2007 California Food and Agricultural Code Article 1. Definitions

CA Codes (fac:5001-5012)

5001.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in
this article govern the construction of this division.



5002.  "Appliance" means any box, tray, container, ladder, tent,
vehicle, implement, or any other article which is, or may be, used in
connection with the growing, harvesting, handling, or transportation
of any agricultural commodity.


5003.  "Crop seed" means the seed or seedlike fruit of grain, beans,
flax, beets, onions, or any other crop, whether or not it is
intended for planting purposes.



5004.  "Noxious weed" means any species of plant that is, or is
liable to be, troublesome, aggressive, intrusive, detrimental, or
destructive to agriculture, silviculture, or important native
species, and difficult to control or eradicate, which the director,
by regulation, designates to be a noxious weed.  In determining
whether or not a species shall be designated a noxious weed for the
purposes of protecting silviculture or important native plant
species, the director shall not make that designation if the
designation will be detrimental to agriculture.




5005.  "Nursery stock" means any plant for planting, propagation, or
ornamentation.



5006.  "Pest" means any of the following things that is, or is
liable to be, dangerous or detrimental to the agricultural industry
of the state:
   (a) Any infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease of any
plant, or any disorder of any plant which manifests symptoms or
behavior which the director, after investigation and hearing, finds
and determines is characteristic of an infectious, transmissible, or
contagious disease.
   (b) Any form of animal life.
   (c) Any form of vegetable life.



5007.  "Plant" includes any part of a plant, tree, plant product,
shrub, vine, fruit, vegetable, seed, bulb, stolon, tuber, corm, pip,
cutting, scion, bud, graft, or fruit pit.



5008.  "Shipment" means any article or thing which is, may be, or
has been transported from one place to another place.



5009.  "Horticultural product" means those products as stated in
Group Number 18 of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual
which are grown under cover or outdoors, including bulbs, flowers,
shrubbery, florist greens, fruit stock, floral products, nursery
stock, ornamental plants, potted plants, roses, seed, sod, fruits,
food crops grown in greenhouses, vegetables, and horticultural
specialties not otherwise specified.



5010.  Agricultural or farm products include any horticultural
product.


5011.  Unless otherwise provided in this code, for the purposes of
pest management, "crop" means a plant or animal, or a product derived
from a plant or animal, that can be grown and harvested for profit
or for the subsistence of humans or animals.



5012.  Unless otherwise provided in this code, for the purposes of
pest management, "forage" means food for domestic or other wild
animals that is taken by browsing or grazing, or food that wild or
domestic animals take for themselves.