§ 10382 Brucellosis Cattle Testing Standards

Food and Agricultural Code·California

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This law says the department must test cattle for brucellosis in any designated control area, as often as the director decides, to keep the area certified by the USDA.

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•The department can require cattle testing in control areas.
•The director decides how often the testing must happen.
•Testing is done to keep the area certified under USDA standards.

Example

A farmer lives in a county that the state has labeled a brucellosis control area.

The farmer must let the department test his cows for brucellosis whenever the director says it’s needed, so the county can stay certified as disease‑free.

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§ 10382 Brucellosis Cattle Testing Standards

The department shall examine and test such cattle for brucellosis in any brucellosis control area as the director may specify, as often as may be deemed necessary to qualify and maintain such area within the standards of certification which are adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

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brucellosis brucellosis control area standards of certification United States Department of Agriculture

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 10382.

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