California Food and Agricultural Code

§ 29810

FAC § 29810 Effective Jan 1, 2008Div. 13 · Ch. 3

Statute text

(a)The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1)The California citrus industry is in the process of adapting to a more competitive marketplace and to consumer tastes that continue to change. In the past five years, an estimated 40,000 acres of citrus have been removed from production and replaced with new varieties of citrus, a majority of which is mandarin fruit commonly called Clementines or W. Murcotts, which are intended to be seedless.

(2)According to the 2005 California Citrus Acreage Report, these varieties have increased substantially. In 2004, more than 10,000 acres of these varieties were bearing fruit. Another 2,000 acres began bearing fruit in 2005. The same report states that an additional 12,000 acres of these varieties have been planted but have yet to bear fruit. This production will come into maturity within the next three years, and more is being planted.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 324, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.