The definitions in this chapter apply to this division only and do not affect the provisions of any other division....
Department means the Department of Food and Agriculture....
Director or Secretary means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture....
State Sealer means the chief of the division of the department charged with the enforcement of the provisions of this division....
Whenever any provision of this division makes reference to the National Bureau of Standards, that reference shall be construed to include the National Institute of Standards and Technology....
County Sealer means any sealer appointed by a county. A county may in its discretion refer to its sealer as the county director of weights and measures....
Sealer, when used without qualification, includes the State Sealer, county sealers and their deputies and inspectors....
Sell, in any of its variant forms, includes barter, exchange, trade, rent, lease, keep for sale, offer for sale, or expose for sale, in any of their variant forms....
Distribute, in any of its variant forms, includes keep for distribution, offer for distribution, or expose for distribution, in any of their variant forms....
Use, in any of its variant forms includes keep for use in any of its variant forms....
Person includes person, firm, corporation or association....
Wherever in this division the terms copies or standards or copies of the standard weights and measures are used, such terms shall refer to the original standards in the possession...
Container means any receptacle or carton, whether lidded or unlidded, into which a commodity is packed or placed, or any wrappings with or into which any commodity is wrapped or put for sale....
Pallet means any portable platform upon which containers or material is placed to facilitate handling....
The director may exercise any power conferred upon the department or upon the State Sealer by this division through the State Sealer or otherwise....
The director may bring an action to enjoin the violation, or the threatened violation, of any provision of this division, or of any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, in the superior court...
(a) Any sealer shall have the authority, as a public officer, to arrest, without a warrant, any person whenever such officer has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has, in...
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any sealer who seals any weight, measure, balance or weighing or measuring instrument or apparatus before first testing and making it conform with...
Any sealer having knowledge of a violation of any of the provisions of any law relating to weights and measures shall cause the violator to be prosecuted....
(a) The sealer may levy a civil penalty against a person violating any provision of this division or a regulation adopted pursuant to any of these provisions, of not more than one...
(9) Review of a decision of the secretary may be sought by the appellant within 30 days of the date of the decision pursuant to Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (d) After...
Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this division, or, except as provided in Section 12028, any person who is determined to be civilly liable for violating any...
Any person who hinders or obstructs in any way any sealer, in the performance of his official duties, is guilty of a misdemeanor....
All officers, directors and managers of corporations, whose respective corporations use or sell any weights, measures, or weighing or measuring instruments which are subject to...
Any person neglecting or refusing to exhibit any weight, measure, weighing or measuring instrument, or appliances and accessories connected therewith in his possession or under his control, to...
A false weight or measure is one which does not conform to the standard established or recognized by this division....
It shall be unlawful for any person, by himself or through or for another, to use for commercial purposes any weight or measure or weighing, measuring or counting instrument, knowing it...
Every person who knowingly marks or stamps false or short weight or measure, or knowingly takes false tare, on any container, or knowingly sells any container so marked, is guilty of a misdemeanor....
Every person who, in putting up in any container, goods usually sold by weight, puts in or conceals therein any other substance including moisture, except such moisture as may be included or...
Fresh meat or roasts of any kind or cut shall be exposed, advertised, offered for sale or sold on the basis of net weight of the fresh meat or roast only, and any added fat of any...
Except as provided elsewhere in this code any person who by himself or his employee or agent, or as the employee or agent of another, sells any commodity according to gross weight or...
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or any other law, jute cordage, hard fiber cordage, and hard fiber twine (whether covered or uncovered) may be marked and sold on a...
Every person, who by himself or herself, or through or for another, sells any commodity in less quantity than he or she represents it to be is guilty of a misdemeanor, except as...
Every person, by himself, or through or for another, who willfully misrepresents a charge for service rendered on the basis of weight, time, measure, or count is guilty of a misdemeanor....
(a) It is unlawful for any person to compute, at the time of sale of a commodity, a value which is not a true extension of a price per unit which is then advertised, posted, or quoted...
(a) For commodities prepackaged and sold or offered for sale on the same premises, a violation of Section 12024 is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor...
It is unlawful for any person to sell or advertise for sale any dressed poultry or any other fowl or rabbit in dressed form, either cooked or uncooked, or smoked, fresh, frozen, cooked,...
Packages of meat, fish, or poultry offered for sale by door-to-door salespersons shall display the price per pound for each type and cut in the package. The price per pound shall...
No person, firm, corporation, or association shall advertise, solicit, or represent by any means, a product for sale or purchase if it is intended to entice a consumer into a...
Any person who sells meat directly to the consumer on the basis of primal cuts or carcass weight shall supply the buyer with an accurate statement of weight at time of sale of the...
The provisions of Section 12024.5 shall not apply to fish not used for human consumption....
(a) All terms contained in this section which are defined by the United States Department of Agriculture shall have the same meaning as defined by such department. (b) Retail cuts as used...
A true and legible copy of each document issued pursuant to Section 12024.7 or 12024.9 shall be retained by the person, company, or corporation issuing the document for a period of one...
The director shall adopt necessary rules and regulations pertaining to the sale or advertisement of wood for fuel purposes in order to standardize quantities of measurement and to...
Any person, who by himself, or his employee or agent, or as a proprietor or manager, refuses to exhibit any commodity being sold at a given weight or quantity, or ordinarily so sold, to a...
Whenever any commodity or any container is ordered off sale under the provisions of Section 12211 or Section 12607 of this division, the sealer shall cause the commodity or container affected by...
(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided, any person violating any of the provisions of this division is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) It is unlawful for any person to violate any of...
Except as otherwise specifically provided, the remedies or penalties provided by this division are cumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available under all other laws...
The director may make such rules and regulations as are reasonably necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this division....
On or before July 1, 1995, the secretary shall adopt regulations pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code that specify...