California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 2 - Animal Industry › Chapter 1 - Dairies › Article 21 - Milk Inspection Services › Section 588 - Milk Inspection Advisory Committee

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The purpose of the Milk Inspection Advisory Committee
					 (committee) shall be to advise the Department on the administration of all
					 provisions in Chapter 4 (Inspection Services) of Division 15 of the California
					 Food and Agricultural Code (FAC).
(a)
				  Committee Members: Pursuant to FAC Section
				  33086, the committee shall consist
				  of seven members that represent dairy producers, milk products plants, approved
				  milk inspection services and the public generally. The committee shall have
				  three members representing milk products plants, two representing producers,
				  one representing Approved Milk Inspection Services personnel and one public
				  member. Except for those representing Approved Milk Inspection Services and the
				  public, members shall be persons licensed or permitted under the authority of
				  Division 15 of the FAC. The public member shall be a citizen and resident of
				  California who is not subject to the licensing requirements of Division 15 of
				  the FAC, and who has no financial interest in any person so licensed. Each
				  committee member shall have one vote.
(b) Terms of Office: The term of office for
				  committee members shall be three years. Upon initial implementation, the seven
				  member committee shall consist of three members appointed for a term of three
				  years, two members appointed for a term of two years, and two members appointed
				  for a term of one year. Thereafter, the appointments shall be for a term of
				  three years, and no member may be appointed for more than two three-year terms.
				  Vacancies shall be filled to complete the duration of an unexpired
				  term.
(c) Election of Officers: The
				  committee may elect a chairperson and other officers from among the members as
				  it deems advisable.
(d) Filling of
				  Vacancies: Committee vacancies will be announced by public notice soliciting
				  nominations for consideration by the Secretary. Public notice will include
				  mailings and/or electronic messaging to major dairy industry organizations and
				  a posting on the Department's web site. Public notice may also include a formal
				  CDFA press release. A list of nominees will be provided to the Secretary for
				  consideration. Final committee appointees will be required to complete a formal
				  Oath of Office.
(e) Selection of
				  the Public Member: The committee shall submit to the Secretary the names of
				  three or more natural persons as nominees for appointment by the Secretary as a
				  public member of the committee. The Secretary may appoint one of the nominees
				  as the public member. If all nominees are unsatisfactory to the Secretary, the
				  committee shall continue to submit lists of nominees until the Secretary has
				  made a selection. Any vacancy in the office of the public member of the
				  committee shall be filled by appointment by the Secretary from the nominee or
				  nominees similarly qualified submitted by the committee. The public member of
				  the committee shall represent the interests of the general public in all
				  matters coming before the committee and shall have the same voting rights as
				  other members of the committee.
(f)
				  Meetings: The committee shall meet at the call of its chairperson or the
				  Secretary, or at the request of any three members. The committee shall meet at
				  least once per year.
1. New
					 section filed 1-23-2012; operative 2-22-2012 (Register 2012, No. 4).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						407,
						33085,
						33086
						and
						33087,
						Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections
						33085,
						33086
						and
						33087,
						Food and Agricultural Code.