It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that the provisions of this code are enacted in the exercise of the power of this state for the purposes of promoting and protecting the agricultural industry of the state and for the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare. In all civil actions the provisions of this code shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment of these purposes and for the accomplishment of the purposes of the several divisions of this code, and in criminal actions the rule of construction set forth in Section 4 of the Penal Code shall be the rule of construction for this code.
Cal. Food & Agric. Code § 3
GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
Known as the Food and Agricultural Code
The act spans §§ 1–51 (44 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case S.N.A. Nut Co. v. Tulare Nut Co. (In Re S.N.A. Nut Co.) (1996)
Most recently applied in U.S. Bank, N.A. v. Deseret Farms of California, Inc. (In Re Sargent Walnut Ranches, Inc.) (April 1998)
Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.