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2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 1 - Bees › ARTICLE 15 - Enforcement and Penalties › Section 29302.

29302. (a) Unless otherwise stated, it shall be an infraction for any person to fail to comply with any requirement of this chapter, or regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, after a warning notice of seven days is given. However, there shall be no warning notice for infractions involving the following sections:
(1) Subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 29046.
(2) Subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 29056.
(3) Section 29072.
(4) Section 29111.
(5) Section 29113.
(6) Section 29120.
(7) Section 29126.
(8) Section 29127.
(9) Section 29145.
(10) Section 29150.
(11) Section 29170.
(12) Section 29171.
(13) Section 29172.
(14) Section 29173.
(15) Section 29204.
(b) Violations shall be referred to the district attorney in the affected county, or to the Attorney General if the district attorney is not able to prosecute the matter. For purposes of this chapter, each incident shall constitute a separate infraction. When violations of provisions governing hives or colonies are involved, each separate hive or colony shall constitute a separate infraction. Notwithstanding any other law, the maximum penalty of each infraction shall be one hundred dollars ($100) for the first hive or colony, plus one dollar ($1) for each additional hive or colony not in compliance, as applicable to a maximum penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), except that a violation of Section 29070 or 29070.5 shall be subject to a maximum fifty dollar ($50) fine. This section does not prevent the secretary or the commissioner from initiating any procedures for issuance of a prior warning notice or notice to correct.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 370, Sec. 122. (SB 1371) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 1 - Bees › ARTICLE 15 - Enforcement and Penalties › Section 29303.

29303. It shall be an infraction for any person to fail to comply with any notice or order which is issued pursuant to this chapter subject to the penalties set forth in Section 29302.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 1 - Bees › ARTICLE 15 - Enforcement and Penalties › Section 29304.

29304. (a) In addition to the penalties outlined in Sections 12999.5, 29302, and 29303, any person not complying with this chapter, a regulation adopted thereto, or any notice or order issued pursuant to this chapter or regulation, shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each day that the violation continues.
(b) The secretary or commissioner may also seek injunctive relief against any person operating in violation of this chapter or regulations adopted thereto, or violation of any order or notice issued pursuant to the authority of this chapter or regulation adopted thereto.
(c) Any action for recovery of civil penalties or injunctive relief shall be referred to the Attorney General.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 854, Sec. 2. (AB 1752) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 1 - Bees › ARTICLE 15 - Enforcement and Penalties › Section 29305.

29305. (a) Any penalties recovered under this chapter, whether criminal or civil, shall be paid into a special account maintained by the department, and shall be used for the administration of Section 29302, except that up to 50 percent of the costs incurred by a district attorney in prosecuting a case under Section 29302 shall be reimbursed from whatever penalties are obtained from the prosecution.
(b) In determining the amount of any civil or criminal penalty provided for in this chapter, the court shall consider the seriousness of the conduct, and all relevant circumstances including, but not limited to, the extent of the harm caused by the conduct; the motive and persistence of the conduct; the length of time over which the conduct occurred; the economic impact on the person involved, whether a corporation or an individual; and any corrective action taken by the person.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 1 - Bees › ARTICLE 15 - Enforcement and Penalties › Section 29306.

29306. In addition to any other penalty provided for by law, and by this article, any person who willfully or intentionally violates any provisions of this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each violation, which shall be recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 1 - Bees › ARTICLE 15 - Enforcement and Penalties › Section 29307.

29307. Any person who violates any injunctive order issued pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 29304 shall be subject to a civil penalty, in addition to any other penalty provided for by law, not to exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000). Where the conduct constituting a violation is of a continuing nature, each day of violative conduct shall be a separate and distinct violation.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 1 - Bees › ARTICLE 15 - Enforcement and Penalties › Section 29308.

29308. The director shall appoint a supervisor of apiary inspection and such qualified state apiary inspectors as may be necessary.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 1 - Bees › ARTICLE 15 - Enforcement and Penalties › Section 29309.

