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2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 4.5 - Livestock: Use of Antimicrobial Drugs › Section 14406.

14406. The department has the authority to request and receive copies of veterinary feed directives from the livestock owner, veterinarian, or distributor to fully implement the provisions of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 758, Sec. 1. (SB 27) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 4.5 - Livestock: Use of Antimicrobial Drugs › Section 14407.

14407. Notwithstanding the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code), any information provided pursuant to this chapter and Section 14902.5 shall be held confidential, and shall not be disclosed to any person or governmental agency, other than the department or the Veterinary Medical Board, for the purposes of enforcing the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act (Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 4800) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code), unless the data is aggregated to prevent the identification of an individual farm or business. Information may be shared with federal agencies so long as it is protected by the federal Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347).
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 123. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 4.5 - Livestock: Use of Antimicrobial Drugs › Section 14408.

14408. (a) A person who violates this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) for each day a violation occurs.
(b) (1) For a second or subsequent violation, a person who violates this chapter shall be punishable by an administrative fine, levied by the secretary, in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500) for each day a violation occurs.
(2) In addition to the administrative fine, the violator shall attend an educational program on the judicious use of medically important antimicrobial drugs that has been approved by the secretary. The violator shall successfully complete the program and provide proof to the secretary within 90 days from the occurrence of the violation.
(c) Subdivisions (a) and (b) do not apply to licensed veterinarians. If the Veterinary Medical Board determines that a veterinarian is in violation of the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act (Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 4800) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code), the veterinarian may be subject to disciplinary sanctions pursuant to the act.
(d) The moneys collected pursuant to this article shall be deposited into the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund and shall be available for expenditure upon appropriation by the Legislature.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 758, Sec. 1. (SB 27) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14501.

14501. The Legislature finds and declares that it is the intent of this chapter to do all of the following:
(a) To promote the distribution of effective and safe fertilizing materials essential for the production of food and fiber.
(b) To provide assurance to the consumer of commercial fertilizers, agricultural minerals, packaged soil amendments, and auxiliary soil and plant substances that the product purchased is properly identified, and to provide assurance of the validity of the quality and quantity represented by the manufacturer of these products.
(c) To provide funds for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14502.

14502. The secretary shall enforce this chapter and adopt and enforce such regulations relating to the manufacture, guaranteeing, labeling, and distribution of, the manner of reporting tonnage for, and making inspection tonnage fee payments upon, fertilizing materials as the secretary determines necessary to carry out this chapter. A copy of those regulations shall be mailed promptly upon adoption to each person who is licensed pursuant to this chapter. The failure of any licensee to receive a copy of the regulations is not a defense to a violation of the regulations.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 490, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14502.1.

14502.1. The secretary shall notify every licensee that manufactures, distributes, or sells ammonium nitrate, as defined in Section 14512.5, of their duty to maintain records pursuant to Section 14612.5 and to notify the secretary as to where those records may be obtained by him or her.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 490, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14503.

14503. Any money which is received by the director pursuant to this chapter shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, to be expended solely for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14504.

14504. The secretary shall prepare an annual statement of the operating expenditures and revenue related to this chapter which shall be presented to the board for review as soon as possible following the termination of the fiscal year. A copy of this statement shall be made available to any interested person upon request.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 490, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14505.

14505. Agricultural products derived from municipal sewage sludge shall be regulated as a fertilizing material pursuant to this chapter, and when used in general commerce, these products are not subject to regulation as a hazardous substance pursuant to Section 108130) of the Health and Safety Code and are not subject to regulation as a waste under Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25100) of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 54. Effective September 29, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14511.

14511. “Agricultural liming materials” are agricultural minerals composed of calcium or magnesium compounds, or both, which are capable of neutralizing soil acidity and which are distributed in this state for that purpose.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14512.

14512. “Agricultural mineral” means any substance with nitrogen (N), available phosphoric acid (P2O5), and soluble potash (K2O), singly or in combination, in amounts less than 5 percent which is distributed for farm use, or any substance only containing recognized essential secondary nutrients or micronutrients in amounts equal or greater than minimum amounts specified by the director, by regulation, and distributed in this state as a source of these nutrients for the purpose of promoting plant growth. It shall include gypsum, liming materials, manure, wood fly ash, sewage sludge not qualifying as commercial fertilizer, and captured dilute solutions.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14512.5.

