Fruit, nut, and vegetable standards: out-of-state processing.

Existing law authorizes the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to adopt regulations regarding fruit, nut, and vegetable standards. Existing law exempts from the fruit, nut, and vegetable standards the shipment, transportation, or movement of melons and vegetables in field bins or bulk out of the state and into any adjoining state, up to 25 miles beyond the border, under specified conditions. This bill would apply this exemption to the shipment, transportation, or movement of melons and vegetables in field bins or bulk into any adjoining state, regardless of distance from the border, under the same specified conditions.