SECTIONS 14501-14505 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 14501-14505

14501. The Legislature finds and declares that it is the intent of
this chapter to do all of the following:
(a) To promote the distribution of effective and safe fertilizing
materials essential for the production of food and fiber.
(b) To provide assurance to the consumer of commercial
fertilizers, agricultural minerals, packaged soil amendments, and
auxiliary soil and plant substances that the product purchased is
properly identified, and to provide assurance of the validity of the
quality and quantity represented by the manufacturer of these
products.
(c) To provide funds for the administration and enforcement of
this chapter.

14502. The secretary shall enforce this chapter and adopt and
enforce such regulations relating to the manufacture, guaranteeing,
labeling, and distribution of, the manner of reporting tonnage for,
and making inspection tonnage fee payments upon, fertilizing
materials as the secretary determines necessary to carry out this
chapter. A copy of those regulations shall be mailed promptly upon
adoption to each person who is licensed pursuant to this chapter. The
failure of any licensee to receive a copy of the regulations is not
a defense to a violation of the regulations.

14502.1. The secretary shall notify every licensee that
manufactures, distributes, or sells ammonium nitrate, as defined in
Section 14512.5, of their duty to maintain records pursuant to
Section 14612.5 and to notify the secretary as to where those records
may be obtained by him or her.

14503. Any money which is received by the director pursuant to this
chapter shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the
Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, to be expended solely for
the administration and enforcement of this chapter.

14504. The secretary shall prepare an annual statement of the
operating expenditures and revenue related to this chapter which
shall be presented to the board for review as soon as possible
following the termination of the fiscal year. A copy of this
statement shall be made available to any interested person upon
request.

14505. Agricultural products derived from municipal sewage sludge
shall be regulated as a fertilizing material pursuant to this
chapter, and when used in general commerce, these products are not
subject to regulation as a hazardous substance pursuant to Section
108130) of the Health and Safety Code and are not subject to
regulation as a waste under Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section
25100) of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code.