Food & Agr. Code, § 58382 · Article 2. Destruction of Foodstuffs in Restraint of Trade
Food & Agr. Code, § 58382
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
A person that receives any agricultural product, for sale on commission or for sale or exchange for the benefit of any other person, shall not destroy, abandon, discard as refuse, or dump, such product, without a permit in writing from the commissioner, county health officer, director, State Director of Health Services, or from some other official now or hereafter authorized by law to issue permits for the destruction of such product. Such permits, together with a detailed statement of every product which is destroyed pursuant to the permit, shall be kept on file by the person to whom they are issued.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373.
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