Food and Agricultural Code section 55409

Juice or must used for wine which, as a condition of sale, is required to be pressed or crushed from grapes in the field or at a facility not owned by the purchasing vintner, is a farm product for purposes of this chapter. Juice or must which was not required to be pressed or crushed from grapes as a condition of a sale, and which is stored for the account of the producer who grew the grapes, is not a farm product when it is sold.

Source: Section 55409, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=55409.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1986; accessed Sep. 22, 2025).

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