29309. Each commissioner is an ex officio state apiary inspector and may appoint one or more inspectors, qualified pursuant to the regulations of the director, to be county apiary inspectors.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 1 - Bees › ARTICLE 15 - Enforcement and Penalties › Section 29310.

29310. The director may assign one or more qualified state apiary inspectors to perform the duties of a county apiary inspector in any county for such time and rate of compensation as may be determined by agreement with the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 482. The state apiary inspector shall be under the direction and supervision of the commissioner if there is a commissioner in the county to which the inspector is assigned.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 1 - Bees › ARTICLE 15 - Enforcement and Penalties › Section 29311.

29311. The penalties prescribed by this chapter are exclusive and no other civil penalties may be assessed, except as specified in Section 12999.5.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 854, Sec. 3. (AB 1752) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 1 - Bees › ARTICLE 15 - Enforcement and Penalties › Section 29312.

29312. In any civil action for the wrongful and willful taking, possessing, harboring, or transporting of a beehive, for the wrongful and willful removal of bees from their beehive, or for the wrongful and willful killing or destroying of bees without the consent of the owner or the person lawfully in possession of those bees, the damage caused to the plaintiff shall be three times the value of the bees at the time of the taking, possessing, harboring, transporting, destroying, or vandalizing of the bees, plus an amount in fair compensation for the time and money properly expended by the plaintiff in recovering or replacing the bees.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 138, Sec. 2. (AB 2755) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 1 - Bees › ARTICLE 16 - Africanized Honey Bees › Section 29320.

29320. The secretary, in consultation with the board, may approve programs statewide to train, on a voluntary basis, beekeepers, inspectors, or commissioners in contemporary and geographically relevant colony management, including, but not limited to, the maintenance of colonies free from Africanized honey bees.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 683, Sec. 24. (AB 719) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 1 - Bees › ARTICLE 16 - Africanized Honey Bees › Section 29321.

29321. Any hive or comparable apparatus that is not occupied by a live bee colony, and that is accessible to bees, is a public nuisance. The hive or apparatus shall be subject to abatement in the manner provided for in Article 14 (commencing with Section 29200).
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 143, Sec. 1. (AB 861) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 1 - Bees › ARTICLE 16 - Africanized Honey Bees › Section 29322.

29322. (a) The governing board of a city, county, or city and county may, by ordinance, establish procedures for the abatement of a hive or comparable apparatus where Africanized or overly defensive honey bees are present.
(b) In the absence of a local ordinance adopted pursuant to subdivision (a), if a commissioner determines that the presence of Africanized or overly defensive honey bees in a hive is a public nuisance or if Africanized or overly defensive honey bees from a hive are entering land other than the land upon which the hive is located so as to endanger the public health, safety, or welfare or so as to create an unreasonable interference with the use of the property of others, the commissioner may take any action necessary to abate the public nuisance, including, but not limited to, moving, selling, destroying, or otherwise disposing of the infested hive in accordance with local administrative procedures.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 143, Sec. 2. (AB 861) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 29402.

29402. “Adulterated honey” means any honey to which has been added honeydew, glucose, dextrose, molasses, sugar, sugar sirup, invert sugar, or any other similar product except the nectar of floral exudations of plants gathered and stored in the comb by honeybees.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 29403.

29403. “Agent” includes broker, commission merchant, auctioneer, solicitor, seller on consignment, and any other person that is acting upon the actual or implied authority of another.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 29406.

29406. “Container” means any box, crate, chest, carton, barrel, keg, or other receptacle which contains honey.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 29407.

29407. “Crystallized honey” means honey which has assumed a solid form due to the crystallization of one or more of the natural sugars in it.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 29408.

29408. “Deceptive arrangement” or “deceptive display” means any lot, load, arrangement, or display of honey which has in any exposed surface, honey which is so superior in quality, appearance, or condition, or in any other respects, to any of the honey which is concealed or unexposed as to materially misrepresent any part of the lot, load, arrangement, or display.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 29409.

