Cal. Code Regs. tit. 4 § 15707

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 45, November 8, 2024
Section 15707 - Harvest Batch Sampling
(a) The sampler shall obtain a representative sample from each prepacked or unpacked harvest batch. The representative sample must weigh 0.35% of the total harvest batch weight.
(b) A sampler may collect a representative sample greater than 0.35% of the total harvest batch weight of a prepacked or unpacked harvest batch if necessary to perform the required testing or to ensure that the samples obtained are representative.
(c) The prepacked or unpacked harvest batch from which a sample is obtained shall weigh no more than 50.0 pounds. Laboratory analyses of a sample collected from a harvest batch weighing more than 50.0 pounds shall be deemed invalid and the harvest batch from which the sample was obtained shall not be released for retail sale.
(d) When the sampler obtains a representative sample from an unpacked harvest batch, the sampler shall do all the following:
(1) Collect the number of sample increments relative to the unpacked harvest batch size as listed in the following table;
(2) Obtain sample increments from random and varying locations of the unpacked harvest batch, both vertically and horizontally. To the extent practicable, the sample increments obtained from an unpacked harvest batch shall be of equal weight; and
(3) To the extent practicable, collect an equal number of sample increments from each container if the unpacked harvest batch is stored in multiple containers.

Unpacked Harvest Batch Size (pounds)Number of Increments (per sample)
[LESS THAN IS EQUAL TO]10.08
10.1 - 20.016
20.1 - 30.023
30.1 - 40.029
40.1 - 50.034

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 4, § 15707

1. Change without regulatory effect renumbering former title 16, section 5707 to new title 4, section 15707 filed 7-14-2021 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2021, No. 29). For prior history of title 16, division 42, see Register 2019, No. 3.

Note: Authority cited: Section 26013, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 26100, 26104 and 26110, Business and Professions Code.

1. Change without regulatory effect renumbering former title 16, section 5707 to new title 4, section 15707 filed 7-14-2021 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2021, No. 29). For prior history of title 16, division 42, see Register 2019, No. 3.