SECTIONS 42821-42825 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 42821-42825

42821. An enforcing officer may enter and inspect any place or
conveyance within the county or district over which he has
jurisdiction, where any fresh or dried fruits, nuts, or vegetables
are produced, stored, packed, delivered for shipment, loaded,
shipped, being transported, or sold.
He may inspect all fresh or dried fruits, nuts, and vegetables and
their containers and equipment found in any such place or
conveyance. He may also take for inspection, such representative
samples of the produce and such containers, as may be necessary to
determine whether or not this division has been violated and may
subject such samples of produce to any method of inspection or
testing.

42822. An enforcing officer shall cause the prosecution of any
person whom he knows or has reason to believe is guilty of violating
any provision of this division.

42823. Any enforcing officer may, while enforcing this division,
seize and hold as evidence all or any part of any pack, load, bulk
lot, consignment or shipment of fresh or dried fruits, nuts, or
vegetables which is packed, delivered for shipment, loaded, shipped,
or being transported, or sold in violation of this division, or any
container of such product, as may in his judgment be necessary to
secure the conviction of the party he knows or believes has violated
or is violating any provision of this division.

42824. Any prosecution for the violation of any provision of this
division may be made in any county where any part of the offense
occurred.

42825. Any evidence which is taken by an enforcing officer in any
county may be admitted in evidence in any prosecution in any other
county.