Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 5001. Section 5001.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this division.
ARTICLE 1. Definitions [5001. - 5012.]
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC 1.
in effectCal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 5002. Section 5002.
“Appliance” means any box, tray, container, ladder, tent, vehicle, implement, or any other article which is, or may be, used in connection with the growing, harvesting, handling, or transportation of any agricultural commodity.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 5003. Section 5003.
“Crop seed” means the seed or seedlike fruit of grain, beans, flax, beets, onions, or any other crop, whether or not it is intended for planting purposes.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 5004. Section 5004.
“Noxious weed” means any species of plant that is, or is liable to be, troublesome, aggressive, intrusive, detrimental, or destructive to agriculture, silviculture, or important native species, and difficult to control or eradicate, which the director, by regulation, designates to be a noxious weed. In determining whether or not a species shall be designated a noxious weed for the purposes of protecting silviculture or important native plant species, the director shall not make that designation if the designation will be detrimental to agriculture.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 5005. Section 5005.
“Nursery stock” means any plant for planting, propagation, or ornamentation.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 5006. Section 5006.
“Pest” means any of the following things that is, or is liable to be, dangerous or detrimental to the agricultural industry of the state:
(a)
Any infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease of any plant, or any disorder of any plant which manifests symptoms or behavior which the director, after investigation and hearing, finds and determines is characteristic of an infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease.
(b)
Any form of animal life.
(c)
Any form of vegetable life.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 5007. Section 5007.
“Plant” includes any part of a plant, tree, plant product, shrub, vine, fruit, vegetable, seed, bulb, stolon, tuber, corm, pip, cutting, scion, bud, graft, or fruit pit.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 5008. Section 5008.
“Shipment” means any article or thing which is, may be, or has been transported from one place to another place.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 5009. Section 5009.
“Horticultural product” means those products as stated in Group Number 18 of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual which are grown under cover or outdoors, including bulbs, flowers, shrubbery, florist greens, fruit stock, floral products, nursery stock, ornamental plants, potted plants, roses, seed, sod, fruits, food crops grown in greenhouses, vegetables, and horticultural specialties not otherwise specified.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 5010. Section 5010.
Agricultural or farm products include any horticultural product.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 5011. Section 5011.
Unless otherwise provided in this code, for the purposes of pest management, “crop” means a plant or animal, or a product derived from a plant or animal, that can be grown and harvested for profit or for the subsistence of humans or animals.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 5012. Section 5012.
Unless otherwise provided in this code, for the purposes of pest management, “forage” means food for domestic or other wild animals that is taken by browsing or grazing, or food that wild or domestic animals take for themselves.
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