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Product Compliance Fines and Settlements

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The Product Compliance and Mill Assessment Branch is responsible for ensuring sales of pesticides are in compliance with California laws as they relate to registration, labeling, and pesticide mill assessment fees.

Violations of registration and labeling requirements, or pesticide sales reporting and payment of mill assessment fees are subject to civil prosecution of up to $10,000 per each violation under Food and Agricultural Code (FAC) section 12998, or, in lieu of civil prosecution, a civil administrative penalty of up to $5,000 under FAC section 12999.4. DPR’s policy is to pursue settlement possibilities in cases where we believe the company has not acted in bad faith in committing the violations and has fully cooperated with our investigation in the matter.

Closed settlement agreements

The list of closed settlement agreements includes cases related to sales of unregistered or misbranded pesticides and unpaid mill assessment fees. This list is updated quarterly.

2008/09 fiscal year:

  • First quarter (July - September 2008) (PDF, 28 kb)

2007/08 fiscal year:

2006/07 fiscal year:

2005/06 fiscal year:

2004/05 fiscal year:



For content questions, contact:
Lynn Owen, Acting Branch Chief
1001 I Street, P.O. Box 4015
Sacramento, CA 95812
Telephone: (916) 445-3851
E-mail: lowen@cdpr.ca.gov