California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 8 - Processors

• Section 55601.
  Every processor shall pay for any farm product which is delivered to the processor at the time and in the manner which is specified in...
• Section 55601.1.
  Section 55601.5 shall be known, and may be cited as, the “Clare Berryhill Grape Crush Report Act of 1976.”(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 604, Sec....
• Section 55601.3.
  Upon the following, the processor shall notify the seller, on a form to be prescribed by the department, as to the requirements set forth in...
• Section 55601.4.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 55601, every processor who purchases livestock for slaughter shall make full payment of such livestock, by the transfer of collected...
• Section 55601.5.
  (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 55461, on or before January 10 of every year, every processor who crushes grapes in this state shall furnish to the secretary, on...
• Section 55601.6.
  (a) To provide funds to carry out Section 55601.5, each processor who crushes more than 100 tons of grapes in California shall pay to the secretary...
• Section 55601.7.
  Notwithstanding Section 55461, every processor who handles freestone peaches for freezing and drying in California shall furnish to the director, on or before December 10...
• Section 55601.8.
  (a) The secretary shall not release, or otherwise make available, any information furnished by a cooperative or an individual processor under Section 55601.7 or this section,...
• Section 55602.
  Every processor except a licensed winegrower, that purchases for freezing any farm product from the producer of the farm product on a packout basis shall...
• Section 55603.
  If a specific grade or quality is a condition of a packout basis contract between the producer and the processor, such grade or quality shall...
• Section 55604.
  Every contract between a processor and a producer which covers the purchase of any farm product on a packout basis shall designate the price to...
• Section 55604.1.
  Where the processor is operating under continuous United States Department of Agriculture inspection, the United States Department of Agriculture grade determination shall be accepted as...
• Section 55604.2.
  The provisions of Section 55581 of the Agricultural Code and Section 12713 of the Business and Professions Code do not apply to farm products purchased...
• Section 55605.
  Every processor, except a licensed winegrower, that receives any farm product from the producer of the farm product for processing on a consigned basis shall...
• Section 55606.
  If the processor has entered into a contract with two or more producers or consignors, which provides that the returns for any farm product which...
• Section 55607.
  Every processor shall keep accurate books and records which show the name and address of any producer that is selling and making delivery of any...
• Section 55608.
  Accurate grading and weight receipts shall be given by all processors to each producer, or his agent, upon each and every delivery. Each receipt shall...
• Section 55609.
  Not later than five days after demand, the processor shall give to every such producer so requesting a full and complete statement of such producer’s...
• Section 55609.1.
  Remittance in full of the amount which is realized from such sales, including all collections, overcharges, and damages, less the agreed commission and other charges,...
• Section 55610.
  A processor, in order to prevent loss or economic waste, may resell or redeliver any raw product purchased and received from the producer of the...
• Section 55611.
  All records required to be kept under this chapter shall be kept for a period of four years.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 632.)
• Section 55613.
  (a) If the secretary determines by February 1 of any year, commencing in 1992, that an acreage survey of the grape crop is desired by the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018