CHAPTER 8. Canneries [112650. - 112855.]
Chapter 8 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6.
§§ 112650–112855 · 42 sections
ARTICLE 1. Definitions and Scope §§ 112650–112680 · 7 sections
- § 112650 “State board,” or “State Board of Public Health,” as used in this chapter, means the State Department of Health Services.
- § 112655 “Meat or meat products” as used in this chapter, means any meat or meat product or poultry or poultry product that is not subject to the inspection of the…
- § 112660 “Food product,” as used in this chapter, includes any fish or fish product, meat or meat product, or any other food product.
- § 112665 The operation of noncommercial canning centers by community canning centers, schools, churches, other organizations, or housewives who pack hermetically sealed…
- § 112670 In lieu of a license, a permit to operate a canning center shall be issued without cost by the department upon the submission of evidence as the department…
- § 112675 Food products that do not require the use of a pressure cooker but necessitate acidulation and pH determinations come within this chapter.
- § 112680 No act that is unlawful under Part 5 (commencing with Section 109875), relating to the adulterating, mislabeling, misbranding, false advertising, and sale of…
ARTICLE 2. Cannery Inspection Board §§ 112685–112725 · 9 sections
- § 112685 There is in the state government a Cannery Inspection Board consisting of the following six members: (a) The director of the state department, who shall act as…
- § 112690 Each appointed member holds office for a term of one year or until his or her successor is appointed.
- § 112695 Members of the board serve without compensation. The board shall meet at least quarterly.
- § 112700 The Cannery Inspection Board shall, subject to the approval of the department, estimate the cost of the separate inspection and laboratory control required to…
- § 112705 The estimate shall be made prior to the opening of the canning season for each product having a canning season of less than three consecutive months, and prior…
- § 112710 For the purpose of prorating the estimated cost of inspection and laboratory control, the Cannery Inspection Board, subject to the approval of the department,…
- § 112715 Based on the estimates required by the last three sections, the Cannery Inspection Board, subject to the approval of the department, shall determine the…
- § 112720 The cost of laboratory control and research on products subject to this chapter shall be prorated by the Cannery Inspection Board in the same manner as the…
- § 112725 If the delegation of discretion to determine whether the case, ton, or man-hour basis is most equitable as a basis of prorating the cost of inspection and…
ARTICLE 3. Proration of Costs §§ 112730–112745 · 4 sections
- § 112730 At the end of each quarter, or at the close of any canning season that does not exceed three consecutive months, the state department shall determine the…
- § 112735 In making any separate inspection and laboratory control for any food product, the state department shall not spend more than the amount estimated by the…
- § 112740 In making estimates, determinations, assessments, and prorations under this article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 112685), the Cannery Inspection…
- § 112745 In lieu of all other procedures in this article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 112685), each person licensed under this chapter may be assessed at an…
ARTICLE 4. Licenses and Licensees §§ 112750–112795 · 10 sections
- § 112750 It is unlawful for any person to engage in the noncommercial canning of salmon, or in the commercial canning of any fish or fish product, meat or meat product,…
- § 112755 The department shall issue an annual license, that is nontransferable, to any person on the receipt of fifty dollars ($50) per plant, and evidence as the board…
- § 112760 Any person who has been denied the annual license provided in this chapter may obtain a hearing by the department by mailing a written request therefor to the…
- § 112765 In addition to the annual license fee, the department shall demand from each licensee a cash deposit for the payment of his or her pro rata share of the…
- § 112770 If the deposit made by any licensee is insufficient to meet the actual cost of an inspection and laboratory control of any product determined by the…
- § 112775 If at the end of the calendar year, or at the end of any canning season of less than three consecutive months the deposit made by any licensee under this…
- § 112780 No food product subject to the inspection required by this chapter shall be shipped by the licensee who packed it until the licensee has either paid his or her…
- § 112785 The department may after notice and opportunity for hearing suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter for any of the following causes: (a)…
- § 112790 After conviction for a violation of Part 5 (commencing with Section 109875), the license of the person convicted may be suspended for a period of from 1 to 30…
- § 112795 Proceedings for the suspension and revocation of licenses shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500), Part 1, Division 3,…
ARTICLE 5. General Provisions §§ 112800–112820 · 5 sections
- § 112800 No person shall permit another to operate a steam-controlled retort used in the commercial canning industry for the sterilization of food products, unless the…
- § 112805 It is unlawful for any person to place upon the label of any bottle, can, jar, carton, case, box, barrel, or any other receptacle, vessel, or container of…
- § 112810 Any food product packed in violation of this chapter may be quarantined by the department until a laboratory examination has established that the product meets…
- § 112815 Any person who packs any food product that has been quarantined by the department shall pay the department all reasonable costs of any laboratory examination,…
- § 112820 The Division of Cannery Inspections has supervision over the inspection and examination of raw fish and fish products preparatory to canning. The cost of the…
ARTICLE 6. Rules and Enforcement §§ 112825–112840 · 4 sections
- § 112825 The department may make regulations as it deems necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter, and the regulations shall have the force and effect of…
- § 112830 No rule or regulation or amendment thereto shall be adopted unless submitted by the department to the Cannery Inspection Board at least five days prior to the…
- § 112835 The state board shall enforce its regulations and the provisions of Part 5 (commencing with Section 109875), relating to the canning of food products, through…
- § 112840 The district attorney of the county in which any violation of this chapter occurs shall prosecute the person accused of the violation.
ARTICLE 7. Funds §§ 112845–112850 · 2 sections
- § 112845 The Cannery Inspection Fund is hereby established as a special fund in the State Treasury. All money received by the department under this chapter shall be…
- § 112850 Notwithstanding Section 112845, the department and the Department of Finance may authorize the deposit in the Special Deposit Fund of cash deposits received by…
ARTICLE 8. Violations § 112855 · 1 section
- § 112855 Any person who does not obtain a license required of him or her by this chapter, or who engages in canning operations after his or her license has been…