Cal. FAC § 12882
This is the official text of Cal. FAC § 12882, part of California’s Food and Agricultural Code — regulates farming, food safety, and agricultural commerce.
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Official statutory text
A pesticide is also misbranded in any of the following cases:
(a) The contents of the package as originally put up have been removed in whole or in part and other contents placed in the package.
(b) The contents of the package are of a quality below that of the guarantee on the label, on the application for registration of the pesticide, or of the analysis of the representative sample delivered in connection with the application for registration of the pesticide.
(c) If the contents of any package of a pesticide is stated in terms of weight or measure, and the weight or measure is not plainly and correctly stated on the outside of the package.
(d) The label does not conform to the registered label approved by the director under the standards of this division.
(a) The contents of the package as originally put up have been removed in whole or in part and other contents placed in the package.
(b) The contents of the package are of a quality below that of the guarantee on the label, on the application for registration of the pesticide, or of the analysis of the representative sample delivered in connection with the application for registration of the pesticide.
(c) If the contents of any package of a pesticide is stated in terms of weight or measure, and the weight or measure is not plainly and correctly stated on the outside of the package.
(d) The label does not conform to the registered label approved by the director under the standards of this division.
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