GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
Known as the Food and Agricultural Code
The act spans §§ 1–51 (44 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 24 Cal. 4th 415 - People Ex Rel. Lockyer v. Shamrock Foods Co. (2000)
Most recently applied in Delano Farms Co. v. California Table Grape Commission (March 2008)
Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 42, Sec. 2
Whenever the term “department” or “Department of Agriculture” appears in any law, it means the “Department of Food and Agriculture.”
Whenever the term “director,” “secretary,” “Director of Agriculture,” or “Secretary of Agriculture” appears in any law, it means the “Secretary of Food and Agriculture.”
Whenever the term “Agricultural Code” appears in any law, it means the “Food and Agricultural Code.”
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.