California Code
DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS
CHAPTER 6 - Commercial Feed

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 14901. - 14901. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is...

Section 14902. - 14902. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 14978 and 14979,...

Section 14902.5. - 14902.5. Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall continue to...

Section 14903. - 14903. The secretary shall establish, by regulation, good manufacturing practices,...

Section 14904. - 14904. The director shall adopt and enforce regulations for the...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 14921. - 14921. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 14923. - 14923. “Animal” means any animal, including birds, except a human...

Section 14924. - 14924. “Board” means the Feed Inspection Advisory Board. (Added by...

Section 14925. - 14925. “Commercial feed” includes all materials which are intended for...

Section 14926. - 14926. “Consumer-buyer” means any person not licensed under this chapter...

Section 14927. - 14927. “Distribute” means to offer for sale, sell, exchange or...

Section 14928. - 14928. “Drug” means any substance which is intended, or represented,...

Section 14929. - 14929. “Feed ingredient” means each of the constituent substances making...

Section 14930. - 14930. “Formula feed” means two or more feed ingredients, proportioned,...

Section 14931. - 14931. “Label” means a display of written, printed, or graphic...

Section 14932. - 14932. “Licensee” means a person that has obtained a license...

Section 14933. - 14933. “Manufacture” means to grind, mix, or further process a...

Section 14934. - 14934. “Medicated feeds” means commerical feeds that contain drugs. (Added...

Section 14935. - 14935. “Medicated feed premixes” means a concentrated combination of one...

Section 14936. - 14936. “Percent or percentages” means percentages by weight. (Added by...

Section 14937. - 14937. “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,...

Section 14938. - 14938. “Special mix” means any commercial feed which is manufactured,...

Section 14939. - 14939. “Ton” means a net weight of 2,000 pounds avoirdupois....

ARTICLE 3 - Funds

Section 14961. - 14961. All of the money which is received by the...

Section 14962. - 14962. The director shall prepare an annual statement of the...

Section 14963. - 14963. If this chapter is repealed, any funds received by...

ARTICLE 4 - Feed Inspection Advisory Board

Section 14971. - 14971. There is in state government a Feed Inspection Advisory...

Section 14971.5. - 14971.5. It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative...

Section 14972. - 14972. The term of office of the members of the...

Section 14975. - 14975. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 14978 and 14979,...

Section 14976. - 14976. The board shall elect a chairman, and from time...

Section 14977. - 14977. The board shall meet at the call of its...

Section 14978. - 14978. (a) In order to avoid administrative charges which may...

Section 14978.1. - 14978.1. The entity or entities that may be established or...

Section 14978.2. - 14978.2. (a) The board may establish the Commercial Feed Inspection...

Section 14978.3. - 14978.3. Any entity established or designated pursuant to Section 14978...

Section 14978.4. - 14978.4. The director may require any entity or entities established...

Section 14978.5. - 14978.5. Persons subject to this chapter shall not have access...

Section 14978.6. - 14978.6. Any person licensed under this chapter may petition the...

Section 14979. - 14979. (a) The director shall adopt regulations to be used...

ARTICLE 5 - Labels

Section 14991. - 14991. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or...

Section 14992. - 14992. The label shall contain a legible and plainly printed...

Section 14993. - 14993. Any person that manufactures, processes, or mixes any special...

Section 14994. - 14994. A special mix shall not be resold unless relabeled....

Section 14995. - 14995. If a manufacturer or processor of any commercial feed...

Section 14996. - 14996. Commercial feed manufactured or distributed for feeding to animals...

ARTICLE 6 - Standards and Tolerances

Section 15011. - 15011. The director shall fix the standards for commercial feed...

ARTICLE 7 - Inspection and Analysis

Section 15021. - 15021. The director, his agents, and his inspectors shall have...

ARTICLE 8 - Mislabeling

Section 15031. - 15031. A commercial feed is mislabeled in each of the...

ARTICLE 9 - Adulteration

Section 15041. - 15041. A commercial feed is adulterated in the following cases:...

Section 15042. - 15042. The sale or distribution of any lot, parcel, or...

ARTICLE 10 - Licenses

Section 15051. - 15051. (a) Each person shall obtain a license from the...

Section 15053. - 15053. (a) Each application for a license shall be accompanied...

Section 15054. - 15054. All licenses shall be renewed on July 1 of...

Section 15055. - 15055. If a license is not renewed within one calendar...

Section 15056. - 15056. The penalty for the manufacture or distribution of a...

ARTICLE 11 - Inspection Tonnage Tax

Section 15061. - 15061. (a) An inspection tonnage tax at the maximum rate...

Section 15061. - 15061. (a) An inspection tonnage tax at the maximum rate...

Section 15062. - 15062. Every person subject to payment of the inspection tonnage...

ARTICLE 12 - Violations

Section 15071. - 15071. (a) The secretary may, after a hearing, refuse to...

Section 15071.1. - 15071.1. (a) The department shall levy an administrative penalty against...

Section 15071.3. - 15071.3. (a) The department shall be entitled to receive reimbursement...

Section 15071.4. - 15071.4. The procedures for the issuance of citations and penalties...

Section 15071.5. - 15071.5. In lieu of any other penalty provided by this...

Section 15072. - 15072. It is unlawful for any person to manufacture or...

Section 15072.5. - 15072.5. It is unlawful for any person to use any...

Section 15073. - 15073. The director may seize and hold any lot of...

Section 15074. - 15074. If the director seizes any lot of commercial feed,...

Section 15075. - 15075. (a) Any lot of commercial feed for which a...

Section 15076. - 15076. Any lot of commercial feed which is seized and...

Section 15077. - 15077. Upon demand of the person having control of the...

Section 15078. - 15078. If the seized and held lot, as determined by...

Section 15079. - 15079. If the seized and held lot is found to...

Section 15080. - 15080. The manufacturer or guarantor of a seized or held...

Section 15082. - 15082. (a) It is unlawful for any person to manufacture...

ARTICLE 13 - Procedure for Prosecution

Section 15091. - 15091. In addition to the remedies provided in this chapter,...

Section 15092. - 15092. Nothing in this chapter requires the secretary to report...

ARTICLE 14 - Complaints

Section 15101. - 15101. For purposes of this chapter, any person may file...

Section 15102. - 15102. (a) Upon the filing of a complaint pursuant to...

Section 15103. - 15103. (a) If the secretary determines that the complaint is...