Apr 27, 2026 | CDFA
New Report Warns California’s Pest Prevention System Is Falling Behind Growing Threats California’s pest prevention system—critical to protecting the nation’s food supply, natural landscapes, and urban environments—is under increasing strain, according to a new...
Sep 30, 2024 | CDFA
County Sealers of Weights and Measures Play Key Role in Recent Home Depot False Advertising Case Most consumers don’t know about efforts in their counties to protect against retail fraud. Last week a group of county district attorneys announced that Home Depot had...
Sep 4, 2024 | CDFA
Officials Tour Successful Invasive Pest Programs Working to Protect California Agriculture The 2023 invasive fruit fly outbreak in California was considered the worst of its kind in the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s (CDFA) 100-year history. Despite...
Apr 5, 2022 | CDFA
By Elizabeth Ireland, Times of San Diego Thanks for everything, Podder! After four years working for the San Diego County Agriculture, Weights & Measures Department, Podder the detector dog was honored Wednesday as he heads into retirement. County staff organized...
Oct 7, 2021 | CDFA
The California Attorney General’s office has announced sentencing in a multi-year investigation of recycling fraud in Sacramento County. More than $80 million was paid out to Recycling Services Alliance, a redemption center for California Redemption Value (CRV)...
Jul 19, 2021 | CDFA
Español SACRAMENTO, July 16, 2021 – A state exterior quarantine has been declared to prohibit the introduction of the spotted lanternfly (SLF), Lycorma delicatula, into California. Spotted lanternfly was first detected in North American in 2014 in Pennsylvania and...
