California Code of Regulations
Title 3 - Food and Agriculture
Division 3 - Economics
Chapter 1 - Fruit and Vegetable Standardization
Subchapter 4 - Fresh Fruits, Nuts and Vegetables
Article 11 - Avocados
Section 1408.23 - Avocados, Field Pack Operation
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
Avocado producers and handlers may engage in field packing operations, subject to the following conditions:
(a) The handler shall notify the director at least 24 hours in advance of the time and the location where field packing is to take place.
(b) If the inspection and certification fee established pursuant to Food and Agricultural Code Section 44975 is insufficient to cover the cost of such inspection and certification, the director may require, in lieu of the standard inspection and certification fee, that the packer pay for inspection services at any hourly rate and for mileage expenses to and from the place of packing. A schedule of such fees and charges shall be made available upon request.
(c) During the maturity season for any variety, field-packed avocados shall not be transported from the point of packing without first obtaining an inspection by an enforcing officer, unless the field packer maintains a central staging area where all field-packed fruit is transported and stored prior to marketing, which location in the determination of the director is deemed suitable for inspection and certification.
(d) When the director has released a variety as being mature, the director may specify central locations to which field-packed avocado containers may be transported for inspection. The standard inspection and certification fee shall be in effect at any such inspection station.
1. New section filed 9-11-84; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 84, No. 37).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 407, 42684 and 44977, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 42941, 44971 and 44975, Food and Agricultural Code.
