SECTIONS 19300-19306 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 19300-19306

19300. Every person engaged in the business of rendering shall
obtain a license from the department for each rendering plant.

19300.5. Every person engaged in the business of operating a
collection center shall obtain a license from the department for each
collection center operated.

19301. The application for a license shall be in a form which is
prescribed by the director and shall contain the following:
(a) The name and address of the applicant.
(b) Where each rendering plant or collection center which he
intends to operate is located.
(c) The experience the applicant has in rendering.
(d) Such other information as the director may by regulation
require.

19302. The department, after notice and hearing, may refuse to
issue a license unless the department finds that the applicant
satisfies both of the following:
(a) Is properly equipped to engage in the business of rendering or
operating a collection center. For these purposes, the department
shall consult with the rendering industry to determine the equipment
that shall be required.
(b) Has never been convicted of a felony involving adulterated or
misbranded food.

19303. In addition to any other records required to be kept
pursuant to this chapter, every licensed renderer shall record and
keep for 2 years, in connection with the receipt of kitchen grease
which is not intended for human food, all of the following
information:
(a) The name, address, and registration number of every
transporter of inedible kitchen grease who has delivered that
material to the renderer.
(b) The total amount of inedible kitchen grease purchased in each
transaction.
(c) The date of each transaction.

19304. All records required to be retained pursuant to this chapter
shall be maintained at the regular place of business of every
renderer and collection center operator licensed pursuant to this
article and every transporter registered pursuant to Article 6.5
(commencing with Section 19310). Those records shall be exhibited on
demand to any peace officer of this state or any employee of the
department.

19305. Any peace officer of this state, or any employee of the
department, during normal business hours, may inspect any premises
maintained by a renderer or collection center operator licensed
pursuant to this article or a transporter registered pursuant to
Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 19310), and any inedible kitchen
grease located on the premises, for the purpose of determining
whether that renderer, collection center operator, or transporter is
complying with the record maintenance requirements of this article.

19305.5. (a) The department may suspend or revoke a registration
certificate at any time, if it finds any of the following has
occurred:
(1) The licensee has sold or offered for sale to an unlicensed
person, any inedible kitchen grease.
(2) The licensee has stolen, misappropriated, contaminated, or
damaged inedible kitchen grease or containers thereof.
(3) The licensee has violated any provision of this article or any
regulations adopted to implement this article.
(4) The licensee has taken possession of inedible kitchen grease
from an unregistered transporter or has knowingly taken possession of
inedible kitchen grease that has been stolen.
(b) (1) The licensee may appeal any suspension or revocation
decision to the department.
(2) The department shall establish procedures for the appeals
process, to include a noticed hearing.
(3) The department may reverse a suspension or revocation upon a
finding of good cause to do so.

19306. (a) Any renderer or collection center operator licensed
pursuant to this article or transporter registered pursuant to
Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 19310) who fails in any respect
to keep the written records required by this article, or to set out
in that written record any matter required by this article to be set
out in the record, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) Every renderer, collection center operator, or transporter who
refuses, upon demand of any peace officer of this state or any
employee of the department, to exhibit any written record required by
this article, or who destroys that record within one year after
making the final entry of any information required by this article,
is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(c) Any violation of subdivision (b) is punishable as follows:
(1) For a first offense, by a fine of not less than five hundred
dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than
30 days, or by both the fine and imprisonment.
(2) For a second offense within a period of one year, by a fine of
not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in a
county jail for not more than 30 days, or by both the fine and
imprisonment. In addition to any other punishment imposed pursuant to
this paragraph, the court may order the defendant to stop engaging
in the business as a renderer, collection center operator, or
transporter for a period not to exceed 30 days.
(3) For a third or any subsequent offense within a period of two
years, by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or
by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than six months, or by
both the fine and imprisonment. In addition to any other sentence
imposed pursuant to this paragraph, the court shall order the
defendant to stop engaging in the business as a renderer, collection
center operator, or transporter for a period of 30 days.