SECTIONS 27621 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 27621

27621. Any person, forwarding company, or common carrier may
decline to ship or transport any eggs if it is notified by an
enforcement officer that the eggs are found to be not in conformity
with any provision of this chapter or regulation adopted pursuant to
this chapter.
Any person, forwarding company, or common carrier may reserve the
right, in any receipt, bill of lading, or other writing given to the
shipper of any eggs, to reject for shipment and to return to, or hold
at the expense and risk of, such shipper, all eggs which, upon
inspection, are found to be not in conformity with any provision of
this chapter or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter.
A person, forwarding company, or common carrier that transports
any eggs at the request of the shipper or owner of the eggs does not
violate any provisions of this chapter or regulation, unless such
person, forwarding company, or common carrier willfully fails or
refuses to stop the transportation of the eggs with reasonable
dispatch after being notified in writing by an enforcing officer of
this chapter or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter that such
eggs are found to be delivered for shipment in violation of this
chapter or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter.