character unnecessary to be subject to that act, if both of the following apply:(a) The director individually evaluates each listed substance exempted pursuant to the federal authority and concurs in the decision by the United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator to exempt that substance.(b) The director excludes from the exempting regulation those specific requirements of this division that may otherwise be applicable that are necessary to protect the public health or the environment. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director shall retain authority to regulate any substance exempted pursuant to this section whether registered or not.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 485, Sec. 79. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12804 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 3 - Exemptions|Section 12804.

12804.  (a) The director, by regulation, may exempt from all or part of the requirements of this division a liquid chemical sterilant product for use on a critical or semi-critical medical device that is exempt from the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. Sec. 136 et seq.) pursuant to subdivision (u) of Section 2 of that act (7 U.S.C. Sec. 136 (u)), and that has obtained clearance from the federal Food and Drug Administration under subdivision (k) of Section 510 of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Sec. 306 (k)) if both of the following apply:(1) The product does not include ethylene oxide as an active ingredient.(2) The director excludes from the exempting regulation requirements to report pesticide-related illnesses, to collect information and data concerning pesticide-related illnesses, and to transmit that information and data to the appropriate agency or entity for inspection or followup, and other specific requirements of this division that may otherwise be applicable and that are necessary to protect the public health or the environment. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director shall retain the authority to regulate any substance exempted pursuant to this section whether registered or not.(b) On or before July 1, 1998, the director may adopt the regulations authorized under subdivision (a) as emergency regulations. In adopting those regulations as emergency regulations, the director is not required to make the finding required by subdivision (b) of Section 11346.1 of the Government Code.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 530, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 12811 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 4 - Registration|Section 12811.

12811.  Every manufacturer of, importer of, or dealer in any pesticide, except a person that sells any raw material to a manufacturer of any pesticide or a dealer or agent that sells any pesticide that has been registered by the manufacturer or wholesaler, shall obtain a certificate of registration from the department before the pesticide is offered for sale.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 361, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 1997.)