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CA Food & Agri Code § 38892 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 5 - Miscellaneous Dairy Products|ARTICLE 40 - Bulky Flavored Fromage Frais or Bulky Flavored Soft Fresh Cheese|Section 38892.

38892.  When bulky flavor is added to fromage frais or soft fresh cheese, the name of the bulky flavor shall accompany the name of the product on the principal panel or panels of the label. Bulky flavored fromage frais or bulky flavored soft fresh cheese in its composition and labeling shall otherwise comply with all the requirements of Article 39 (commencing with Section 38885).(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 329, Sec. 42. Effective August 21, 1997.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38895.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 5 - Miscellaneous Dairy Products|ARTICLE 41 - Lactose Reduced Dairy Products|Section 38895.1.

38895.1.  Safe and suitable enzymes, as approved by the director, may be added to dairy products for the purpose of conversion of lactose to glucose or galactose. Any added enzyme shall appear in the ingredient list of the product.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 610, Sec. 6.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38895.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 5 - Miscellaneous Dairy Products|ARTICLE 41 - Lactose Reduced Dairy Products|Section 38895.2.

38895.2.  “Lactose reduced” may be included in the nomenclature of the product if there has been conversion of sufficient amounts of lactose to glucose or galactose so that the remaining lactose is less than 30 percent of the original lactose of the dairy product. Lactose reduced dairy products shall meet all other compositional standards for the products except that the minimum solids-not-fat content for reduced-fat, lowfat, or light (lite) milk, and flavored reduced-fat, lowfat, or light (lite) milk, labeled as “lactose reduced” shall be 8.7 percent.(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 329, Sec. 43. Effective August 21, 1997.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38901 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 38901.

38901.  The production and distribution of products resembling milk products, is hereby declared to be a business affected with a public interest. The provisions of this chapter are enacted in the exercise of the police powers of this state for the purpose of protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1250.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38902 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 38902.

38902.  The Legislature further finds and declares all of the following:(a) There is an increasing advent into the marketplace of food products which in appearance, taste and other physical characteristics resemble milk products, which are frequently mistaken by consumers for milk and milk products, which are used for the same or similar purposes as milk and milk products, which are frequently manufactured, transported and sold in the same places as milk and milk products, which are frequently packaged in the same types, sizes and shapes of containers as milk and milk products, which are suitable media for the growth and multiplication of micro-organisms; but which food products contain fats and oils other than milk fat in combination with milk products or contain no milk products.(b) It is necessary in order to prevent and avoid false, misleading and deceptive marketing of such products resembling milk products, and in order to prevent deception and confusion among consumers, and in order to protect public health, that this chapter be enacted, and that the director from time to time promulgate regulations governing the labeling, identification and sanitary production of all such products.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1250.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38903 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 38903.

38903.  This chapter does not apply to:(a) Margarine, dairy spread, or spread subject to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 39351).(b) A distinctive proprietary food compound which complies with all of the following requirements:(1) Not readily mistaken in taste for milk, or for evaporated, skim, condensed, or dried milk.(2) Prepared and designed for feeding infants and young children.(3) Sold exclusively by druggists, orphanages, child welfare associations, hospitals, and similar institutions or for shipment outside of this state.(c) Imitation ice cream and ice milk subject to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 39151).(d) Any product resembling a milk product which resembling product is subjected to a temperature high enough to sterilize the product and is packaged in an hermetically sealed container.(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 512, Sec. 5.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38903.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 38903.5.

38903.5.  Imitation cheese or substitute for cheese are subject to the provisions of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 341.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38903.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 38903.6.

38903.6.  Nondairy frozen dessert is subject to the provisions of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 440.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38904 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 38904.

38904.  Except as provided in this section, no products resembling milk products shall be used in any of the charitable or penal institutions that receive assistance from the state. If the state is informed in writing that government holdings of milk or milk products cannot be purchased or acquired by the state, the Department of General Services may purchase for use in state institutions such products if requested to do so by the director of the department which has control of any state institutions for which such product is intended.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1250.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38905 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 38905.

