Proposals to Adopt, Amend or Repeal Certain AHFSS Regulations


California Building Standards Commission (CBSC)

No actions are proposed by the Department of Food and Agriculture, Animal Health and Food Safety Services, at this time. For recent actions taken by the CBSC, please visit their website at: www.bsc.ca.gov.


Animal Blood Bank - Proposed Regulation

The California Department of Food and Agriculture proposes to amend the California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 3, Division 2, Chapter 8 heading, and adopt new Articles 1 - 4 (commencing with section 1303) to implement, interpret, and make specific the laws related to animal blood banks. The public comment period begins February 2, 2024 and ends on March 18, 2024. Any interested person, or his or her duly authorized representative, may submit written comments relevant to the proposed regulatory action to the Department according to the instructions contained in the Notice posted in the documents below.


Animal Care Program

Proposition 12, Farm Animal Confinement

The Animal Confinement regulations are finalized and effective September 1, 2022. For more information visit Animal Care Program.


Meat, Poultry and Egg Safety Branch, Egg Safety and Quality Management Program, Shell Egg Food Safety, Section 1350

Meat, Poultry and Egg Safety Branch, Egg Safety and Quality Management Program, Shell Egg Food Safety, Section 1350 of Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations. The Department is proposing to update its requirements to conform its enclosure requirements for egg-laying hens to Health and Safety Code sections 25990(b)(3) and 25991(e)(4). The 45-day public comment period for this proposal ended on February 25, 2020.

The Department is now publishing a 15-day notice of documents added to the rulemaking file. The public comment period is from April 6 – 21, 2020.

The documents added are:

  • Addendum to the Initial Statement of Reasons
  • Revised STD 399 [Economic/Fiscal Impact form]
  • Report from UCD Davis dated March 5, 2020

For a copy of the 15-day notice and the above-noted documents added to the rulemaking file, please contact: Nancy.grillo@cdfa.ca.gov

Any comments pertaining to the 15-day notice and the documents added to the rulemaking file, must be submitted in writing to: Michael.Abbott@cdfa.ca.gov


Meat, Poultry and Egg Safety Branch, Egg Safety and Quality Management - Cage Free Definition CCR 1354 (d)(3)

The Department is amending the California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 3, Division 3, section 1354. Specifically, this rulemaking action clarifies and makes specific the requirements to label consumer containers of eggs as “cage free”. This was submitted to Secretary of State on July 1, 2022 and are effective October 1, 2022.


Milk and Dairy Food Safety Branch - Petition for Rulemaking

The Department of Food and Agriculture (Department), Animal Health and Food Safety Services, Milk and Dairy Food Safety Branch, is in receipt of a petition for rulemaking for temporary standards for two products from Lyrical Foods, Inc. The Department has set the matter for a public hearing via written brief. The deadline for submittal of comments is contained in the Notice of Public Hearing posted below.


Animal Health Branch – Proposed Rulemaking

Vesicular Stomatitis Virus - Entry Requirements of Susceptible Animals

The Department is proposing the amendment to section 799 under of Article 11, Chapter 2, Division 2, of Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations, to update the interstate movement requirements for VSV susceptible animals during an active outbreak in the United States of VSV. The public comment period begins April 28, 2023 and ends on June 12, 2023. Any interested person, or his or her duly authorized representative, may submit written comments relevant to the proposed regulatory action to the Department according to the instructions contained in the Notice posted in the documents below.

This proposal was adopted and becomes effective October 1, 2023.


Trichomonosis Control Program – Bull Slaughter Agreement Exemption & Cattle Special Entry Permits

The Department is proposing amendments to sections 820 and 820.4 of Article 12 , Bovine Trichomonosis Control Program, Chapter 2, Division 2, of Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations, to update the Bull Slaughter Agreement exemption to provide clarity for the application and scope of the regulated exemption. Additionally, the Department is proposing amendments to sections 831 and 831.4 of Article 14 Animal Disease Traceability, Chapter 2, Division 2, of Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations, to include changes consistent with previous amendments to cattle entry regulations.

The public comment period begins May 26, 2023 and ends on July 10, 2023. Any interested person, or his or her duly authorized representative, may submit written comments relevant to the proposed regulatory action to the Department according to the instructions contained in the Notice posted in the documents below.

The Department is now publishing a 15-day notice of documents added to the rulemaking file. The public comment period is from October 23, 2023 – November 7, 2023.


Code

California's agricultural abundance is a reflection of the people who made the Golden State their home. In the process, they brought their agricultural heritage with them. Early California farmers and ranchers were the Spanish missionaries, followed by Mexicans, Japanese, Chinese and Russians. Today, nearly every nationality is represented in California agriculture.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture strives to support this tradition of innovation and agricultural diversity by working with private industry, academia and public sector agencies. These partnerships allow the department to adapt public policy to a rapidly changing industry — California agriculture.