All proprietary information obtained by the commission or the secretary from producers or handlers is confidential and shall not be disclosed except when required by a court order after a hearing in a judicial proceeding involving this chapter. Information on volume shipments, crop value, and any other related information that is required for reports to governmental agencies, financial reports to the commission or aggregate sales and inventory information, and any other information that the commission requires, excluding individual handler information, may be disclosed by the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 727, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 1996.)