Section 5006 Of Article 1. Definitions From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 4. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.
5006
. "Pest" means any of the following things that is, or is
liable to be, dangerous or detrimental to the agricultural industry
of the state:
(a) Any infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease of any
plant, or any disorder of any plant which manifests symptoms or
behavior which the director, after investigation and hearing, finds
and determines is characteristic of an infectious, transmissible, or
contagious disease.
(b) Any form of animal life.
(c) Any form of vegetable life.