29409. “Deceptive pack” means any container or subcontainer of honey which has, in any exposed surface, honey or honeycomb, so superior in quality, appearance, condition, or in any other respect to the honey in the interior of the container or subcontainer, or the unexposed portion, as to materially misrepresent the contents. It includes any pack:
(a) Even though the honey in a container is virtually uniform in quality as defined in this chapter, if the outer or exposed surface is composed of honey which is not an accurate representation of the variation in quality of the honey in the entire container.
(b) Which is slack-filled, unless the container is so marked, even though such container is marked with the proper net weight of the honey which it contains.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 29412.

29412. “Foreign material” means wax particles, insects, or other materials which were not deposited by bees. It does not, however, include decorative artificial leaves or blossoms.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 29413.

29413. (a) “Honey” means the natural sweet substance produced by honeybees from the nectar of plants or from secretions of living parts of plants or excretions of plant sucking insects on the living parts of plants, which the bees collect, transform by combining with specific substances of their own, deposit, dehydrate, store, and leave in the honeycomb to ripen and mature.
(b) “Blossom honey” or “nectar honey” means the honey that comes from nectars of plants.
(c) “Honeydew honey” means the honey that comes mainly from excretions of plant sucking insects (Hemiptera) on living parts of plants or secretions of living parts of plants.
(d) Honey consists essentially of different sugars, predominantly fructose and glucose as well as other substances such as organic acids, enzymes, and solid particles derived from honey collection. The color of honey can vary from nearly colorless to dark brown. The consistency can be fluid, viscous, or partially to completely crystallized. The flavor and aroma vary, but are derived from plant origin.
(e) Honey sold as described in subdivision (d) shall not have added to it any food ingredient, including food additives, nor shall any other additions be made other than honey. Honey shall not have any objectionable matter, flavor, aroma, or taint absorbed from foreign matter during its processing and storage. Honey shall not have begun to ferment or effervesce and no pollen or constituent particular to honey may be removed except where unavoidable in the removal of foreign inorganic or organic matter.
(f) Honey shall meet the following standards:
(1) Honey shall not be heated or processed to such an extent that its essential composition is changed or its quality is impaired.
(2) Chemical or biochemical treatments shall not be used to influence honey crystallization.
(3) Honey shall not contain more than 20 percent moisture content and for heather honey not more than 23 percent.
(4) Honey shall contain not less than 60 percent fructose and glucose, combined.
(5) Honeydew honey and blends of honeydew honey with blossom honey shall not contain less than 45 percent fructose and glucose, combined.
(6) Blossom honey shall not contain more than 5 percent sucrose, except for the following:
(A) Alfalfa (Medicago saliva), citrus spp., false acacia (Robinia pseudoacacia), French honeysuckle (Hedysarum), Menzies banksias (Banksia menziesii), red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis), leatherwood (Eucryphia lucida), and Eucryphia milligani may contain up to 10 percent sucrose.
(B) Lavender (Lavandula spp.) and borage (Borago officinalis) may contain up to 15 percent sucrose.
(7) The water insoluble solids content for honey other than pressed honey shall not be more than 0.1g/100g. The content for pressed honey shall not be more than 0.5g/100g.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 388, Sec. 1. (AB 1216) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 29415.

29415. “Honeydew” means the dextrorotatory saccharine exudation of plants or insects, except nectareous exudations, which is gathered and stored in the comb by honeybees.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 29415.5.

29415.5. “Imported honey” means comb or extracted honey imported from any territory or foreign county or honey which is repackaged into subcontainers as a blend with honey imported from one or more other countries.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 587.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 29416.

29416. “Mislabeled” means the placing or presence of any false or misleading statement, design, or device upon, or in connection with, any container or lot of honey, or upon the label, lining, or wrapper of any such container, or any placard used in connection with any container or lot of honey, which has reference to such honey. A statement, design, or device is false and misleading, if the honey to which it apparently or actually refers does not conform in every respect to such statement.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 29417.

