19300-19306
FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE
SECTION 19300-19306
19300. Every person engaged in the business of rendering shall obtain a license from the department for each rendering plant. 19300.5. Every person engaged in the business of operating a collection center shall obtain a license from the department for each collection center operated. 19301. The application for a license shall be in a form which is prescribed by the director and shall contain the following: (a) The name and address of the applicant. (b) Where each rendering plant or collection center which he intends to operate is located. (c) The experience the applicant has in rendering. (d) Such other information as the director may by regulation require. 19302. The department, after notice and hearing, may refuse to issue a license unless the department finds that the applicant satisfies both of the following: (a) Is properly equipped to engage in the business of rendering or operating a collection center. For these purposes, the department shall consult with the rendering industry to determine the equipment that shall be required. (b) Has never been convicted of a felony involving adulterated or misbranded food. 19303. In addition to any other records required to be kept pursuant to this chapter, every licensed renderer shall record and keep for 2 years, in connection with the receipt of kitchen grease which is not intended for human food, all of the following information: (a) The name, address, and registration number of every transporter of inedible kitchen grease who has delivered that material to the renderer. (b) The total amount of inedible kitchen grease purchased in each transaction. (c) The date of each transaction. 19304. All records required to be retained pursuant to this chapter shall be maintained at the regular place of business of every renderer and collection center operator licensed pursuant to this article and every transporter registered pursuant to Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 19310). Those records shall be exhibited on demand to any peace officer of this state or any employee of the department. 19305. Any peace officer of this state, or any employee of the department, during normal business hours, may inspect any premises maintained by a renderer or collection center operator licensed pursuant to this article or a transporter registered pursuant to Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 19310), and any inedible kitchen grease located on the premises, for the purpose of determining whether that renderer, collection center operator, or transporter is complying with the record maintenance requirements of this article. 19305.5. (a) The department may suspend or revoke a registration certificate at any time, if it finds any of the following has occurred: (1) The licensee has sold or offered for sale to an unlicensed person, any inedible kitchen grease. (2) The licensee has stolen, misappropriated, contaminated, or damaged inedible kitchen grease or containers thereof. (3) The licensee has violated any provision of this article or any regulations adopted to implement this article. (4) The licensee has taken possession of inedible kitchen grease from an unregistered transporter or has knowingly taken possession of inedible kitchen grease that has been stolen. (b) (1) The licensee may appeal any suspension or revocation decision to the department. (2) The department shall establish procedures for the appeals process, to include a noticed hearing. (3) The department may reverse a suspension or revocation upon a finding of good cause to do so. 19306. (a) Any renderer or collection center operator licensed pursuant to this article or transporter registered pursuant to Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 19310) who fails in any respect to keep the written records required by this article, or to set out in that written record any matter required by this article to be set out in the record, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) Every renderer, collection center operator, or transporter who refuses, upon demand of any peace officer of this state or any employee of the department, to exhibit any written record required by this article, or who destroys that record within one year after making the final entry of any information required by this article, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (c) Any violation of subdivision (b) is punishable as follows: (1) For a first offense, by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than 30 days, or by both the fine and imprisonment. (2) For a second offense within a period of one year, by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than 30 days, or by both the fine and imprisonment. In addition to any other punishment imposed pursuant to this paragraph, the court may order the defendant to stop engaging in the business as a renderer, collection center operator, or transporter for a period not to exceed 30 days. (3) For a third or any subsequent offense within a period of two years, by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than six months, or by both the fine and imprisonment. In addition to any other sentence imposed pursuant to this paragraph, the court shall order the defendant to stop engaging in the business as a renderer, collection center operator, or transporter for a period of 30 days.