SECTIONS 29731-29735 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 29731-29735

29731. Any honey which is packed, stored, delivered for shipment,
loaded, shipped, or being transported or sold in violation of any
provision of this chapter, together with its containers, is a public
nuisance. The honey shall be held by the person in whose possession
it may be and shall not be moved from the place where it may be,
except under the specific direction of an enforcement officer.

29732. The enforcement officer may affix a warning tag or notice to
the honey and its containers which are a public nuisance.

29733. If a packer or owner of honey, or the agent of either, after
notification to the packer, owner, or agent that the honey and its
containers are a public nuisance, refuses, or fails within a
reasonable time, to recondition or remark the honey so as to comply
with all requirements of this chapter, the honey and its containers:
(a) May be seized by the director or any enforcement officer.
(b) By order of the superior court of the county within which the
honey and its containers may be located, shall be condemned and
destroyed, or released upon conditions the court, in its discretion,
may impose to ensure that it will not be packed, delivered for
shipment, shipped, transported, or sold in violation of this chapter.
A proceeding under this section is a limited civil case if the value
of the property in controversy is less than or equal to the maximum
amount in controversy for a limited civil case under Section 85 of
the Code of Civil Procedure.

29734. If an agent is found in possession of any honey which is a
public nuisance, notice of rejection or any order of the court
concerning the honey may be served on such agent and need not be
served on the packer or owner.

29735. It is unlawful for any person to fail to comply with the
directions of any officer relating to the disposition of any honey
which is a public nuisance, or with any order of court respecting it.