(a) Every person engaged in this state in the production or handling of raw agricultural products sold as organic shall register with the secretary before the first sale of the product. All processors of organic agriculturally derived products that are not required to be registered as outlined in subdivision (b) shall register with the secretary. Each registrant shall annually renew the registration with the secretary unless no longer engaged in the activities requiring the registration. An exempt handler, exempt operation, and exempt producer are only exempt from certification under federal organic standards and are still required to be registered with the State Organic Program. (b) Every person engaged in this state in the processing or handling of processed products pursuant to Section 110460 of the Health and Safety Code, and pet food pursuant to Section 18653, and cosmetics pursuant to Section 111795 of the Health and Safety Code, including processors of alcoholic beverages, fish, and seafood, shall register with the State Public Health Officer. (c) Registration pursuant to this section shall be on a form either provided by the secretary or approved by the secretary and shall be valid for a period of one calendar year from the date of validation by the secretary of the completed registration form or for a period determined by the secretary to promote coordination with organic certification applications and renewals, organic certification cost share programs, and other state program registration. (d) The information provided on the registration form shall include all of the following: (1) The nature of the registrantâs business, including the categorical products produced, handled, or processed that are sold as organic. For purposes of registration, organic products shall be reported in accordance with the following specified categories unless the secretary, in consultation with the California Organic Products Advisory Committee, establishes different categories: (A) Citrus. (B) Fruits, excluding citrus. (C) Livestock or dairy. (D) Nuts. (E) Vegetables. (F) Other, which includes, but is not limited to, apiculture, organic fallow ground, herbs, mushrooms, cut flowers, and nursery. (2) The address or assessorâs parcel number of the precise location or locations where the products are produced, processed, or handled. (3) Sufficient information, under penalty of perjury, to enable the secretary to verify the amount of the registration fee to be paid in accordance with this act. (4) The names of all certification organizations or governmental entities, if any, providing organic certification to them. (e) (1) A registration form shall be accompanied by payment of a nonrefundable registration fee by producers, handlers, and processors, which shall be based on total gross sales by the registrant of product sold as organic in the calendar year that precedes the date of registration or, if no sales were made in the preceding year, then based on the expected sales during the 12 calendar months following the date of registration in accordance with the following fee schedule. The secretary, in consultation with the California Organic Products Advisory Committee, may lower the amounts specified in the following fee schedule by regulation. Gross Sales Registration Fee $ 0 â 4,999 $ 25 $ 5,000 â 10,000 $ 50 $ 10,001 â 50,000 $ 75 $ 50,001 â 250,000 $ 100 $ 250,001 â 500,000 $ 450 $ 500,001 â 1,000,000 $ 750 $ 1,000,001 â 2,500,000 $ 1,000 $ 2,500,001 â 5,000,000 $ 1,500 $ 5,000,001 â 15,000,000 $ 2,000 $ 15,000,001 â 25,000,000 $ 2,500 $ 25,000,001 â and above $ 3,000 (2) Producers that sell processed product shall pay fees based on the value of raw product before being processed and the value of any product sold as unprocessed. (3) A person who (A) does not take title of an organic product that is outside the jurisdiction of the State Public Health Officer, (B) packs, repacks, labels, sorts, or otherwise handles
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