14512.5. “Ammonium nitrate” means solid ammonium nitrate that is chiefly the ammonium salt of nitric acid, contains not less than 33 percent of nitrogen, one-half of which is in the ammonium form and one-half of which is in the nitrate form, and is produced, imported, stored, offered for sale, sold, offered for distribution, received, or intended for use as a plant nutrient.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 490, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14513.

14513. “Auxiliary soil and plant substance” means any chemical or biological substance or mixture of substances or device distributed in this state to be applied to soil, plants, or seeds for soil corrective purposes; or that is intended to improve germination, growth, yield, product quality, reproduction, flavor, or other desirable characteristics of plants; or that is intended to produce any chemical, biochemical, biological, or physical change in soil; but does not include commercial fertilizers, agricultural minerals, pesticides, soil amendments except biochar, or manures. It shall include the following:
(a) Bacterial inoculants.
(b) Biotics.
(c) Lignin or humus preparations.
(d) Microbial products, including genetically engineered microorganisms.
(e) Soil binding agents.
(f) Synthetic polyelectrolytes.
(g) Wetting agents to promote water penetration.
(h) Any similar product intended to be used for influencing soils, plant growth, or crop or plant quality, including biochar.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 331, Sec. 1. (AB 2511) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14513.5.

14513.5. “Biochar” means materials derived from thermochemical conversion of biomass in an oxygen-limited environment containing at least 60 percent carbon.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 331, Sec. 2. (AB 2511) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14514.

14514. “Biotics” means all materials for which claims are made relating to organisms, enzymes, or organism by-products.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14515.

14515. “Board” means the Fertilizer Inspection Advisory Board.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14516.

14516. “Brand” means any term, design, or trademark used in connection with a fertilizing material product.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14517.

14517. “Bulk material” means fertilizing materials distributed in nonpackaged form or in a container containing more than 50 kilograms or 110 pounds.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14518.

14518. “Business location” means any place where fertilizing materials are sold or stored for later sale, except storage of package materials on premises operated exclusively as a public warehouse.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14519.

14519. “Captured dilute solutions” means solutions that contain low levels of plant nutrients as a result of equipment rinsing and runoff.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14520.

14520. “Chelates” means compounds, usually organic, which can combine with a metal ion and form a ring structure between a portion of the chelating agent molecule and the metal.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14521.

14521. “Chelated plant nutrients” means compounds of metallic secondary nutrients and micronutrients with organic chelating agents which have the property of being available under pH conditions in which the nutrients normally form insoluble compounds.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14522.

14522. “Commercial fertilizer” means any substance which contains 5 percent or more of nitrogen (N), available phosphoric acid (P2O5), or soluble potash (K2O), singly or collectively, which is distributed in this state for promoting or stimulating plant growth. “Commercial fertilizer” includes both agricultural and specialty fertilizers. “Specialty fertilizers” may contain less than 5 percent nitrogen (N), available phosphoric acid (P2O5), or soluble potash (K2O), singly or collectively.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14523.

14523. “Common carrier” means a company licensed with the Public Utilities Commission that hauls for hire.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14524.

14524. “Complex” means bonding which includes both of the following:
(a) “Natural organic complexes” means organic by-products of the wood pulp and other industries, such as the lignin sulfonates and polyflavinoids, that form complexes with metallic secondary nutrients and micronutrients. “Natural organic complexes” do not include synthetic chelates in that natural organic complex, generally known as the natural organic chelates which are polymers, for which the nature of the metallic bonding is not known.
(b) “Inorganic complexes” include inorganic cations which form coordinate chemical bonds with other inorganic cations, anions, or neutral molecules, such as where metal-ammonia complexes of zinc or ammonia are coordinately bonded to the metal cation, and which usually reacts differently than the metal alone in solutions, but dissociates in soil and reacts as the uncomplexed cation.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14525.

14525. “Compost” means a biologically stable material derived from the composting process.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14526.

14526. “Composting” means the biological decomposition of organic matter which inhibits pathogens, viable weed seeds, and odors. “Composting” may be accomplished by mixing and piling in a way as to promote aerobic or anaerobic decay, or both.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14527.

