Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74821. Section 74821.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
ARTICLE 2. Definitions [74821. - 74840.]
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC 2.
in effectCal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74822. Section 74822.
“Books and records” means books, records, contracts, documents, memoranda, papers, correspondence, or other written data pertaining to matters relating to the activities subject to this chapter.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74823. Section 74823.
“Brandy” means an alcoholic distillate or a mixture of distillates obtained from the fermented juice, mash, or wine of whole, sound, ripe grapes or from the residue thereof, distilled at not over 170 degrees proof.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74824. Section 74824.
“Commission” means the California Winegrape Growers Commission.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74824.1. Section 74824.1.
“Local commission” means any local commission created pursuant to this chapter.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74825. Section 74825.
“Grape concentrate” or “concentrate” means unfermented grape juice from which the major portion of the original water content has been removed.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74826. Section 74826.
“Grape juice” or “juice” means unfermented crushed grapes without solids containing the major portion of the original water content.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74826.5. Section 74826.5.
“Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, association, or other entity doing business in California.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74827. Section 74827.
“Producer” and “grower” are synonymous and, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 74922.1, mean any person who produced and marketed winegrapes in the preceding marketing season in a quantity of more than 25 tons. Unless otherwise exempted, producer also includes any person who receives winegrapes as payment for the use of his or her property in the production of winegrapes.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74828. Section 74828.
“Producer districts” shall consist of the following:
(a)
District 1 consists of Lake, Solano, Mendocino, Sonoma, Marin, and Napa Counties.
(b)
District 2 consists of the City and County of San Francisco, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Ventura, Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Alameda, San Mateo, and Contra Costa Counties.
(c)
District 3 consists of Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sacramento, Shasta, Tehama, Yolo, Yuba, Trinity, Siskiyou, Modoc, Lassen, Plumas, Sierra, Sutter, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties, and that portion of San Joaquin County north of State Highway 4.
(d)
District 4 consists of Merced, Stanislaus, Mariposa, Calaveras, Amador, El Dorado, Placer, Nevada, and Tuolumne Counties, and that portion of San Joaquin County south of State Highway 4.
(e)
District 5 consists of Fresno, Alpine, Mono, Inyo, and Madera Counties, and that portion of Kings and Tulare Counties north of Nevada Avenue (Avenue 192).
(f)
District 6 consists of Kern County and that portion of Kings and Tulare Counties south of Nevada Avenue (Avenue 192).
(g)
District 7 consists of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Imperial, and San Diego Counties.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74828.1. Section 74828.1.
“Producer region,” for the purpose of establishing and operating a local commission, shall consist of one or more grape crush report districts.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74829. Section 74829.
“Ex officio member” means a nonvoting member of the commission.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74829.5. Section 74829.5.
“Handler” means any person engaged in the marketing of winegrapes or winegrape products that the person has produced, purchased, or acquired from a producer, or is marketing on behalf of a producer whether as owner, agent, employee, broker, processor, or otherwise.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74830. Section 74830.
“High proof” means an alcoholic distillate or a mixture of distillates obtained from the fermented juice, mash, or wine of fresh winegrapes or from the residue thereof.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74831. Section 74831.
“Market” means to sell, barter, trade, purchase, acquire, or otherwise distribute wine, winegrapes, or winegrape products.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74832. Section 74832.
“Market development” includes, but is not limited to, trade promotion, public information, dissemination of information on health and social issues and other matters, and activities for the prevention, modification, or removal of trade barriers which restrict the free flow of winegrape products to market and may include the presentation of facts to state, federal, or foreign governmental agencies on matters which affect this chapter.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74833. Section 74833.
“Market research” means any investigation, development, analysis, or implementation of information relating to the marketing of winegrapes and winegrape products including, but not limited to, trade practices, consumer trends, promotion, sales, and advertising.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74834. Section 74834.
“Marketing season” or “fiscal year” means the period beginning July 1 of any year and extending through June 30 of the following years.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74835. Section 74835.
“Must” means a mixture of unfermented crushed grapes, solid grape particles, and grape juice.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74835.5. Section 74835.5.
“Processing” means any processing of winegrapes for the purpose of making must, grape juice, grape concentrate, wine, winegrape products, or products thereof, including high proof brandy.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74836. Section 74836.
“Production research” means research relating to the production and processing of winegrapes, including, but not limited to, the development of new winegrape products and uses for these products.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74837. Section 74837.
“Vintner” means a winegrower, as defined in Section 23013 of the Business and Professions Code, who holds a winegrower’s license issued by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 23300) of Division 9 of the Business and Professions Code, and who is engaged in producing must, grape juice, grape concentrate, wine, or products thereof, including high proof and brandy by processing winegrapes or field crushed must.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74838. Section 74838.
“Wine” means the product obtained by the fermentation of winegrapes or juice therefrom, with or without addition or abstracting, and includes any product made from winegrapes which is defined as a wine and permitted under Part III (commencing with Section 5381) of Subchapter F of Chapter 51 of Title 26 of the United States Code, and in the statutes of this state and regulations issued thereunder defining wine produced from grapes.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74839. Section 74839.
“Winegrapes” means grapes produced in this state which are intended to be converted from their fresh form into grape juice, grape concentrate, wine, or products thereof, including, but not limited to, high proof and brandy produced from winegrapes.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 74840. Section 74840.
“Winegrape products” include, but are not limited to, must, grape juice, grape concentrate, wine, high proof, and brandy produced from winegrapes.
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