Article 3.5. Violations of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 17. >> Chapter 10.5. >> Article 3.5.
It is unlawful for any person when operating under the
provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to
prepare, pack, place, deliver for shipment, deliver for sale, load,
ship, transport, cause to be transported, or sell any products in
bulk, or in any container or subcontainer, unless such products
conform to the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted
thereunder.
It is unlawful for any person when operating under the
provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to
deceptively prepare, pack, place, deliver for shipment, load, ship,
transport, or sell any products.
It is unlawful for any person when operating under the
provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to
mislabel any products, or place or have any false or misleading
statement or designation of quality, grade, trademark, or trade name,
on any wrapper or container, or on the label or lining of any
container of any product, or on any placard that is used in
connection with, or which has reference to, any products, bulk lot,
bulk load, load, arrangement, or display of products.
It is unlawful for any person when operating under the
provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to
falsify any documents or to make any statement, representation, or
assertion orally, by public outcry, proclamation, or in writing, or
by any other manner or means whatever, that concerns the quality,
size, maturity, condition, or any other matter that relates to
products which is false, deceptive, or misleading in any particular.
It is unlawful for any person when operating under the
provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to
remove or dispose any products, or their containers to which any
warning tag or notice has been affixed by an enforcing officer, or to
remove the warning tag or notice from the place where it is affixed,
except under a written permit to do so from an enforcing officer or
under his or her specific direction.
It is unlawful for any person when operating under the
provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to
refuse to submit any container, subcontainer, load, or display of
products to the inspection of an enforcing officer, or to refuse to
stop any vehicle which contains products for the purpose of
inspection by an enforcing officer.
It is unlawful for any person when operating under the
provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to
refuse to submit to inspection by an enforcing officer of any
property used in the sales, storage, or production of agricultural
products.
It is unlawful for any person when operating under the
provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to
alter in any respect any certified producer's certificate, any
certified farmers' market certificate, any notice of violation,
report, statement, or other document that is referred to in this
chapter, which is issued by an enforcing officer.