29417. “Pack,” or “packing” or “packed,” means the arrangement of all or a part of the subcontainers in any container.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 29418.

29418. “Placard” means any sign, label, or designation, except an oral designation, which is used in connection with any honey as a description or identification of it.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 29420.

29420. “Slack-filled” means that the contents of any container occupy less than 85 percent of the volume of the closed container.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 29441.

29441. The director and the commissioners of each county of the state, their deputies and inspectors, under the supervision and control of the director shall enforce this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 29442.

29442. The refusal of any officer who is authorized pursuant to this chapter to carry out the orders and directions of the director in the enforcement of this chapter is neglect of duty.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 29443.

29443. The director may do all of the following:
(a) Prescribe by regulation methods of selecting samples of lots or containers of honey, which shall be reasonably calculated to produce by such sampling fair representations of the entire lots or containers sampled.
(b) Establish by regulation and issue official color charts which depict the color standards and requirements established in this chapter.
(c) Make such other regulations as are reasonably necessary to secure uniformity in the enforcement of this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 29444.

29444. Any sample which is taken pursuant to this chapter is prima facie evidence of the true condition of the entire lot in the examination of which the sample was taken. The presumption established by this paragraph is a presumption affecting the burden of proof.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 262.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 29445.

29445. An enforcing officer may do all of the following:
(a) Enter and inspect any place or conveyance within the county or district over which he has jurisdiction, where any honey is produced, stored, packed, delivered for shipment, loaded, shipped, being transported, or sold.
(b) Inspect all honey and the containers of honey and equipment which is found in any place or conveyance which he is authorized to enter and inspect.
(c) Take for inspection, such representative samples of the honey and such containers, as may be necessary to determine whether or not this chapter has been violated.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 29446.

29446. An enforcing officer shall cause the prosecution of any person whom he knows or has reason to believe is guilty of violating any provision of this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 29447.

29447. Any enforcement officer may, while enforcing this chapter, seize and hold as evidence all or any part of any pack, load, bulk lot, consignment, or shipment of honey packed, delivered for shipment, loaded, shipped, or being transported, or sold in violation of this chapter, or any container of such product, as may in his judgment be necessary to secure the conviction of the party he knows or believes has violated or is violating any provision of this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 29448.

29448. If any markings are used or required to be used by this chapter on any container of honey to identify the container or describe its contents, the markings shall be plainly and conspicuously marked, stamped, stenciled, printed, labeled, or branded in the English language, unless the container is intended for and is shipped outside of the United States, in letters which are large enough to be readily discernible by any person, upon the top, front, or side of the container. If the marking is on a placard which is used in a display, the placard shall be placed or posted in such a position that there is no doubt as to the product which it is to identify.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 29449.

29449. Any person, forwarding company, or common carrier may decline to ship or transport any honey if notified by any enforcing officer of this chapter, that the honey is found to be delivered for shipment in violation of this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 29450.

29450. Any person, forwarding company, or common carrier may reserve the right, in any receipt, bill of lading or other writing which is given to the consignor of any honey, to reject for shipment and to return to the consignor or hold at his expense and risk all honey, which, upon inspection, is found to be delivered for shipment in violation of this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 29451.

29451. Honey may not be labeled honey or words of similar import or represented to be honey unless manufactured by bees. No product may be labeled imitation honey or words of similar import or represented to be imitation honey.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 745.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 3 - Exemptions › Section 29471.

29471. If the requirements prescribed by this article are satisfied, all of the following ungraded honey is exempt from the remaining provisions of this chapter:
(a) Honey which is intended to be used in commercial processing, as for clarifying and packing in retail or wholesale containers.
(b) Honey which is intended for the manufacture of honey products for resale.
(c) Honey which is being delivered to any person for grading, packing, processing, or reconditioning.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 3 - Exemptions › Section 29473.

29473. The owner or person in possession of the ungraded honey shall, on demand of any enforcing officer under this chapter, give to the officer a sworn statement in writing, which was made before a notary public, that specifies all of the following:
(a) That the honey will be disposed of or used pursuant to this article.
(b) The name and address of the person to whom such honey is to be delivered.
(c) An accurate identification of the honey.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 3 - Exemptions › Section 29474.

29474. A person who makes a sworn statement pursuant to Section 29473 shall, within a reasonable time after the demand and receipt by the officer of the statement, present a written receipt to the commissioner of the county which is specified in the statement as the destination of the honey.
The receipt shall contain a signed statement by the person receiving such honey, that the honey, giving an accurate description of it, has been received.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 4 - Standard Honey Containers › Section 29502.

29502. Containers which hold the following units of weight of honey are standard containers:
60 pounds
2 pounds
12   pounds
1
1
/
2
pounds
10   pounds
1 pound
6   pounds
12   ounces avoirdupois
5 pounds
8   ounces avoirdupois
3 pounds
5 ounces avoirdupois
2
1
/
2
pounds
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 4 - Standard Honey Containers › Section 29503.

29503. When honey is prepared for, and is shipped directly to, any foreign country, the containers of honey shall not be required to meet the unit of net weight standards required by the provisions of this article.
Any person preparing or shipping such honey shall, upon request of an enforcing officer, furnish such affidavits, receipts, or other evidence as may be required by the director, by regulations, as proof that such honey was, or is being, in fact prepared for, and shipped directly to, a foreign country.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 540.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 4 - Standard Honey Containers › Section 29504.

29504. The director may promulgate regulations to permit the preparation, packing, shipment, or sale of honey in an experimental type of container which does not conform to the standards prescribed in this article. These regulations shall include container labeling standards which comply with the requirements of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 733, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 5 - California Color Standards › Section 29531.

29531. The classes as to color comprising the California standards shall conform to the United States color standards, using the readings on the Pfund honey scale.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 6 - Emergency Standards, Containers, Color Classifications, and Markings › Section 29551.

29551. As used in this article, “emergency standard” means any emergency standard for honey, standard units of weight, type of container, color classifications, or markings required upon containers which is established by the director pursuant to Section 29552.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 6 - Emergency Standards, Containers, Color Classifications, and Markings › Section 29552.

29552. The director, upon petition of persons that are interested in the production or handling of honey, or upon his own motion, may establish emergency standards for honey, standard units of net weight, type of container, color classifications, or marking upon any container, if he makes any of the following findings regarding any provision of this chapter which relates to any of such subjects:
(a) It is difficult or impossible of performance by reason of laws or orders promulgated by authority of the government of the United States, or the standard weights are not appropriate for the country of destination as to honey intended to be shipped outside the United States, or because of scarcity of materials, labor, or equipment used in the production or marketing of honey regulated by this chapter.
(b) It results in a serious waste of honey otherwise available for human consumption, or in serious waste of other resources.
(c) It prevents the utilization of new technological developments to the serious disadvantage of producers or handlers of honey in this state.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 6 - Emergency Standards, Containers, Color Classifications, and Markings › Section 29553.

29553. Emergency standards shall apply in lieu of the standards for honey, standard units of net weight, type of container, color classifications, or markings required upon any container set forth in this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 6 - Emergency Standards, Containers, Color Classifications, and Markings › Section 29554.

29554. Every emergency standard which is established pursuant to this article shall be reasonably calculated to effectuate the purposes of the standard which it supersedes. No emergency standard shall be established which tends to lower any standard which relates to carrying or keeping quality of honey.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 6 - Emergency Standards, Containers, Color Classifications, and Markings › Section 29555.

29555. No emergency standard shall be construed to modify in any respect any provision of this chapter which is designed to prevent deception or mislabeling, or which is designed to prevent the marketing of honey which is unwholesome or which would fail to give consumer satisfaction.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 6 - Emergency Standards, Containers, Color Classifications, and Markings › Section 29556.

