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2007 California Food and Agricultural Code Article 1. Definitions
CA Codes (fac:29401-29421)
FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODESECTION 29401-29421
29401. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter. 29402. "Adulterated honey" means any honey to which has been added honeydew, glucose, dextrose, molasses, sugar, sugar sirup, invert sugar, or any other similar product except the nectar of floral exudations of plants gathered and stored in the comb by honeybees. 29403. "Agent" includes broker, commission merchant, auctioneer, solicitor, seller on consignment, and any other person that is acting upon the actual or implied authority of another. 29404. "Clean and sound containers" means containers which are virtually free from rust, stains, or leaks. 29405. "Comb honey" means honey which is in the comb. 29406. "Container" means any box, crate, chest, carton, barrel, keg, or other receptacle which contains honey. 29407. "Crystallized honey" means honey which has assumed a solid form due to the crystallization of one or more of the natural sugars in it. 29408. "Deceptive arrangement" or "deceptive display" means any lot, load, arrangement, or display of honey which has in any exposed surface, honey which is so superior in quality, appearance, or condition, or in any other respects, to any of the honey which is concealed or unexposed as to materially misrepresent any part of the lot, load, arrangement, or display. 29409. "Deceptive pack" means any container or subcontainer of honey which has, in any exposed surface, honey or honeycomb, so superior in quality, appearance, condition, or in any other respect to the honey in the interior of the container or subcontainer, or the unexposed portion, as to materially misrepresent the contents. It includes any pack: (a) Even though the honey in a container is virtually uniform in quality as defined in this chapter, if the outer or exposed surface is composed of honey which is not an accurate representation of the variation in quality of the honey in the entire container. (b) Which is slack-filled, unless the container is so marked, even though such container is marked with the proper net weight of the honey which it contains. 29409.5. "Domestic honey" means comb or extracted honey produced within one of the states of the United States. 29410. "Extracted honey" means honey which has been removed from the comb. 29412. "Foreign material" means wax particles, insects, or other materials which were not deposited by bees. It does not, however, include decorative artificial leaves or blossoms. 29413. "Honey" means the nectar of floral exudations of plants gathered and stored in the comb by honeybees. It is a levorotatory, contains not more than 20 percent of water, not more than 25 one hundredths of 1 percent of ash, not more than 8 percent of sucrose, its specific gravity is not less than 1.412, its weight not less than 11 pounds, 12 ounces per standard gallon of 231 cubic inches at 68 degrees Fahrenheit. 29414. "Honeybees" means honey-producing insects of the genus Apis mellifica. 29415. "Honeydew" means the dextrorotatory saccharine exudation of plants or insects, except nectareous exudations, which is gathered and stored in the comb by honeybees. 29415.5. "Imported honey" means comb or extracted honey imported from any territory or foreign county or honey which is repackaged into subcontainers as a blend with honey imported from one or more other countries. 29416. "Mislabeled" means the placing or presence of any false or misleading statement, design, or device upon, or in connection with, any container or lot of honey, or upon the label, lining, or wrapper of any such container, or any placard used in connection with any container or lot of honey, which has reference to such honey. A statement, design, or device is false and misleading, if the honey to which it apparently or actually refers does not conform in every respect to such statement. 29417. "Pack," or "packing" or "packed," means the arrangement of all or a part of the subcontainers in any container. 29418. "Placard" means any sign, label, or designation, except an oral designation, which is used in connection with any honey as a description or identification of it. 29419. "Section box" means the wood or other frame in which bees have built a small comb of honey. 29420. "Slack-filled" means that the contents of any container occupy less than 85 percent of the volume of the closed container. 29421. "Subcontainer" means any section box or other receptacle which is used within a container.
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