Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 58031. Section 58031.
The director may act as adviser for producers and distributors, if requested, and assist them in economical and efficient distribution of any product at fair prices.
ARTICLE 2. Powers of the Director [58031. - 58042.]
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC 2.
in effectCal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 58032. Section 58032.
The director may gather and disseminate impartial information which concerns supply, demand, prevailing prices, and commercial movements, including common and cold storage of any product.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 58033. Section 58033.
The director may promote, assist, and encourage the organization and operation of cooperative and other associations and organizations for improving the relations and services among producers, distributors, and consumers of any product, and protect and conserve the interests of the producers and consignors of products.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 58034. Section 58034.
The director may foster and encourage cooperation between producers and distributors of any product, in the interest of the general public.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 58035. Section 58035.
The director may foster and encourage the standardizing, grading, inspection, labeling, handling, storage, and sale of any product.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 58036. Section 58036.
The director may act as a mediator or arbitrator, if invited by both parties, in any controversy or issue that may arise between producers and distributors of any product.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 58037. Section 58037.
The director may certify, for the protection of owners, buyers, or creditors, if so requested, warehouse receipts for any product, verifying quantities and qualities of the product, and charge for such service, fees which are sufficient to make the service self-supporting.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 58038. Section 58038.
The director may issue labels on request of the producer, packer, canner, or distributor, for any product for which labels have not otherwise been authorized by law, pursuant to such regulations as he deems necessary and charge for such labels such fees as in his judgment are proper.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 58039. Section 58039.
The director may act on behalf of the consumers of any product in conserving and protecting their interests in every practicable way.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 58040. Section 58040.
The director may improve, broaden, and extend in every practicable way, the distribution and sale of any product of this state throughout the markets of the world.
This section shall become operative January 1, 1990.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 58041. Section 58041.
The director may promote in the interest of the producer, the distributor, and consumer, economical and efficient distribution and marketing of any product which is produced or processed within the state and to better effectuate the purposes of this article may attend necessary meetings and conferences in relation to any such product and may enter into cooperative agreements with the United States Department of Agriculture.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 58042. Section 58042.
The director may enter into any cooperative agreement with any department or agency of the federal government, or with any other state or agency of it, in order to effectuate the purposes of this division, Division 20 (commecing with Section 54001), or of any marketing law, including any marketing order, marketing program, regulation, or rule and regulation, which is issued under it, the responsibility for the administration and enforcement of which is with the director.
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