14527. “Derivation statement” means the sources of all guaranteed primary nutrients or secondary nutrients, or both, and micronutrients.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14528.

14528. “Discontinued manufacturing” means an auxiliary soil and plant substance, packaged agricultural mineral, packaged soil amendment, organic input material, and specialty fertilizer that is no longer manufactured, but is still offered for sale.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 257, Sec. 1. (AB 856) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14529.

14529. “Distribute” means to sell, offer, expose for sale, exchange, barter, or otherwise supply products for use in, or shipment within or into, this state.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14530.

14530. “Distributor” means any person who imports or consigns a fertilizing material or who offers for sale, sells, barters, or othewise supplies this product for use in, or shipment within or into, this state.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14531.

14531. “Experimental use” means any application of a fertilizing material which is not offered for sale, has no commercial value, and is for the sole purpose of obtaining scientific data.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14532.

14532. “Farm use” means that the fertilizing material is used primarily for application to crops produced for commercial value.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 856) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14533.

14533. “Fertilizing material” means any commercial fertilizer, agricultural mineral, auxiliary soil and plant substance, organic input material, or packaged soil amendment.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 257, Sec. 3. (AB 856) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14534.

14534. “Fish emulsion” means fertilizing material from which the guaranteed nutrients are derived primarily from fish, which contains a minimum of 40 percent total solids from fish, and which may contain additional sources of nitrogen, available phosphoric acid, and soluble potash for standardization purposes or stabilization purposes, or for both purposes, that shall be included in the required guaranteed analysis and derivation statement.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14535.

14535. “Grade” means the percentage of total nitrogen, available phosphoric acid, and soluble potash stated in the same terms, order, and percentage as the guaranteed analysis.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14536.

14536. “Guaranteed analysis” means the minimum percentage of primary or secondary plant nutrients or micronutrients, or both, claimed.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14537.

14537. (a) “Gypsum” means calcium sulfate dihydrate, a mineral used in the fertilizer industry as a source of calcium and sulfur which is also known as landplaster.
(b) “Phosphatic sulfate gypsum” means a by-product of calcium dihydrate from the manufacture of phosphoric acid, also known as phosphogypsum.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14538.

14538. “Hydroponics” means a system in which water soluble primary or secondary plant nutrients or micronutrients, or combination thereof, are placed in intimate contact with the plant’s root system, being grown in a water or an inert supportive medium which supplies physical support for the roots but which does not add or subtract primary or secondary plant nutrients or micronutrients, or both.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14539.

14539. “Investigational allowance” means an allowance for variation inherent in the taking, preparation, and analysis of an official sample of fertilizing materials.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14540.

14540. “Label” means the display of all written, printed, or graphic matter on the immediate container of, or a statement, including the guaranteed analysis, accompanying fertilizing material.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14541.

14541. “Label guarantor” means the manufacturer’s or person’s name appearing on the label of a fertilizing material.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14542.

14542. “Labeling” means all written, printed, or graphic matter on, accompanying, or used in promoting the sale of any fertilizing material, including advertisements, brochures, posters, and television and radio announcements.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14543.

14543. “Licensee” means a person who has obtained a license pursuant to this chapter.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14544.

14544. “Manufacturer” means a person who produces, sells, or distributes a fertilizing material in this state that bears their company name on the label and is the guarantor.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14545.

14545. “Manure” means any substances composed primarily of animal excrement, plant remains, or mixtures of those substances.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14546.

14546. “Micronutrients” means boron, chlorine, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, sodium, or zinc, alone or in any combination.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14547.

14547. “Mixed fertilizer” is a commercial fertilizer containing any combination or mixture of fertilizing materials.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14548.

14548. “Natural organic fertilizer” means materials derived from either plant or animal products containing one or more nutrients other than carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, which are essential for plant growth, which may be subjected to biological degradation processes under normal conditions of aging, rainfall, sun-curing, air drying, composting, rotting, enzymatic, or anaerobic/aerobic bacterial action, or any combination of these, which shall not be mixed with synthetic materials or changed in any physical or chemical manner from their initial state except by physical manipulations such as drying, cooking, chopping, grinding, shredding, or pelleting.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14549.

