Agriculture, Weights and Measures

Shared Mission

Promoting a thriving agricultural community, healthy residents and balanced environment.  Supporting a fair marketplace and consumer confidence in the accuracy of product weight, measure and price.

We serve you by protecting public health, the environment and local agriculture.

Here is a sample of what we do: 

• Ensure the safe use of pesticides and investigate illnesses
• Inspect eggs for defects to prevent food-borne illnesses
• Prevent the establishment of pests that require pesticide controls, sting or severely injure people, or inhibit growing fresh nutritious fruits, vegetables and other plants
• Promote the use of effective biocontrol measures
• Regulate organic growers, certified producers and certified farmers’ markets to allow local marketing of fresh commodities
• Ensure accurate net quantity of packaged goods and accuracy of commercial weighing, measuring and scanning devices
• Protect people from injury and disease caused by wildlife

California Announces Proposed Rules on

Agricultural Pesticide Use Near Schools and Child Day-care Centers

Drought Information