Rendering and pet food: Rendering Industry Advisory Board.

Existing law generally regulates persons engaged in certain businesses dealing with dead animals and pet food processing, including, among others, renderers, pet food processors, dead haulers, and transporters of inedible kitchen grease. These regulatory provisions are administered and enforced by the Department of Food and Agriculture. This bill would establish in state government the Rendering Industry Advisory Board composed of 9 persons appointed by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, 7 of whom are licensed under the above-mentioned regulatory provisions and 2 who are public members, as provided. The bill would specify the duties and responsibilities of the board. The bill would authorize the secretary to adopt regulations to be used by the board in administering these provisions.