Article 9. Violations of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 16. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 9.

It is unlawful for any person to deliver or to accept tomatoes for processing purposes, or to process any tomatoes, which have not been certified as meeting the requirements of this chapter or the regulations established pursuant to this chapter.

It is unlawful for any person to deliver to a processor or for any processor to accept delivery of any load of tomatoes which has been rejected for failing to comply with the standards established pursuant to this chapter, until the load has been reconditioned to comply with the standards, reinspected, and a certificate issued by the proper enforcing officer.

It is unlawful for any person to remove, deface, or destroy, any warning tag or notice which has been placed by a proper enforcing officer upon a rejected lot or load of tomatoes for processing purposes.