29556. Every emergency standard which is issued pursuant to this article, before it may become effective, shall be published in one or more newspapers, trade papers, or industry publications which are deemed best adapted to give notice to interested persons, together with a notice of the time and place for hearing objections.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 6 - Emergency Standards, Containers, Color Classifications, and Markings › Section 29557.

29557. The hearing shall be not less than 10 nor more than 20 days from the date of publication.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 6 - Emergency Standards, Containers, Color Classifications, and Markings › Section 29558.

29558. Notice of hearing shall be mailed not less than 10 days prior to the date of the hearing to all persons that have filed with the director a request for notice of such hearings.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 6 - Emergency Standards, Containers, Color Classifications, and Markings › Section 29559.

29559. At the hearing, interested parties shall be heard and a record kept of the proceedings for determination by the director of the facts which are shown at the hearing. If it is developed by competent testimony that additional time will be required to produce further essential evidence, the director shall continue the hearing to a date which will allow sufficient time for the production of such evidence.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 6 - Emergency Standards, Containers, Color Classifications, and Markings › Section 29560.

29560. The director, upon his findings on the facts shown at the hearing, shall rescind, modify, or affirm the emergency standard as published. The action of the director in rescinding, modifying, or affirming any emergency standard shall take effect on the day appointed therefor, and the emergency standard, as modified or affirmed, shall continue in effect until it is suspended or rescinded by the director, or until the 91st day after adjournment of the next regular session of the Legislature, whichever first occurs.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 6 - Emergency Standards, Containers, Color Classifications, and Markings › Section 29561.

29561. Any emergency standard may be amended, suspended, or rescinded upon notice and hearing pursuant to the same procedure as is provided for the establishment of such standard.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 7 - Comb Honey › Section 29581.

29581. All comb honey shall be conspicuously marked, either on the section or on its individual container, with all of the following:
(a) The name and address of the producer or distributor of the comb honey.
(b) The net weight of the comb section, stated in terms of whole ounces.
(c) One of the United States grades which are established for honey by the United States Department of Agriculture.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 7 - Comb Honey › Section 29582.

29582. All comb honey shall meet the requirements of the color classification and grades as defined in United States grades, color standards, and packing requirements for honey by the United States Department of Agriculture, according to the color classification and grade as marked.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 7 - Comb Honey › Section 29583.

29583. Any container of comb honey which is marked as to color shall be considered as properly marked if the color of the honey in the container is equal to or lighter than the description as marked.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 7 - Comb Honey › Section 29584.

29584. Opaque containers of bulk or chunk comb honey shall be marked with the color the honey would be if extracted, unless it is in the unclassified grade.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 7 - Comb Honey › Section 29585.

29585. If comb honey is in crystallized form, a sample of the honey shall be liquefied and the honey graded on the liquid basis.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 7 - Comb Honey › Section 29586.

29586. In order to allow for variations which are incident to proper grading and handling, not more than 5 percent, by count, of the containers or of the subcontainers in any lot of honey may be below the requirements for the grade.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 7 - Comb Honey › Section 29587.

29587. Comb honey which has crystallized shall be conspicuously marked with the word “crystallized” on a placard which is used in connection with such honey that has reference to it.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 8 - Extracted Honey › Section 29611.

29611. Every container or subcontainer of extracted honey shall be conspicuously marked with all of the following:
(a) The name and address of the producer or distributor of the extracted honey.
(b) The net weight of the honey in the container.
(c) One of the United States grades which are established for honey by the United States Department of Agriculture. This subdivision does not, however, apply to honey to which pollen has been added, if the amount of pollen added is visible and each such container is plainly and conspicuously labeled with the words “pollen added”.
(d) In the case of any opaque container, with the color of the honey.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 8 - Extracted Honey › Section 29612.

29612. All extracted honey shall meet the requirements of the color classifications and grades as defined in United States grades, color standards, and packing requirements for honey by the United States Department of Agriculture, according to the color classification and grade as marked.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 8 - Extracted Honey › Section 29613.

