California Code
DIVISION 12 - POULTRY, RABBITS, EGGS, AND EGG PRODUCTS
PART 4 - EGGS AND EGG PRODUCTS

CHAPTER 1 - Eggs

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions

Section 27501. - 27501. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth...

Section 27502. - 27502. “Agent” includes bailee, broker, commission merchant, factor, auctioneer, solicitor,...

Section 27503. - 27503. “At retail” means a sale or transaction between a...

Section 27503.5. - 27503.5. “California egg” means an egg produced in this state....

Section 27504. - 27504. “Candling” means the examination of the interior of eggs...

Section 27505. - 27505. “Cold storage eggs” means eggs which have been in...

Section 27506. - 27506. “Committee” means the Shell Egg Advisory Committee. (Repealed and...

Section 27507. - 27507. “Consumer” means any person who purchases eggs for his...

Section 27508. - 27508. “Container” means any box, case, basket, carton, sack, bag,...

Section 27509. - 27509. “Deceptive” means any arrangement of the contents of any...

Section 27510. - 27510. “Egg handler” means a person engaged in the business...

Section 27510.1. - 27510.1. “Producer” means a person engaged in the business of...

Section 27511. - 27511. “Egg meats” means the white, yolk, or any part...

Section 27512. - 27512. “Egg products” means egg meats. (Repealed and added by...

Section 27513. - 27513. “Eggs” means eggs in the shell from chickens, turkeys,...

Section 27514. - 27514. “Incubated eggs” means eggs which have been in the...

Section 27515. - 27515. “Incubator rejects” means incubated eggs. (Repealed and added by...

Section 27516. - 27516. “Marked” means plainly, legibly, and conspicuously labeled, stamped, stenciled,...

Section 27517. - 27517. “Mislabel” means the presence of any false, deceptive, or...

Section 27518. - 27518. “Retailer” means any person who sells eggs to a...

Section 27519. - 27519. “Shell eggs” means any in-shell eggs other than pasteurized...

Section 27519.5. - 27519.5. “Shipped egg” means an egg that is produced outside...

Section 27519.6. - 27519.6. “Pasteurized in-shell eggs” means in-shell eggs that have been...

Section 27520. - 27520. “Subcontainer” means any container when being used within another...

Section 27521. - 27521. The purposes of this chapter are as follows: (a)...

Section 27522. - 27522. “Eggs that are packaged for export” means those eggs...

Section 27523. - 27523. “Eggs that are packaged for interstate commerce” means those...

ARTICLE 2 - Regulations

Section 27531. - 27531. The director may adopt regulations relating to the preparation...

Section 27532. - 27532. The regulations relating to grade standards which are adopted...

Section 27533. - 27533. Regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter relating to egg...

Section 27534. - 27534. The director shall adopt regulations by which eggs which...

ARTICLE 3 - Registration of Egg Handlers

Section 27541. - 27541. Any person engaged in business in this state as...

Section 27542. - 27542. The certificate of registration shall not be transferable to...

ARTICLE 4 - Assessment Fees

Section 27551. - 27551. The following persons shall pay to the secretary a...

Section 27552. - 27552. The fees provided in Section 27551 are maximum fees...

Section 27553. - 27553. The secretary may, by regulation, prescribe the frequency of...

Section 27554. - 27554. The moneys which are received by the director pursuant...

Section 27555. - 27555. The director may assess a special fee upon egg...

ARTICLE 5 - Administration and Enforcement

Section 27561. - 27561. (a) The director shall enforce this chapter, and the...

Section 27561.5. - 27561.5. (a) The department may refuse to issue, or may...

Section 27562. - 27562. (a) The director shall determine the necessary amount to...

Section 27563. - 27563. Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal...

Section 27564. - 27564. Each fiscal year the director shall prepare a statement...

Section 27565. - 27565. The director may enter into an agreement with any...

Section 27566. - 27566. If any commissioner does not adequately and properly enforce...

ARTICLE 6 - Shell Egg Advisory Committee

Section 27571. - 27571. (a) The secretary shall appoint a Shell Egg Advisory...

Section 27571.1. - 27571.1. It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative...

Section 27572. - 27572. The term of office for each member, other than...

Section 27573. - 27573. The committee shall be advisory to the Secretary of...

Section 27574. - 27574. The committee shall meet at the call of its...

ARTICLE 7 - Civil Penalties and Remedies

Section 27581. - 27581. The director may bring an action to enjoin any...

Section 27581.1. - 27581.1. (a) On or before January 1, 2017, the secretary...

Section 27581.2. - 27581.2. In lieu of seeking prosecution of any violation of...

Section 27581.4. - 27581.4. (a) The secretary, or a commissioner for violations in...

