California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 1 - Short Title and Definitions

• Section 58601.
  This chapter shall be known as “The California Marketing Act of 1937.”(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
• Section 58602.
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
• Section 58603.
  “Administrative rules and regulations” means rules and regulations that are applicable to a particular marketing order or agreement which are issued and made effective by...
• Section 58604.
  “Advertising and sales promotion” means, in addition to its ordinarily accepted meaning, trade promotion and activities for the prevention, modification, or removal of trade barriers...
• Section 58604.5.
  “Advertising and sales promotion” also means, in addition to its ordinary accepted meaning, activities for the modification or removal of trade barriers that restrict the...
• Section 58605.
  “Commodity,” except as otherwise provided in Section 58747, means any agricultural, aquacultural, horticultural (including floricultural), vermicultural, viticultural (including wine) or vegetable product which is produced...
• Section 58606.
  “Directly affecting” or “directly affected” is synonymous with “directly regulating” and “directly regulated,” and means the direct application of regulations upon any person, including the...
• Section 58607.
  “Distributing” means engaging in the business of a distributor as defined in Section 58608.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
• Section 58608.
  “Distributor” means any person that engages in the operation of selling, marketing, or distributing, in intrastate commerce any commodity which he has produced or purchased...
• Section 58608.1.
  “Educational program,” unless otherwise defined in this chapter, means a program established by the director pursuant to this chapter that provides for the planning and...
• Section 58609.
  “Fish” means every form of fish, either salt water or fresh water fish, which is used for human consumption, except fish for canning, retorting, reduction,...
• Section 58610.
  “General rules and regulations” means rules and regulations, which are applicable to all marketing orders and marketing agreements and are issued and made effective by...
• Section 58611.
  “Handler,” except with respect to fish and seafood, means any person that is engaged within this state as a distributor in the business of distributing...
• Section 58612.
  “Handling” means engaging in the business of a handler as defined in Section 58611.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
• Section 58613.
  “Major amendments” mean amendments to any marketing order or agreement which are made pursuant to Article 13 (commencing with Section 59021) of this chapter. It...
• Section 58614.
  “Marketed by producers” means producer marketing, as defined by Section 58621.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
• Section 58615.
  “Marketing order” means an order which is issued by the director, pursuant to this chapter, which prescribes rules and regulations that govern the processing, distributing,...
• Section 58616.
  “Minor amendments” are amendments to any marketing order or agreement which are made effective by the director upon recommendation of the advisory board which is...
• Section 58617.
  “Person” means an individual, firm, corporation, association, or any other business unit, and, for the purposes of this chapter, includes any state agency which engages...
• Section 58618.
  “Processing” means engaging in the business of a processor as defined in Section 58619.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
• Section 58619.
  “Processor” means any person that is engaged within this state in the operation of receiving, grading, packing, canning, fermenting, distilling, extracting, preserving, grinding, crushing, or...
• Section 58620.
  “Producer” means any person that is engaged within this state in the business of producing, or causing to be produced for market, any commodity.(Enacted by...
• Section 58621.
  “Producer marketing” means any or all operations which are performed by any producer in preparing for market. It includes selling, delivering, or disposing of for...
• Section 58622.
  “Retailer” means any person that purchases or acquires any commodity for resale at retail to the general public for consumption off the premises. Such person...
• Section 58623.
  “Seafood” means shellfish and every other form of animal or plant life which is taken from fresh or salt water and used for human consumption,...
• Section 58624.
  “Seasonal marketing regulations” mean marketing regulations that are applicable to a particular marketing order or agreement which are made effective by the director pursuant to...

Last modified: October 22, 2018