38905.  It is unlawful for a restaurant or any other place where food is served to the public for consumption on the premises to misrepresent products resembling milk products as milk products.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 787, Sec. 4.2.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38906 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 38906.

38906.  If a provision of this chapter and a provision of the Health and Safety Code are applicable to the same person and subject matter, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1250.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38907 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 38907.

38907.  If any article, section, subdivision, sentence or clause of any provision of this chapter is for any reason adjudged unconstitutional or unenforceable, such decision does not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this chapter. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have enacted all provisions of this chapter irrespective of the fact that one or more of such provisions is adjudged unconstitutional or unenforceable.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1250.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38908 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 38908.

38908.  The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed as necessitating any alterations or deviations in the normal and traditional methods of manufacturing, distributing, and selling products resembling milk products, except insofar as such methods specifically violate provisions of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1250.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38911 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 38911.

38911.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1250.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38912 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 38912.

38912.  “Products resembling milk products” means any food product for human consumption, except those referred to in Section 38903, which has the appearance, taste, smell, texture or color of a milk product and which, taken as a whole, bears resemblance to a milk product, could be mistaken for a milk product, or could be used as a substitute for a milk product.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 787, Sec. 5.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38914 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 38914.

38914.  “Imitation milk product” means a product resembling a milk product which contains oils, fats, or other ingredients, other than milk or milk products, in combination with milk or milk products. An imitation milk product may be referred to as a “filled product,” or by such other name or names as may be established from time to time by the director by regulation.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 787, Sec. 7.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38915 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 38915.

38915.  “Nondairy product” means a product resembling a milk product, but which nondairy product contains no milk or milk solids.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1250.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38924 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 3 - Standards|Section 38924.

38924.  The director shall adopt regulations providing for the healthfulness and standard of purity of products resembling milk products. The regulations shall be those reasonably necessary to ensure that the products are safe for human consumption under the circumstances under which they are likely to be offered for sale and consumed. The standards of purity, including bacterial standards, shall not be less than those of the milk products imitated or substituted.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 787, Sec. 12.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38925 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 3 - Standards|Section 38925.

38925.  When the use of market milk or any derivative or component of market milk is required in any milk product, any fluid milk, fluid skim milk, fluid cream, milk fat or milk solids used in an imitation milk product imitating the milk product shall be market milk.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 787, Sec. 13.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38926 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 3 - Standards|Section 38926.

38926.  Nondairy frozen dessert shall comply with the following standards:(a) The product shall contain not less than one-half of 1 percent of edible oil or fat other than milk fat. (b) The product shall contain 1.3 pounds of food solids per gallon at the time of sale to the consumer. (c) The product may contain harmless edible stabilizers and emulsifiers as specified in Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (d) The product may contain nutritive carbohydrate sweeteners. (e) The product may contain fruit or fruit juices, nut meats, harmless flavoring, and harmless coloring. (f) The product shall not contain more than 75,000 bacteria or 10 coliform bacteria per gram.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 840, Sec. 7.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38926.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 3 - Standards|Section 38926.5.

38926.5.  Nondairy frozen dessert mix is a product in a final, dry, or concentrated form used in the manufacture of nondairy frozen dessert. It shall comply with all the requirements of nondairy frozen dessert. It shall have been pasteurized or otherwise subjected to a process that has been proven, to the satisfaction of the director, to be equally effective.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 440.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38931 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 4 - Plant Licensing|Section 38931.

38931.  It is unlawful to engage in the manufacture of products resembling milk products, unless a license for the then current calendar year for each separate plant or place used for such business is issued by the director pursuant to this article.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1250.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38932 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 4 - Plant Licensing|Section 38932.

38932.  Applications for a license shall be in the form which shall be prescribed by the director.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1250.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38933 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 4 - Plant Licensing|Section 38933.

