SECTIONS 43100 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 43100

43100. (a) The terms "California grown," "California-grown," and
similar terms with identical connotations shall be used in the
labeling or advertising of agricultural products as follows:
(1) The terms "California grown," "California-grown," and similar
terms with identical connotations may be used for marketing,
advertising, or promotional purposes, only to identify food or
agricultural products that have been produced in the state or
harvested in its surface or coastal waters.
(2) The Secretary of Food and Agriculture may adopt guidelines,
rules, and regulations to further define acceptable uses of the terms
"California grown," "California-grown," and similar terms with
identical connotations, and to prevent any misleading use of the
terms.
(b) A fraudulent use of the term "California grown" or
"California-grown," or of any seals or other identities officially
adopted by the Department of Food and Agriculture in connection with
these terms, or a deliberately misleading or unwarranted use of these
items or terms, is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less
than one hundred dollars ($100) or more than three thousand dollars
($3,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six
months, or by both the fine and imprisonment.