Sections
49 entriesSection 12001Limits the definitions contained in this chapter to use within this division only. Those definitions do not change, control, or otherwise affect…Section 12002Defines "Department" to mean the Department of Food and Agriculture for purposes of the provisions governed by this definition. Each use of…Section 12003Defines "Secretary" to mean the Secretary of Food and Agriculture for purposes of the provisions governed by this definition. Each use of…Section 12004Defines “State Sealer” as the chief of the department division charged with enforcing this division. The term therefore identifies the particular division…Section 12005Defines every reference in the division to the National Bureau of Standards as also including the National Institute of Standards and Technology.…Section 12006Defines “County Sealer” as any sealer appointed by a county. Allows a county, in its discretion, to call that official the county…Section 12008Defines “sealer,” when the term appears without qualification, to include the State Sealer, county sealers, and their deputies and inspectors. The definition…Section 12009Defines “sell,” in all variant forms, to include barter, exchange, trade, rent, lease, keeping for sale, offering for sale, and exposing for…Section 12009.5Defines “distribute,” in all variant forms, to include keeping for distribution, offering for distribution, and exposing for distribution, including variant forms of…Section 12010Defines “use,” in any grammatical variant of that word, to include keeping something for use in the corresponding grammatical variant. The definition…Section 12011Defines "person" to include a person, firm, corporation, or association for purposes of the provisions governed by this definition. The defined term…Section 12011.5Defines references in the division to “copies,” “standards,” or “copies of the standard weights and measures” as referring either to the original…Section 12011.6Defines “container” as any receptacle or carton, whether lidded or unlidded, into which a commodity is packed or placed, and also as…Section 12011.7Defines a “pallet” as any portable platform on which containers or material are placed to facilitate handling. The definition requires portability and…Section 12012Allows the secretary to exercise any power that the division confers on either the department or the State Sealer through the State…Section 12012.1Allows the secretary to seek a superior-court injunction against actual or threatened division or regulation violations and join defendants accused under the…Section 12013Allows a sealer, as a public officer, to make a warrantless arrest when reasonable cause exists to believe a public offense under…Section 12014Sets misdemeanor liability for a sealer who seals a weight, measure, balance, or measuring device before testing and conforming it to state…Section 12015Requires any sealer who knows of a violation of a law relating to weights and measures to cause the violator to be…Section 12015.3Allows a sealer to impose up to $1,000 per violation, with a 20-day hearing-request deadline, 30-day appeal deadline, and 10-day hearing-notice minimum.…Section 12015.5Requires any person convicted of violating the division, and generally any person found civilly liable for a division violation, to pay the…Section 12016Establishes that a person who hinders or obstructs a sealer in performing official duties commits a misdemeanor. The offense applies to obstruction…Section 12017Requires corporate officers, directors, and managers to comply on the corporation’s behalf with division requirements concerning inspected weights, measures, measuring instruments, and…Section 12018Establishes a misdemeanor when a person neglects or refuses to show a weight, measure, weighing or measuring instrument, or connected appliance or…Section 12019Defines a “false weight or measure” as a weight or measure that does not conform to the standard established or recognized by…Section 12020Prohibits a person, directly or through another, from commercially using any weight, measure, or weighing, measuring, or counting instrument while knowing it…Section 12021Establishes a misdemeanor when a person knowingly marks or stamps a false or short weight or measure on a container, knowingly takes…Section 12022Sets a minimum $25 fine per offense for intentionally adding or concealing another substance, including excess moisture, in weight-sold goods to increase…Section 12022.5Requires fresh meat or roasts to be exposed, advertised, offered, or sold by net weight only and treats inserted or wrapped added…Section 12023Prohibits a person, personally or through an employee or agent, from selling a commodity according to gross weight or gross measure except…Section 12023.5Allows jute cordage, hard fiber cordage, and hard fiber twine, whether covered or uncovered, to be marked and sold on a gross-weight…Section 12024Establishes a misdemeanor for a person who, personally or through or for another, sells a commodity in a quantity smaller than the…Section 12024.1Prohibits any person from willfully misrepresenting a charge for services rendered on the basis of weight, time, measure, or count, whether acting…Section 12024.2Prohibits charging more than an advertised, posted, marked, displayed, or quoted commodity price or more than the lowest applicable price; willful, grossly…Section 12024.3Sets a misdemeanor for specified same-premises prepackaged-commodity shortages when willful, exceeding $2 for an individual lot, or exceeding $10 across violating lots…Section 12024.5Requires specified dressed poultry, fowl, rabbit, meat, and fish to be sold by weight determined at sale on a properly sealed scale,…Section 12024.55Requires door-to-door packages of meat, fish, or poultry to display each type and cut’s price per pound, separately and accurately stated after…Section 12024.6Prohibits a person, firm, corporation, or association from advertising, soliciting, or representing a product for sale or purchase when intended to lure…Section 12024.7Requires a seller of meat directly to consumers by primal-cut or carcass weight to provide accurate sale weight plus a complete statement…Section 12024.8Exempts fish not used for human consumption from the requirements of the referenced provision. The exemption turns on the fish’s use: fish…Section 12024.9Defines freezer-meat terms and requires specified consumer disclosures and fulfillment practices for freezer meat and variety packs; consumers must receive cutting instructions,…Section 12024.10Requires the issuer of any document under the two cited provisions to keep a true and legible copy for one year and…Section 12024.11Requires the secretary to adopt necessary rules and regulations governing the sale or advertising of wood for fuel. The regulations must serve…Section 12024.13Prohibits a beverage-container dealer from charging a redemption payment exceeding the amount set by the referenced Public Resources Code provision. Sets an…Section 12025Establishes a misdemeanor when a person, personally or through an employee or agent, or acting as proprietor or manager, refuses to show…Section 12025.5Requires a sealer to mark any commodity or container ordered off sale under the referenced provisions with an “off sale” tag or…Section 12026Sets misdemeanor liability, unless another provision specifically provides otherwise, for any person who violates the division. It also prohibits any person from…Section 12026.5Establishes that, unless another provision specifically provides otherwise, the remedies and penalties available under this division are cumulative both to one another…Section 12027Allows the secretary to make rules and regulations reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of the division. The secretary's authority extends…