Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 15 Agriculture And Marketing - Chapter 15.30 Controlled Atmosphere Storage Of Fruits And Vegetables

15.30.010 Definitions
For the purpose of this chapter: (1) "Department" means the department of agriculture of the state of Washington. (2) "Director" means the director of the ...

15.30.020 Annual license required -- Expiration date
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of operating a controlled atmosphere storage warehouse or warehouses without first obtaining an ...

15.30.030 Application for license, contents -- Issuance, prerequisites
Application for a license to operate a controlled atmosphere warehouse shall be on a form prescribed by the director and shall include the following: (1) ...

15.30.040 Annual license fee
The application for an annual license to engage in the business of operating a controlled atmosphere storage warehouse or warehouses shall be accompanied by an ...

15.30.050 Enforcement -- Rules authorized, procedure
The director shall enforce and carry out the provisions of this chapter and may adopt the necessary rules to carry out its purposes. The adoption ...

15.30.060 Rules -- Oxygen content, temperature, and time period to be maintained -- Classification of fruits, vegetables as controlled atmosphere stored
The director shall adopt rules: (1) Prescribing the maximum amount of oxygen that may be retained in a sealed controlled atmosphere storage warehouse: PROVIDED, That ...

15.30.070 License renewal date -- Penalty for late renewal, exception
If an application for renewal of the license provided for in RCW 15.30.020 is not filed prior to September 1st of any one year, a ...

15.30.080 Denial, suspension, revocation of license -- Grounds -- Hearing required
The director is authorized to deny, suspend or revoke the license provided for in RCW 15.30.020 subsequent to a hearing, in any case in which ...

15.30.090 Denial, suspension, revocation of license -- Hearings subject to Administrative Procedure Act
All hearings for a denial, suspension, or revocation of the license provided for in RCW 15.30.020 shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 34.05 ...

15.30.100 Subpoenas -- Witnesses and fees
The director may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and/or the production of books, documents and records, anywhere in the state in any ...

15.30.110 Issuance of warehouse number -- Use of letters "CA" -- Marking containers with letters and number
The director when issuing a license to an applicant shall include a warehouse number which shall be preceded by the letters "CA". If the applicant ...

15.30.120 Licensee to make daily determination of air components -- Record, form, contents
The licensee shall make air component determinations as to the percentage of carbon dioxide, oxygen and temperature at least once each day. A record of ...

15.30.130 Identity of fruit and vegetables to be maintained by CA number and inspection number to retail market
The identity of any fruits or vegetables represented as having been stored in a room or warehouse subject to the provisions of this chapter shall ...

15.30.140 Maturity and condition standards may be higher than for fruit and vegetables not subject to chapter
The director may by rule establish condition and maturity standards for fruits or vegetables subject to the provisions of this chapter which may be higher ...

15.30.150 Minimum condition and maturity standards for apples
Minimum condition and maturity standards for apples subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be the U.S. condition and maturity standards for export as ...

15.30.160 Inspection, certification prior to using "CA" or similar designation -- Eradication required, when
No person in this state shall place or stamp the letters "CA" or a similar designation in conjunction with a number or numbers upon any ...

15.30.170 Inspection, certification may be requested by financially interested person
Any person financially interested in any fruits or vegetables subject to the provisions of this chapter may apply to the director for inspection and certification ...

15.30.180 Fees for inspection and certification
The director shall prescribe the necessary fees to be charged to the licensee or owner for the inspection and certification of any fruits or vegetables ...

15.30.190 Certificate as evidence
Every inspection certificate issued by the director under the provisions of this chapter shall be received in all courts of the state as prima facie ...

15.30.200 Disposition of fees
All moneys collected under the provisions of this chapter for the inspection and certification of any fruits or vegetables subject to the provisions of this ...

15.30.210 Unlawful sales, acts, or use of words "controlled atmosphere storage" and terms of similar import
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, hold for sale, or transport for sale any fruits or vegetables represented as ...

15.30.220 Injunctions authorized
The director may bring an action to enjoin the violation or threatened violation of any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant to ...

15.30.230 Chapter cumulative and nonexclusive
The provisions of this chapter shall be cumulative and nonexclusive and shall not affect any other remedy.[1961 c 29 § 23.] ...

15.30.240 Prior civil or criminal liability not affected
The enactment of this chapter shall not have the effects of terminating, or in any way modifying any liability, civil or criminal, which shall already ...

15.30.250 Penalties for violating chapter
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any person violating the provisions of this chapter or rules adopted hereunder is guilty of ...

15.30.260 Cooperation, agreements with other governmental agencies
The director may cooperate with and enter into agreements with governmental agencies of this state, other states and agencies of federal government in order to ...

15.30.900 Fruits and vegetables in storage prior to enactment of chapter
Any fruits or vegetables now in controlled atmosphere storage and removed after February 21, 1961 may be marked, shipped, represented and sold as having been ...

15.30.910 Severability -- 1961 c 29
If any section or provision of this chapter shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ...