California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 5 - Processor’s License

• Section 55521.
  A person shall not act as a processor or a cash buying processor unless he has first obtained a license as provided in this chapter...
• Section 55522.
  Every person, before acting as a processor or a cash buying processor, shall file an application with the director for a license to so act....
• Section 55522.5.
  (a) It is unlawful for a licensee that has changed its legal entity to do any of the following: (1) Continue to operate after the change. (2) Purchase...
• Section 55522.6.
  (a) If the Secretary of State suspends the corporate status of any licensee or if the corporate status is forfeited, the license is revoked by operation...
• Section 55523.
  (a) Each application shall state all of the following:(1) The full name of the applicant.(2) If the applicant is a firm, exchange, association, or corporation, the full name...
• Section 55523.1.
  In addition to the other requirements of this chapter, each application for a license, except for an application for a cash buying processor license, shall...
• Section 55523.2.
  Any balance sheet or financial information prepared, retained, or submitted as required by this chapter that shows the applicant to be in an unsound financial...
• Section 55523.3.
  (a) If the secretary is not satisfied that an applicant or licensee is financially responsible, the secretary may, in lieu of denying, suspending, or revoking the...
• Section 55523.4.
  If at any time the secretary has cause or reason to believe that any applicant or licensee is in an unsound financial condition so as...
• Section 55523.5.
  Failure to file a financial statement as required by this chapter or to comply with the affidavit requirements of Section 55523.1 is a violation of...
• Section 55523.6.
  Any financial statement submitted to the secretary pursuant to this chapter is confidential and shall not be divulged except at a hearing before the secretary...
• Section 55524.
  The department shall accept or deny an application within 90 calendar days of receipt of a completed application. The department may deny, condition, suspend, or...
• Section 55524.5.
  (a) The Legislature finds there to be a substantial nexus between the conduct specified in Section 55524 and an applicant’s or holder’s fitness for licensure.(b) The department...
• Section 55524.75.
  (a) If an application for a license indicates, or the department determines during the application review process, that the applicant was issued a license that was...
• Section 55525.
  The applicant shall satisfy the department of the applicant’s character, responsibility, and good faith in seeking to carry on the business that is stated in...
• Section 55525.75.
  (a) The withdrawal of an application for a license after it has been filed with the department does not deprive the department of its authority to...
• Section 55527.5.
  Any person who is adjudicated liable for payment of a claim for farm products which arose out of the conduct of a business licensed or...
• Section 55527.6.
  (a)  Licensees or applicants for a license shall be required to furnish and maintain an irrevocable guarantee in a form and amount satisfactory to the...
• Section 55528.
  (a) The department shall notify the applicant or holder in writing of the department’s decision to bring charges to deny or revoke a license.(1) The notice shall...
• Section 55530.
  Each licensed processor shall post his license, or a copy of it, in his office or salesroom in plain view of the public.(Enacted by Stats....

Last modified: October 22, 2018