CALIFORNIA STATUTES AND CODES
SECTIONS 58001-58005
FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE
SECTION 58001-58005
58001. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in
this article govern the construction of this chapter.
58002. "Organization of producers and distributors" includes all
corporations, societies, associations, and organizations of
producers, producers and distributors, or distributors, cooperative
or otherwise, which are formed for the purpose of facilitating the
marketing of any product.
58003. "Product" means any agricultural, aquacultural, dairy, or
farm product which is produced, grown, raised, manufactured, or
processed within the state.
58004. Except as provided in Section 58005, fees, charges, and
costs that are collected under this chapter shall be paid into the
State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.
58005. All fees, charges, and costs that are received under this
chapter for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of market
news shall be paid into the State Treasury monthly to the credit of
the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund. Funds received for these
purposes, upon appropriation, shall be expended by the department
for market news services. The secretary may adopt regulations
implementing procedures for receiving fees, charges, and
reimbursement for costs from users of market news.