DIVISION 21. MARKETING 58001-63129›PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS 58001-58595›CHAPTER 3. Void Contracts and Restraint of Trade 58351-58383›ARTICLE 2. Destruction of Foodstuffs in Restraint of Trade 58381-58383

§ 58382

California Food and Agricultural Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

A person that receives any agricultural product, for sale on commission or for sale or exchange for the benefit of any other person, shall not destroy, abandon, discard as refuse, or dump, such product, without a permit in writing from the commissioner, county health officer, director, State Director of Health Services, or from some other official now or hereafter authorized by law to issue permits for the destruction of such product. Such permits, together with a detailed statement of every product which is destroyed pursuant to the permit, shall be kept on file by the person to whom they are issued.

(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373.)

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