§ 12853 Pesticide Warranty Limitations

Food and Agricultural Code·California

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This law lets companies that sell pesticides add warnings or limits on the label about how the pesticide can be used.

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•Pesticide sellers can add their own warnings on labels.
•These warnings can say how or where the pesticide should be used.
•The warnings help the company avoid trouble if the pesticide is used the wrong way.

Example

A company sells a bug spray that works best indoors.

They can put a label saying 'Only use inside houses' to avoid problems if someone uses it outside.

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§ 12853 Pesticide Warranty Limitations

A registrant of pesticides may print upon the label of any sealed or closed container or package of pesticide that the registrant intends to sell within this state, or upon the label of any opened lot from which sales have been authorized by the director, such limitations of warranty with respect to the use of the pesticide, as the registrant may consider proper. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 361, Sec. 61. Effective January 1, 1997.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

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registrant of pesticides limitations of warranty label sealed or closed container or package opened lot authorized by the director

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 12853.

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