Section 55040 Of Article 4. Duties And Powers From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 4.
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. The powers and duties of the committee shall include, but
not be limited to, all of the following:
(a) Identifying rices that have characteristics of commercial
impact.
(b) Recommending to the secretary proposed regulations
establishing terms and conditions for planting, producing,
processing, or handling rice identified pursuant to subdivision (a),
including, but not limited to, seed application requirements, field
buffer zones, handling requirements, seed testing, and identity
preservation requirements. All rice identified pursuant to
subdivision (a) shall be subject to an identity preservation program.
(c) Reviewing the efficacy of terms, conditions, and identity
preservation programs imposed on the planting, producing, processing,
or handling of rice identified pursuant to subdivision (a) using the
most current industry standards and generally accepted scientific
principles.
(d) Recommending to the secretary on all matters pertaining to
this chapter, including, but not limited to, the amendment or repeal
of regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, enforcement of this
chapter, and setting the assessment rates.
(e) The committee shall review each rice identified as having
characteristics of commercial impact not less often than every two
years, or upon receipt of a petition from a handler of rice. A
handler of rice identified as having characteristics of commercial
impact may not file more than one petition on a particular variety of
rice in any two-year period.
(f) Neither the recommendations of the committee nor any
regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be construed as
establishing any production, processing, or market tolerance.