Section 27581.9. - 27581.9. A legal prosecution pursuant to this chapter shall be...

Section 27582. - 27582. Except as provided in Section 27601, the director shall...

Section 27583. - 27583. (a) In lieu of prosecution, the secretary or the...

Section 27583.2. - 27583.2. If the secretary levies an administrative penalty pursuant to...

Section 27583.4. - 27583.4. If a commissioner levies an administrative penalty pursuant to...

Section 27584. - 27584. If a respondent in an administrative action agrees to...

Section 27585. - 27585. After the exhaustion of the appeal and review of...

ARTICLE 8 - Powers of Enforcing Officers

Section 27591. - 27591. Any enforcement officer may do any of the following:...

Section 27592. - 27592. Any enforcement officer may, while enforcing this chapter or...

Section 27593. - 27593. A commissioner in each county or the director shall...

Section 27594. - 27594. (a) The director, or the commissioner under the direction...

Section 27595. - 27595. The enforcing officer may, and, if requested by an...

Section 27596. - 27596. The warning notice, and disposal order which directs the...

Section 27597. - 27597. The enforcing officer at the point of destination of...

Section 27598. - 27598. It is unlawful for any person to deliver any...

Section 27599. - 27599. It is unlawful for any person to dispose of...

Section 27600. - 27600. It is unlawful for any person to use or...

ARTICLE 9 - Abatement

Section 27601. - 27601. Upon the request of the director or an authorized...

ARTICLE 10 - Samples

Section 27611. - 27611. Any sample which is taken in accordance with the...

ARTICLE 11 - Shippers and Transporters

Section 27621. - 27621. Any person, forwarding company, or common carrier may decline...

ARTICLE 12 - Unlawful Acts, General

Section 27631. - 27631. It is unlawful for any person to violate any...

Section 27632. - 27632. It is unlawful for any person to mark any...

Section 27633. - 27633. It is unlawful for any person to engage in...

Section 27634. - 27634. It is unlawful for any person to sell or...

Section 27635. - 27635. It is unlawful for any person to sell or...

Section 27636. - 27636. It is unlawful for any person to sell as...

Section 27637. - 27637. It is unlawful for any person to make any...

Section 27638. - 27638. It is unlawful for any person to fail to...

Section 27639. - 27639. It is unlawful for any person to do any...

Section 27640. - 27640. It is unlawful for any person to move any...

Section 27641. - 27641. It is unlawful for any person to prepare, pack,...

Section 27642. - 27642. It shall be presumed from the fact of possession...

Section 27643. - 27643. (a) It is unlawful for an egg handler, as...

Section 27644. - 27644. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), it is...

Section 27644.5. - 27644.5. (a) It is unlawful for an egg handler, as...

ARTICLE 13 - Ungraded Eggs

Section 27651. - 27651. It is unlawful for any person to sell to...

Section 27652. - 27652. During an emergency which is proclaimed pursuant to Section...

ARTICLE 14 - Registered Brands

Section 27661. - 27661. Every egg handler shall register with the director each...

Section 27662. - 27662. It is unlawful for a brand registrant or his...

Section 27663. - 27663. Any person who, without prior authorization, acquires possession of...

Section 27664. - 27664. Every person who operates a container exchange business for...

Section 27665. - 27665. The director shall issue licenses to persons engaged in...

Section 27666. - 27666. Every licensee shall file with the director the name...

Section 27667. - 27667. A licensee may sell containers which do not have...

Section 27668. - 27668. The director may suspend or revoke any license for...

Section 27669. - 27669. It is unlawful for any common carrier or private...

ARTICLE 15 - Criminal Punishment and Procedure

Section 27671. - 27671. (a) The following persons are guilty of a misdemeanor:...

Section 27672. - 27672. It is unlawful for any person to fail to...

Section 27673. - 27673. Unless a person who is arrested for the transportation...

Section 27680. - 27680. If the grade determination and size determination required by...

Section 27681. - 27681. A registrant whose out-of-state location is inspected shall reimburse...

Section 27682. - 27682. The actual and necessary expenses of the department for...

Section 27683. - 27683. The department shall attempt to schedule as many out-of-state...

Section 27684. - 27684. The department shall perform sufficient inspections of the records...

Section 27685. - 27685. Before receiving a registration as required by this chapter,...

Section 27686. - 27686. All shipped eggs shall be transported under refrigeration in...

Section 27687. - 27687. (a) If the department determines that eggs are not...

Section 27688. - 27688. Each registrant shall submit a report as designated by...

Section 27688.5. - 27688.5. Any out-of-state registrant who fails to promptly submit required...

Section 27689. - 27689. The report required by Section 27688 shall give a...

Section 27690. - 27690. All brokers registered with California shall itemize in their...