ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

Article 1 enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.

§§ 401–412 · 13 sections

• § 401 The department shall promote and protect the agricultural industry of the state.
• § 401.5 The department shall also seek to enhance, protect, and perpetuate the ability of the private sector to produce food and fiber in a way that benefits the…
• § 402 The department shall prevent fraud and deception in any of the following: (a) Packing or labeling, or in any phase of the marketing, of any agricultural…
• § 403 The department shall prevent the introduction and spread of injurious insect or animal pests, plant diseases, and noxious weeds.
• § 404 The department shall execute the provisions of this code, except as otherwise provided, and of other laws administered by it.
• § 405 (a) With the prior approval of the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the State Department of Public Health, the department may reproduce or distribute…
• § 406 The department shall require reports from commissioners.
• § 407 The director may adopt such regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this code which he is directed or authorized to administer…
• § 408 The director may enter upon any premises to inspect the premises or any plant, appliance, or thing which is on such premises.
• § 409 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department by rule or regulation may provide for the issuance and renewal on a two-year basis of licenses, certificates…
• § 410 It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Food and Agriculture, in cooperation with appropriate county officials and industry representatives,…
• § 411 (a) The Department of Food and Agriculture shall supply the Department of Water Resources with a forecast that estimates the amount of production of food,…
• § 412 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a diversity of dairy methane management practices, including anaerobic digesters and nondigester dairy methane…