CHAPTER 10.5. Direct Marketing [47000. - 47062.]

Chapter 10.5 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 606, Sec. 1.5.

§§ 47000–47062 · 34 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 47000–47003 · 5 sections

   • § 47000 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following with regard to the direct marketing of agricultural products: (a) Direct marketing of agricultural…
   • § 47000.5 The following definitions apply to this chapter, unless otherwise specified: (a) (1) “Agricultural product” means a fresh or processed product produced in…
   • § 47001 (a) The secretary may adopt regulations to encourage the direct sale by farmers to the public of all types of California agricultural products. It is the…
   • § 47002 California farmers registered or certified pursuant to this chapter as direct marketing producers may transport for sale and sell California-grown fresh…
   • § 47003 The secretary may establish qualifications for persons selling products directly to the public whenever the sales involve the use of any exemption granted by…
2. ARTICLE 1.5. Certified Farmers’ Markets §§ 47004–47005.4 · 6 sections

   • § 47004 (a) Certified farmers’ markets are California agricultural product point-of-sale locations that are registered under the provisions of Section 47020 and…
   • § 47005 An enforcing officer may enter and inspect any place or conveyance where products are produced, stored, packed, delivered for shipment, loaded, shipped,…
   • § 47005.1 An enforcing officer may inspect all products, containers, and equipment found in any place or conveyance to determine compliance with this chapter or the…
   • § 47005.2 An enforcing officer may seize and hold as evidence all or any part of any container, pack, load, bulk lot, consignment or shipment of products which is…
   • § 47005.3 Any evidence that is seized under the authority of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder by an enforcing officer in any county may be admitted…
   • § 47005.4 Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to preclude the creation and keeping of additional information that a certified farmers’ market operator may…
3. ARTICLE 1.6. Certified Mobile Farmers’ Markets §§ 47007–47009 · 4 sections

   • § 47007 (a) A “certified mobile farmers’ market” means a mobile food facility, as defined in Section 113831 of the Health and Safety Code, that moves to various…
   • § 47007.5 (a) An enforcing officer may enter and inspect any place or conveyance where products are produced, stored, packed, delivered for shipment, loaded, shipped,…
   • § 47008 An operator of a certified mobile farmers’ market shall register annually with the department as a certified mobile farmers’ market, which shall include all of…
   • § 47009 (a) The fee for, or the fee for amendment to, the annual registration of a certified mobile farmers’ market shall be set by regulation enacted by the secretary…
4. ARTICLE 2. Certified Farmers’ Market Advisory Committee §§ 47010–47013 · 3 sections

   • § 47010 (a) The secretary shall establish a committee that shall be known as the Certified Farmers’ Market Advisory Committee. The primary goals of the committee shall…
   • § 47011 The Certified Farmers’ Market Advisory Committee shall be advisory to the secretary on matters pertaining to direct marketing of agricultural products at…
   • § 47013 The members of the committee and any alternate shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed by the department for travel expenses incurred in the…
5. ARTICLE 3. Certificates §§ 47020–47021 · 2 sections

   • § 47020 (a) An operator of a certified farmers’ market shall register with the department by applying for and obtaining a certificate from the county agricultural…
   • § 47021 (a) Every operator of a certified farmers’ market shall remit to the department, within 30 days after the end of each quarter, a fee equal to the number of…
6. ARTICLE 3.5. Violations §§ 47022–47022.7 · 8 sections

   • § 47022 It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to prepare, pack, place, deliver for…
   • § 47022.1 It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to deceptively prepare, pack, place,…
   • § 47022.2 It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to mislabel any products, or place or…
   • § 47022.3 It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to falsify any documents or to make any…
   • § 47022.4 It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to remove or dispose any products, or…
   • § 47022.5 It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to refuse to submit any container,…
   • § 47022.6 It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to refuse to submit to inspection by an…
   • § 47022.7 It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to alter in any respect any certified…
7. ARTICLE 4. Enforcement § 47025 · 1 section

   • § 47025 (a) In lieu of prosecution, but not precluding suspension or revocation of certified producer’s certificates or certified farmers’ market certificates pursuant…
8. ARTICLE 5. Other Direct Marketing Outlets and Distributions §§ 47030–47050 · 2 sections

   • § 47030 Field retail stands are producer-owned and operated premises located at or near the point of production established in accordance with local ordinances and…
   • § 47050 Farm stands arefield retail stands, as defined in Section 47030, that sell or offer for sale California agricultural products grown or produced by the…
9. ARTICLE 6. Community-Supported Agriculture §§ 47060–47062 · 3 sections

   • § 47060 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Community-supported agriculture program” or “CSA program” means a program under which a…
   • § 47061 (a) A producer that markets whole produce, shell eggs, or processed foods through a single-farm community-supported agriculture program or multi-farm…
   • § 47062 (a) The fee for, or the fee for amendment to, the annual registration of a registered California direct marketing producer shall be set by regulation enacted…