Article 2. General Provisions of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 16. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 2.

The secretary shall not enforce this article, Article 3 (commencing with Section 41721), Article 5 (commencing with Section 41751), Article 6 (commencing with Section 41801), or Article 8 (commencing with Section 41861), during the period that any marketing order covering the same subject is in effect.

The secretary shall initially adopt the American Dehydrated Onion and Garlic Association quality standards for garlic and onions suitable for dehydration purposes. Those standards shall be subject to subdivision (a) of Section 41865.

Except as otherwise provided in Section 41713, quality standards which are established pursuant to this chapter are the only standards of quality for dehydrating garlic or onions. The provisions of any contract entered into on or after January 1, 1979, to sell dehydrating garlic or onions, or to deliver such garlic or onions on consignment, which prescribe other or different quality or maturity requirements, are ineffective, and in such contracts the quality standards which are prescribed pursuant to this chapter shall be implied by law.

The quality standards which are established pursuant to this chapter shall be considered as a grade under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 40501). If a marketing order is issued pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 58601) of Part 2 of Division 20, which established uniform grading and inspection for dehydrating garlic and onions, then and so long as it is effective, the provisions of such marketing order shall control and the provisions established by regulations are ineffective as to garlic or onions which are covered by such marketing order.