California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 22 - Inspection and Abatement

• Section 59281.
  This article applies to any lot of any commodity which is regulated by a marketing order or marketing agreement wherever, or in whose possession, such...
• Section 59282.
  Any authorized inspector, or other authorized person, who is discharging his duties in the checking of compliance with the provisions of any marketing order which...
• Section 59283.
  Except as otherwise provided in this article, any authorized inspector, or other authorized person, in the discharge of his duties, if he has reason to...
• Section 59284.
  Following inspection, such inspector or other authorized person may affix to any lot which is determined to be in noncompliance, an official notice, warning tag,...
• Section 59285.
  The director, or the authorized person by whom such lot is being held, shall serve the person in possession of the lot with a notice...
• Section 59286.
  The notice of noncompliance shall include all of the following:(a) A description of the lot.(b) The place where, and the reasons for which, the lot is held.(c) A...
• Section 59287.
  The owner of the lot shall have, in the case of a perishable commodity not to exceed 48 hours, and in the case of a...
• Section 59288.
  If the owner of the lot fails or refuses to give such consent, or if the lot has not been reconditioned or the deficiencies otherwise...
• Section 59289.
  (a) The enforcing officer may file a verified petition in superior court requesting permission to divert the lot to any other available lawful use or to...
• Section 59290.
  Upon the filing of the verified petition, the court may issue an order to show cause returnable in five days after service upon the owner...
• Section 59291.
  If at the expiration of the five-day period the owner of the lot has failed or refused to recondition or to correct the deficiencies so...
• Section 59292.
  In the event of sale of any lot by order of court, the costs of storage, handling, and reconditioning or disposal shall be deducted from...
• Section 59293.
  Disposal of any lot or portion of any lot pursuant to the provisions of this article, whether such disposal be by arrangement with an enforcement...

Last modified: October 22, 2018