(a) Any nonprofit charitable organization, that receives any agricultural product pursuant to this chapter, shall not sell or offer to sell any such agricultural product nor move or transfer such product out of the state, provided that any product that does not comply with the requirements of Division 17 (commencing with Section 42501) which is received by a charitable organization situated in this state may be shipped out of the state by such organization in accordance with regulations of the director to assure compliance with the purposes of this chapter.
This subdivision does not apply to agricultural products which comply with all maturity, quality, size, standard pack, container and labeling requirements of Division 17 (commencing with Section 42501).
(b) No person and no employee of a public agency shall sell, offer for sale, use, or consume any agricultural product donated or distributed pursuant to this chapter, except the recipient of an agricultural product provided as charitable assistance by a nonprofit charitable organization who shall use or consume the agricultural product provided.
(c) Any violation of this section is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 977.)