Food and Agricultural Code section 5917

No member or agent of the committee shall be personally liable for the actions of the committee or the department. No member or agent of the committee is responsible individually in any way to any other person for errors in judgment, mistakes, or other acts, by either commission or omission, as a principal, agent, or employee except for his or her own individual acts of dishonesty or crime. No member or agent of the committee is responsible individually for an act or omission of any other member or agent of the committee or the department. Liability is several and not joint, and no member or agent of the committee is liable for the default of any other member or agent of the committee or the department.

Source: Section 5917, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=5917.­ (updated Oct. 11, 2009; accessed Oct. 20, 2025).

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