§ 35282 Assaulting Milk Inspectors

Food and Agricultural Code·California

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•It's illegal to push, hit, or fight with milk inspectors or their helpers while they're doing their job.
•If you do this, you can go to jail for at least 10 days.
•You can't pay a fine instead of going to jail for this.

Example

A milk inspector comes to check a dairy farm to make sure the milk is safe. The farm owner gets angry and shoves the inspector.

The farm owner broke the law by pushing the inspector. They will have to go to jail for at least 10 days, and they can't just pay money to avoid jail.

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§ 35282 Assaulting Milk Inspectors

Offering physical resistance or bodily attack on authorized representatives of the department or of an approved milk inspection service, who are engaged in the proper conduct of their official duties, is a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 10 days, without the alternative of a fine in any case. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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physical resistance bodily attack authorized representatives misdemeanor imprisonment in the county jail

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 35282.

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