14549. “Noncommercial use” means materials used primarily for application to lawns, shrubbery, flowers, trees, or where there is no crop for commercial value or economic purpose, excluding golf courses, cemeteries, and nurseries.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14550.

14550. “Official sample” means any sample of fertilizing material taken by an agent of the department and designated as “official” by the department.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 14550.5.

14550.5. “Organic input material” means any bulk or packaged commercial fertilizer, agricultural mineral, auxiliary soil and plant substance, specialty fertilizer, or soil amendment, excluding pesticides, that is to be used in organic crop and food production and that complies with the requirements of the National Organic Program standards, as specified in Part 205 (commencing with Section 205.1) of Subchapter M of Chapter I of Subtitle B of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 257, Sec. 4. (AB 856) Effective January 1, 2010.)
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14551. “Packaged” means a fertilizing material distributed in packaged form or in a container containing equal to or less than 50 kilograms or 110 pounds.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
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14552. “Packaged soil amendment” means any substance distributed for the purpose of promoting plant growth or improving the quality of crops by conditioning soils solely through physical means. It includes all of the following:
(a) Hay.
(b) Straw.
(c) Peat moss.
(d) Leaf mold.
(e) Sand.
(f) Wood products.
(g) Any product or mixture of products intended for use as a potting medium, planting mix, or soilless growing media.
(h) Manures sold without guarantees for plant nutrients.
(i) Any other substance or product which is intended for use solely because of its physical properties.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
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14553. “Percent or percentage” means percentage by weight.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
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14554. “Person” means individual, partnership, association, firm, limited liability company, or corporation who assumes responsibility for the product.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1010, Sec. 126. Effective January 1, 1995.)
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14555. “Plant” means any business location where fertilizing materials are manufactured, sold, or stored for later sale, except storage of packaged materials on premises operated exclusively as a public warehouse.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
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14556. “Primary plant nutrient” means nitrogen (N), available phosphoric acid (P2O5), or soluble potash (K2O).
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
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14557. “Provisional registration” means that under certain circumstances, a label for renewal on an auxiliary soil and plant substance, packaged agricultural mineral, packaged soil amendment, organic input material, or specialty fertilizer, alone or in any combination, may be registered for a limited period of time while labels are being corrected and reprinted or during registration renewal.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 448, Sec. 1. (AB 1811) Effective January 1, 2017.)
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14558. “Registrant” means any person who has registered a packaged agricultural mineral, auxiliary soil and plant substance, packaged soil amendment, organic input material, or specialty fertilizer.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 257, Sec. 6. (AB 856) Effective January 1, 2010.)
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14559. “Secondary plant nutrient” means calcium, magnesium, or sulfur, alone or in any combination.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
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14559.5. “Secretary” means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 490, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2006.)
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14560. “Sewage sludge” means the solid material resulting from the treatment of waste water of residential or municipal sewage systems.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
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14561. “Soil conditioners” means polyelectrolytes, such as complex vinyl and acrylic compounds and certain cellulose and lignin derivatives, which tend to agglomerate soil colloids and produce a crumb structure in the soil and increase the permeability of the soil to air and water and increase its resistance to crusting when it dries out.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
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14562. “Soilless growing medium” means a medium of an inorganic substance, such as sand or gravel, or in a soilless organic material such as sphagnum peat or pine bark, and periodically watered with a primary or secondary plant nutrient or micronutrient solution, or both.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
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14563. “Specialty fertilizer” means packaged commercial fertilizer labeled for home gardens, lawns, shrubbery, flowers, and other similar noncommercial uses. These products may contain less than 5 percent nitrogen (N), available phosphoric acid (P2O5), or soluble potash (K2 O), singly or collectively, detectable by chemical methods.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
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14564. “Ton” means a net weight of 2,000 pounds avoirdupois.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 3 - Fertilizer Inspection Advisory Board › Section 14581.

