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FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE
SECTION 15101-15103



15101.  For purposes of this chapter, any person may file a
complaint with the branch regarding the safety of whole hays if he or
she submits a written complaint and pays a filing fee of two hundred
fifty dollars ($250). The filing fee, which shall be used for
purposes of investigating complaints filed pursuant to this article,
shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund to
the account of the Commercial Feed Inspection Program.



15102.  (a) Upon the filing of a complaint pursuant to Section
15101, the secretary shall conduct an investigation with regard to
the safety of whole hays.
   (b) Absent the filing of a complaint pursuant to Section 15101,
the secretary may conduct an investigation with regard to the safety
of whole hays if he or she determines that an investigation is
necessary in order to protect animal health or the health of the
public.



15103.  (a) If the secretary determines that the complaint is valid
and the hay is unsafe, the secretary may require the seller of the
hay to reimburse the filing fee to the person filing the complaint.
   (b) The secretary also may collect from any seller of hay the
costs incurred by the secretary, not to exceed two thousand five
hundred dollars ($2,500), in conducting any investigation regarding
the safety of whole hay sold by that seller if the hay is ultimately
deemed to be unsafe.


State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Fac > 15101-15103

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE
SECTION 15101-15103



15101.  For purposes of this chapter, any person may file a
complaint with the branch regarding the safety of whole hays if he or
she submits a written complaint and pays a filing fee of two hundred
fifty dollars ($250). The filing fee, which shall be used for
purposes of investigating complaints filed pursuant to this article,
shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund to
the account of the Commercial Feed Inspection Program.



15102.  (a) Upon the filing of a complaint pursuant to Section
15101, the secretary shall conduct an investigation with regard to
the safety of whole hays.
   (b) Absent the filing of a complaint pursuant to Section 15101,
the secretary may conduct an investigation with regard to the safety
of whole hays if he or she determines that an investigation is
necessary in order to protect animal health or the health of the
public.



15103.  (a) If the secretary determines that the complaint is valid
and the hay is unsafe, the secretary may require the seller of the
hay to reimburse the filing fee to the person filing the complaint.
   (b) The secretary also may collect from any seller of hay the
costs incurred by the secretary, not to exceed two thousand five
hundred dollars ($2,500), in conducting any investigation regarding
the safety of whole hay sold by that seller if the hay is ultimately
deemed to be unsafe.



State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Fac > 15101-15103

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE
SECTION 15101-15103



15101.  For purposes of this chapter, any person may file a
complaint with the branch regarding the safety of whole hays if he or
she submits a written complaint and pays a filing fee of two hundred
fifty dollars ($250). The filing fee, which shall be used for
purposes of investigating complaints filed pursuant to this article,
shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund to
the account of the Commercial Feed Inspection Program.



15102.  (a) Upon the filing of a complaint pursuant to Section
15101, the secretary shall conduct an investigation with regard to
the safety of whole hays.
   (b) Absent the filing of a complaint pursuant to Section 15101,
the secretary may conduct an investigation with regard to the safety
of whole hays if he or she determines that an investigation is
necessary in order to protect animal health or the health of the
public.



15103.  (a) If the secretary determines that the complaint is valid
and the hay is unsafe, the secretary may require the seller of the
hay to reimburse the filing fee to the person filing the complaint.
   (b) The secretary also may collect from any seller of hay the
costs incurred by the secretary, not to exceed two thousand five
hundred dollars ($2,500), in conducting any investigation regarding
the safety of whole hay sold by that seller if the hay is ultimately
deemed to be unsafe.