Article 10. Violations of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 13. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 10.
It is unlawful for any person to prepare, pack, place,
deliver for shipment, deliver for sale, load, ship, transport, or
sell any honey, adulterated honey or any product which is marked,
labeled, or designated as honey, in bulk or in any container or
subcontainer which does not conform to the provisions of this
chapter.
It is unlawful for any person to prepare, pack, place,
deliver for shipment, load, ship, transport, or sell a deceptive
pack, lot, load, arrangement, or display of honey.
It is unlawful for any person to mislabel any container or
subcontainer of honey or place any false or misleading statement on
any wrapper, label, or lining of any container of honey, or on any
placard which is used in connection with or which has reference to
any honey.
It is unlawful for any person to place or pack any honey in
any container or subcontainer which bears any markings, or any
designation of brand, quality, grade, or other matter, unless all of
such markings which do not properly and accurately apply to the
product placed or packed in the container or subcontainer have been
removed, erased, or obliterated.
(a) It is unlawful for any person to move any honey, or any
container of honey, to which any warning tag or notice has been
affixed, except under written permit from an enforcing officer or
under his or her specific direction.
(b) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a
fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than three
thousand dollars ($3,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for
not more than six months, or by both the fine and imprisonment.
(a) It is unlawful for any person to do either of the
following:
(1) Refuse to submit any container, subcontainer, load, or display
of honey to the inspection of any enforcing officer.
(2) Refuse to stop any vehicle which contains any honey, for the
purpose of inspection by an enforcing officer.
(b) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a
fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than three
thousand dollars ($3,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for
not more than six months, or by both the fine and imprisonment.
It is unlawful for any person to prepare, pack, place,
deliver for shipment, load, ship, transport, or sell, any of the
following:
(a) Adulterated honey, unless the container is conspicuously
marked, in letters or type of like size and character, which clearly
and plainly indicate the contents.
(b) Any product which is labeled or marked with the designation
"honey" alone, if the contents consist of part or all of products
other than the nectar of floral exudations of plants which is
gathered and stored in the comb by honeybees.