14581. There is, in the department, a Fertilizer Inspection Advisory Board consisting of nine persons appointed by the secretary, eight of whom shall be licensed under this chapter and subject to the payment of the inspection fee in accordance with this chapter, and one of whom shall be a public member. The members of the board shall receive no compensation, but are entitled to payment of necessary traveling expenses in accordance with the rules of the Department of Human Resources. These expenses shall be paid out of appropriations made to the department pursuant to this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 665, Sec. 19. (SB 1308) Effective January 1, 2013.)
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14582. The term of office of a member of the board is three years. The initial board shall consist of, three members appointed for a term of three years, three members appointed for a term of two years, and three members appointed for a term of one year. Thereafter, appointments shall be for full three-year terms. Vacancies shall be filled for the duration of an unexpired term.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
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14583. The board shall be advisory to the secretary and may make recommendations on all matters pertaining to this chapter, including, but not limited to, the inspection and enforcement program, research and education, the annual budget, necessary fees to provide adequate inspection services, and regulations required to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 490, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2006.)
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14583.5. (a) The secretary, by January 1, 2012, and in consultation with the board, shall review the definition of organic input materials in Section 14550.5 and identify oversight and implementation issues that may arise or have arisen on account of that definition. The review shall also include an examination of materials not currently regulated under this definition that may warrant oversight by the department so as to protect the state’s agricultural industry, including the organic industry, and recommendations for any necessary statutory changes.
(b) The secretary shall post the review required pursuant to subdivision (a) in a report on the Internet Web site of the department.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 257, Sec. 7. (AB 856) Effective January 1, 2010.)
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14584. The board shall elect a chairperson and other officers as it deems advisable.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
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14585. The board shall meet at the call of the chairperson or the secretary, or at the request of any five members of the board. The board shall meet at least once a year.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 490, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2006.)
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14586. The secretary shall accept the recommendations of the advisory board pertaining to subdivision (b) of Section 14611 if he or she finds them to be practicable and in the interests of the fertilizer industry and the public. If the secretary does not accept the recommendations of the advisory board, or any part thereof, the secretary shall provide the board with a written statement within 15 working days of making his or her decision stating the reasons for not accepting the recommendations, or any part thereof.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 490, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 4 - Licensing › Section 14591.

14591. (a) Every person who manufactures or distributes fertilizing materials shall, before he or she engages in the activity, obtain a license from the secretary for each plant and business location that he or she operates. Prior to issuing a license, the secretary shall require verification that the applicant is a manufacturer or distributor of fertilizing material compliant with this chapter. All licenses shall be renewed in January of each odd-numbered year, and shall be valid until December 31 of the following even-numbered year, if issued in January of that same year. However, a person who only distributes or who makes retail sales of packaged agricultural minerals, packaged commercial fertilizers, packaged soil amendments, organic input material, or packaged auxiliary soil and plant substances, alone or in any combination, which bear the registered label of another licensed person, is not required to obtain the license.
(b) Every person who manufactures or distributes, or intends to manufacture or distribute, ammonium nitrate as defined in Section 14512.5, in this state, shall inform the secretary of that activity or intent when applying for a license. The license obtained by that person shall identify him or her as a manufacturer or distributor of ammonium nitrate.
(c) The license fee shall not exceed three hundred dollars ($300). The secretary may, based on the findings and recommendations of the board, reduce the license fee to a lower rate that provides sufficient revenue to carry out this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 257, Sec. 8. (AB 856) Effective January 1, 2010.)
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14592. A violation of this article is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500). A second or subsequent violation of this article is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS › CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials › ARTICLE 4 - Licensing › Section 14593.

14593. The license shall expire on December 31, of an even-numbered year. Each application for renewal shall be accompanied by a fee not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) for each plant or business location which a person operates. If a license is not renewed within one calendar month following expiration, a penalty of fifty dollars ($50) shall be added to the fee and an additional penalty of fifty dollars ($50) shall be added for each succeeding calendar month the business location remains unlicensed. The total penalty, however, shall not exceed 100 percent of the original amount due.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 461, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)
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14602. A violation of this article is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500). A second or subsequent violation of this article is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)
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14603. Each application for renewal shall be accompanied by a fee not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) for each product label. If a registration is not renewed within one calendar month following expiration, a penalty of fifty dollars ($50) per product label shall be added to the fee.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 448, Sec. 3. (AB 1811) Effective January 1, 2017.)
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14604. The secretary may grant a provisional registration for a period not exceeding six months for a registered product undergoing renewal. All fees shall be paid before the issuance of any provisional registration.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 448, Sec. 4. (AB 1811) Effective January 1, 2017.)