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Section 82001.

82001. (a) The Department of Food and Agriculture, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health, shall, on or before July 1, 2018, publish information to encourage food manufacturers, processors, and retailers responsible for the labeling of food products to voluntarily use the following uniform terms on food product labels to communicate quality dates and […]

Section 81011.

81011. (a) Before cultivating industrial hemp, an established agricultural research institution shall provide the Global Positioning System coordinates of the planned cultivation site to the commissioner of the county in which the site is located. (b) This section shall remain operative only until the date on which a state plan for California is approved pursuant to Section […]

Section 81012.

81012. (a) Enforcement of the approved state plan shall comply with Section 297B(e) of the federal Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (added by Section 10113 of the federal Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-334)). (b) A grower of industrial hemp, established agricultural research institution, or hemp breeder that the secretary determines has violated a provision […]

Section 81013.

81013. Any person convicted of a felony relating to a controlled substance under state or federal law before, on, or after January 1, 2020, shall be ineligible, during the 10-year period following the date of the conviction, to participate in the industrial hemp program. (Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 838, Sec. 12. (SB 153) Effective […]

Section 81014.

81014. A person that materially falsifies any information contained in an application or registration under Section 81003 or 81004, or other application to participate in the industrial hemp program, shall be ineligible to participate in the industrial hemp program. (Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 838, Sec. 13. (SB 153) Effective January 1, 2020.)

Section 81015.

81015. (a) On or before May 1, 2020, the secretary, in consultation with the Governor and the Attorney General, shall develop and submit to the United States Secretary of Agriculture a state plan, consistent with this division, pursuant to Section 297B of the federal Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (added by Section 10113 of the federal […]

Section 82000.

82000. For purposes of this division, the following definitions apply: (a) “Quality date” means a date on a label affixed to the packaging or a container of food that communicates to consumers the date after which the food quality may begin to deteriorate but the food may still be acceptable for consumption. (b) “Safety date” means a […]

Section 80172.

80172. A person violating any provision of this division is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), for each violation or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or both, and […]

Section 81002.

81002. (a) Except when grown by a registered established agricultural research institution or by a registered hemp breeder developing a new cultivar, industrial hemp shall be grown only if it is on the list of approved cultivars, or produced by clonal propagation of industrial hemp that is on the list of approved cultivars. (b) The list of […]

Section 80173.

80173. Upon conviction of a violation of this division, all permits issued to the person convicted shall be revoked and the permittee shall be required to surrender any unused tags and seals or wood receipts to the issuing agency and no new or additional permits shall be issued to the permittee for a period of […]