{"code":"FAC","codeName":"Food and Agricultural Code","section":"12753","citation":"Food & Agr. Code, § 12753","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 7. AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS [12500. - 15340.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-7"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Pesticides [12751. - 13192.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-7/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Definitions [12751. - 12759.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-7/chapter-2/article-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 361, Sec. 27.   Effective January 1, 1997.","effective":"1997-01-01","html":"<p>“Pesticide” includes any of the following:</p><p>(a) Any spray adjuvant.</p><p>(b) Any substance, or mixture of substances which is intended to be used for defoliating plants, regulating plant growth, or for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest, as defined in Section <a href=\"/fac/12754.5\">12754.5</a>, which may infest or be detrimental to vegetation, man, animals, or households, or be present in any agricultural or nonagricultural environment whatsoever.</p>","text":"“Pesticide” includes any of the following: (a) Any spray adjuvant. (b) Any substance, or mixture of substances which is intended to be used for defoliating plants, regulating plant growth, or for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest, as defined in Section 12754.5, which may infest or be detrimental to vegetation, man, animals, or households, or be present in any agricultural or nonagricultural environment whatsoever.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/definitions-12753","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}