Article 2. General Provisions of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 21. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 2.

The Legislature declares that: The disorderly marketing of commodities in this state; the improper preparation for market; the lack of uniform grade specifications or uniform inspection of commodities; the marketing of commodities in excess of reasonable or normal market demands therefor; or the inability of individual producers to expand existing markets or to develop new or larger markets for California grown commodities tends to prevent agricultural producers from maintaining a proper standard of living or from contributing their fair share to the support of necessary governmental and educational functions and thereby tends to increase unfairly the tax burden of other citizens of this state.

The conditions set forth in Section 59541 vitally concern the health, peace, safety and general welfare of the people of this state. It is declared to be the policy of this state to aid agricultural producers in preventing or correcting adverse marketing conditions, improving existing marketing conditions, expanding existing markets, promoting new or broader markets, developing more orderly or efficient or equitable methods in the marketing of commodities and thereby to aid agricultural producers to achieve and maintain a purchasing power at an equitable and reasonable level.

The production and marketing of commodities by producers within this state is declared to be affected with a public interest. The provisions of this chapter are enacted in the exercise of the police powers of this state for the purpose of protecting the health, peace, safety, and general welfare of the people of this state.

Any order of the director which makes effective a marketing program, and any other order of the director which substantially affects the rights of any interested party, may be reviewed by any court of competent jurisdiction. Any such action shall be commenced withn 30 days after the effective date of the order which is complained of.

If producers of any commodity which is regulated by a marketing program that is issued by the director pursuant to the provisions of this chapter are required to comply with minimum quality, condition, size, or maturity regulations, no person may, except as otherwise provided in such program, process, distribute, or otherwise handle any of such commodity from any source, whether produced within or without this state, which commodity does not meet such minimum requirements which are applicable to producers of the commodity in this state. Such regulations do not, however, apply to any commodity which has been produced outside of this state and is in transit on the effective date of the regulations.