2012 California Codes
FAC - Food and Agricultural Code
DIVISION 20 - PROCESSORS, STORERS, DEALERS, AND DISTRIBUTORS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS [54001 - 57700]
CHAPTER 7 - Produce Dealers
ARTICLE 7 - Commission Merchants
Section 56281
A commission merchant shall notify each consignor with whom he or she does business of the provisions affecting the consignor that are contained in Sections 56271, 56272, 56273, 56280, 56282, and 56351, and this section. The notice shall be given in writing prior to the shipping season of the particular farm product. The notice shall include a form whereby the consignor may request notice of any adjustment by the commission merchant. The form shall also include a provision whereby the consignor may request that lot numbers be affixed on each individual farm product container as provided in subdivision (h) of Section 56271. Each commission merchant shall keep the records necessary to prove that the notices were given to each consignor in accordance with this section. A licensee operating as a commission merchant shall notify the consignor of any adjustment on a transaction, and provide reasons for the adjustment, within 48 hours.
If the commission merchant is unable to contact the consignor by telephone or in person, the notification shall be immediately provided by mail.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 620, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 1997.)
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