38933.  The application shall be accompanied by a fee of one hundred dollars ($100). The fee shall be prorated on a monthly basis for any licensee that commences operations after the first quarter in any calendar year whether or not such plant was licensed during the preceding calendar year.(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 634.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38934 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 4 - Plant Licensing|Section 38934.

38934.  The director shall issue to each applicant that satisfies the requirements of this chapter a license which entitles the applicant to manufacture, sell, or distribute products resembling milk products for the then current calendar year for which the license is issued, unless the license is sooner revoked or suspended.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1250.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38935 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 4 - Plant Licensing|Section 38935.

38935.  The license shall expire at the end of each calendar year, but shall remain in force during the month of January of the next succeeding year or such part of the month as may be necessary for the renewal of the license by the director.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1250.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38936 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 4 - Plant Licensing|Section 38936.

38936.  It is unlawful for any person to sell, give away, deliver, or to knowingly purchase or receive any product resembling milk products which has been produced in a plant that is in an insanitary condition, or that is handled by any carrier or any store or depot that is in an insanitary condition.(Added by Stats. 1968. Ch. 1250.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38937 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 4 - Plant Licensing|Section 38937.

38937.  Grounds for revocation or suspension of such license shall be the manufacture of products resembling milk products under unhealthful or insanitary conditions or which violate the provisions of Section 38924 or 38925.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1250.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38941 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 5 - Product Registration|Section 38941.

38941.  Any person engaged in the manufacture of products resembling milk products, shall register the products with the department as provided by this article.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1250.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38942 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 5 - Product Registration|Section 38942.

38942.  Application for a registered product shall be in the form which shall be prescribed by the department and shall include the ingredients of the product, and the proposed label or labels for the product. The director shall grant such application if he determines that the product will comply or has complied with the provisions of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1250.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38943 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 5 - Product Registration|Section 38943.

38943.  The application shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25). The information required by Section 38942 shall be kept current and amended whenever any change is made.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 787, Sec. 14.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38943.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 5 - Product Registration|Section 38943.5.

38943.5.  Each registration which has been approved expires on December 31st of the second year after it was approved and may be renewed for two years by payment of a renewal fee of ten dollars ($10). The renewal shall be made on forms which are supplied by the director.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 787, Sec. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38944 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 5 - Product Registration|Section 38944.

38944.  No product resembling milk products shall be sold unless it has an active registration on file with the department.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1250.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38944.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 5 - Product Registration|Section 38944.5.

38944.5.  If renewal of any registration is not made within 60 days after expiration of the registration, the registration becomes null and void.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 787, Sec. 16.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38945 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 5 - Product Registration|Section 38945.

38945.  In addition to any other penalty, the department may revoke or suspend the registration of any product resembling milk products for any violation of this chapter or the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 787, Sec. 17.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38946 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 5 - Product Registration|Section 38946.

38946.  All product registration made pursuant to this article shall be confidential. No information contained in the application for any such registration, or in the registration, shall be divulged by the director except if necessary for the proper determination of any court proceedings or hearing before the director.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1250.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38951 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 6 - Labels|Section 38951.

38951.  Any person or association or corporation engaged in the manufacture, sale, or distribution of products resembling milk products shall label such products in accordance with the provisions of this article and with regulations which shall be adopted by the director. The labels may be submitted to the director for approval.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1250.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 38952 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947|PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products|ARTICLE 6 - Labels|Section 38952.

38952.  Each container which contains a product resembling a milk product, shall be labeled with the name and address of the manufacturer or distributor, and in the event the address is not the address of the manufacturer or final packaging plant, the label shall include the national uniform federal information processing standards state code number to be immediately followed by a hyphen and the plant number assigned by the appropriate state regulatory agency. The list of ingredients of any product resembling a milk product shall be immediately preceded by the product name, such as “Imitation ____,” “Nondairy Product,” “Filled Product,” or any other applicable term the director has established for the products by regulation. In addition, the director may, by regulation, require any other information to be included on the label which the director determines to be in the public interest.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 787, Sec. 18.)