29613. Any container of extracted honey which is marked as to color shall be considered as properly marked if the color of the honey in the container is equal to or lighter than the description as marked.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 8 - Extracted Honey › Section 29614.

29614. If extracted honey is in crystallized form, a sample of the honey shall be liquefied and the honey graded on the liquid basis.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 8 - Extracted Honey › Section 29615.

29615. All extracted honey regardless of grade term as marked, shall be free from serious damage and at least as free from excessive foreign material as honey that has been strained through standard bolting cloth of 23 meshes per inch. Serious damage means any injury or defect that seriously affects the appearance or edibility of the honey such as any of the following:
(a) Overheating, which destroys both natural color and flavor.
(b) Fermentation, which causes either foam or sourness, or both.
(c) Objectionable flavor from any substance or thing other than floral source.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 8 - Extracted Honey › Section 29616.

29616. In order to allow for variations which are incident to proper grading and handling, not more than 5 percent, by count, of the containers or of the subcontainers in any lot of honey may be below the requirements for the grade, but no part of this tolerance is allowed for defects which cause serious damage, as defined in Section 29615.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 8 - Extracted Honey › Section 29617.

29617. If the color of extracted honey is designated on the container or subcontainer, or upon a placard which has reference to such honey, it shall conform to the color definitions provided in this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 8 - Extracted Honey › Section 29618.

29618. Any honey which is a blend of two or more floral types of honey shall not be labeled as honey from any one particular floral source alone unless one floral type is predominant. If one floral type is predominant, such honey may be labeled as to the predominant floral type, as determined by flavor.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 8 - Extracted Honey › Section 29620.

29620. Extracted honey in containers which hold five ounces or more, shall be packed in standard containers and sold in the exact units of weight as set forth in the table of standard weights of honey in containers provided for in Section 29502.
If the combined net weight of the extracted honey in all subcontainers contained in one master container is equal to one of the units of weight specified in Section 29502, the unit is a standard unit of weight if sold as a unit directly to the consumer.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 9 - Labeling of Honey as to Origin and Flavor › Section 29641.

29641. Any container or subcontainer of extracted honey which is produced entirely within this state may be conspicuously marked with the name “California.”
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 9 - Labeling of Honey as to Origin and Flavor › Section 29642.

29642. A container or subcontainer of comb or extracted honey shall not be marked or labeled with the name “California” unless the honey in the container or subcontainer was produced entirely within this state.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 9 - Labeling of Honey as to Origin and Flavor › Section 29643.

29643. Every container and subcontainer of imported honey shall be labeled with the name of the territory or foreign country from which it is imported or, when it is repackaged subsequent to importation, in accordance with subdivision (a) or (b):
(a) As “imported,” if repackaged either as a blend with honey imported from one or more other foreign countries or is repackaged without such blending.
(b) As “domestic and imported blend,” if blended with domestic honey.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 587.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 9 - Labeling of Honey as to Origin and Flavor › Section 29644.

29644. If the floral flavor of comb or extracted honey is stated on the container the honey contained in the container or subcontainer shall be true to such flavor, unless the honey is a blend of two or more floral types and one floral type is predominant. If the honey is such a blend, it may be labeled as to the predominant floral type as determined by flavor.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 10 - Violations › Section 29671.

29671. It is unlawful for any person to prepare, pack, place, deliver for shipment, deliver for sale, load, ship, transport, or sell any honey, adulterated honey or any product which is marked, labeled, or designated as honey, in bulk or in any container or subcontainer which does not conform to the provisions of this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 10 - Violations › Section 29672.

29672. It is unlawful for any person to prepare, pack, place, deliver for shipment, load, ship, transport, or sell a deceptive pack, lot, load, arrangement, or display of honey.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION › CHAPTER 2 - Honey › ARTICLE 10 - Violations › Section 29673.

29673. It is unlawful for any person to mislabel any container or subcontainer of honey or place any false or misleading statement on any wrapper, label, or lining of any container of honey, or on any placard which is used in connection with or which has reference to any honey.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)