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California Food and Agricultural Code - Division 4: Plant Quarantine and Pest Control - Part 1: Generally - Chapter 4.5: Invasive Pest Planning (secs. 5260 - 5267)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
California
Document type
Legislation
Date
1967 (2018)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Pests/diseases Policy/planning Classification/declassification Governance Procedural matters Disinfection/disinfestation Hygiene/sanitary procedures Protection of environment Quarantine Animal health Alien species Integrated pest management-IPM/pest management strategies Pesticides Plant protection Planting material/seeds Plant production
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Chapter of the California Food and Agricultural Code provides for invasive pest planning in California. For purposes of this Chapter, “invasive pests” means animals, plants, insects, and plant and animal diseases or groups of those animals, plants, insects, and plant and animal diseases, including seeds, eggs, spores, or other matter capable of propagation, where introduction into California would or would likely cause economic or environmental harm. The Chapter provides that the Department of Food and Agriculture of California shall develop and maintain a list of invasive pests that have a reasonable likelihood of entering California for which a detection, exclusion, eradication, control, or management action by the state might be appropriate. In developing the list, the department shall consider any invasive pests identified by the federal or state government for which a detection, exclusion, eradication, control, or management action might be undertaken. Based on available funding, the department shall develop and maintain a written plan on the most appropriate options for detection, exclusion, eradication, control, or management of the higher priority invasive pests on the list. The Chapter further provides rules for the department to notify other government agencies in case an invasive pest has entered the state.

Full text
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Website
www.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov