Article 9. Warning Notices And Disposal Orders of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 17. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 9.

The enforcing officer may, and if requested by an enforcing officer of the county of destination shall, affix a warning notice to any vehicle or other means of transportation, or to any load or lot, of fruits, nuts, or vegetables which do not conform to the standards which are established by this division, whether or not the fruits, nuts, or vegetables are exempt from such standards, and serve a disposal order upon the owner or person that has custody or possession of any such load or lot.

The warning notice, the disposal order which directs the proper disposition of such products, and the disposal order receipt to be signed by an enforcing officer at destination which confirms such disposition, shall be in the form which is specified by, and provided by, the director.

The enforcing officer at the point of destination of such load or lot shall determine that the load or lot has been delivered to the consignee at the destination which is specified in the order and shall then release the load or lot and contersign the disposal order receipt so given to him. He shall immediately forward the receipt to the enforcing officer who served the disposal order.

It is unlawful for any person to deliver any load or lot of fruits, nuts, or vegetables which is subject to a disposal order to any person or destination except the person or destination which is shown on the disposal order, unless he is specifically authorized in writing to do so by an enforcing officer.

It is unlawful for any person to dispose of any load or lot of fruits, nuts, or vegetables which is subject to a disposal order prior to the release in writing of the load or lot by the enforcing officer at the point of destination. This section does not, however, make it unlawful for any person to unload and store any load or lot of fruits, nuts, or vegetables which is subject to a disposal order.

It is unlawful for any person to use or dispose of any fruits, nuts, or vegetables, for which a disposal order has been issued, in any manner or for any purpose except the manner or purpose for which such disposal order was issued, unless such person is specifically authorized in writing to do so by an enforcing officer.