ARTICLE 3.5. Violations [47022. - 47022.7.]

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC 3.5.

in effect

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 47022. Section 47022.

It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to prepare, pack, place, deliver for shipment, deliver for sale, load, ship, transport, cause to be transported, or sell any products in bulk, or in any container or subcontainer, unless such products conform to the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 47022.1. Section 47022.1.

It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to deceptively prepare, pack, place, deliver for shipment, load, ship, transport, or sell any products.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 47022.2. Section 47022.2.

It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to mislabel any products, or place or have any false or misleading statement or designation of quality, grade, trademark, or trade name, on any wrapper or container, or on the label or lining of any container of any product, or on any placard that is used in connection with, or which has reference to, any products, bulk lot, bulk load, load, arrangement, or display of products.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 47022.3. Section 47022.3.

It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to falsify any documents or to make any statement, representation, or assertion orally, by public outcry, proclamation, or in writing, or by any other manner or means whatever, that concerns the quality, size, maturity, condition, or any other matter that relates to products which is false, deceptive, or misleading in any particular.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 47022.4. Section 47022.4.

It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to remove or dispose any products, or their containers to which any warning tag or notice has been affixed by an enforcing officer, or to remove the warning tag or notice from the place where it is affixed, except under a written permit to do so from an enforcing officer or under his or her specific direction.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 47022.5. Section 47022.5.

It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to refuse to submit any container, subcontainer, load, or display of products to the inspection of an enforcing officer, or to refuse to stop any vehicle which contains products for the purpose of inspection by an enforcing officer.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 47022.6. Section 47022.6.

It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to refuse to submit to inspection by an enforcing officer of any property used in the sales, storage, or production of agricultural products.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 47022.7. Section 47022.7.

It is unlawful for any person when operating under the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted thereunder to alter in any respect any certified producer’s certificate, any certified farmers’ market certificate, any notice of violation, report, statement, or other document that is referred to in this chapter, which is issued by an enforcing officer.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026