Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) In
order to receive and maintain certification, a certified operation must
maintain records concerning the production and distribution of covered animals
and/or covered products.
(b) Such
records must:
(1) Be maintained by a producer
in sufficient detail to document that covered animals were confined in
compliance with sections
25991
and
25992
of the Health and Safety Code and the requirements of this Chapter;
(2) Be maintained by a distributor in
sufficient detail to document the identification, source, supplier, transfer of
ownership, transportation, storage, segregation, handling, packaging,
distribution, and sale of covered products that were derived from animals
confined in compliance with sections
25991
and
25992
of the Health and Safety Code and this Chapter;
(3) Be maintained for not less than two (2)
years beyond their creation;
(4)
Include records of all covered animal and/or covered product transactions for
the preceding two-year period. The records must indicate the date, quantity,
identity of the buyer and seller, and the address where physical possession of
covered product took place for each transaction;
(5) Include documentation and records for the
preceding two-year period pertaining to the production, processing, handling,
packaging, storage, transportation, or sale of covered animals or covered
products sold, intended for sale in California or identified or represented as
compliant with the confinement requirements of the Act and this
Chapter;
(6) Include documentation
of the size of the certified operation, the quantity of covered animals and/or
covered products produced or processed from each facility or farm unit in the
certified operation, the number of covered animal enclosures for each facility
or farm unit, the size of each enclosure, the number of covered animals housed
in each enclosure, and the dates of stocking, harvest and production;
(7) If the facility is a split operation,
include documentation sufficient to demonstrate the identification,
segregation, distribution, and handling of covered animals and/or covered
products to prevent commingling with any animals or products that do not comply
with requirements of the Act; and
(8) Include documentation of registration
issued by the Department pursuant to sections
1320.2,
1321.2, and
1322.2 of this Chapter, as
applicable to the certified operation.
(c) The inspection and audit of any records
and documents required by this section, may be conducted by the Department, or
other certifying agent, by on-site inspection at the certified operation
location, or by utilizing email, phone, teleconference, or any combination
thereof, at the discretion of the certifying agent or the Department.
1. New
section filed 9-1-2022; operative 9-1-2022 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(b)(3)
(Register 2022, No. 35). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section
11349.3(a)
extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-71-20.
Note: Authority cited: Section
25993,
Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
25990,
25991
and
25992,
Health and Safety Code.
