Cal. FAC § 5851
This is the official text of Cal. FAC § 5851, part of California’s Food and Agricultural Code — regulates farming, food safety, and agricultural commerce.
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Official statutory text
It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this article, to enhance the state’s business and trade opportunities by authorizing the department to do all of the following:
(a) Perform nonregulatory services such as export market phytosanitary and product quality analyses, certification, diagnostics, inspections, quality assurance, and testing relating to nursery stock, plants, seed, or plant pests and diseases.
(b) Accredit and monitor or audit private entities as necessary.
(c) Establish charges sufficient to recover its costs for nonregulatory services such as export market phytosanitary and product quality activities.
(a) Perform nonregulatory services such as export market phytosanitary and product quality analyses, certification, diagnostics, inspections, quality assurance, and testing relating to nursery stock, plants, seed, or plant pests and diseases.
(b) Accredit and monitor or audit private entities as necessary.
(c) Establish charges sufficient to recover its costs for nonregulatory services such as export market phytosanitary and product quality activities.
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