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2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 2 - Market Milk Standards and Grades › Section 35785.

35785. Market milk which is produced for sale under the supervision of an approved milk inspection service, or a milk inspection service which is established and conducted by the director, shall be in conformity with the provisions for the respective grades as defined in this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 2 - Market Milk Standards and Grades › Section 35786.

35786. Market goat milk may be standardized to a milk fat content of not less than 2.8 percent. Market goat milk at the time of delivery to the consumer shall contain not less than 8.0 percent of solids not fat.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 512, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 2 - Market Milk Standards and Grades › Section 35787.

35787. Where a milk inspection service has been approved or established pursuant to this code, market milk shall be graded and designated into one of the following classes:
(a) “Certified milk.”
(b) “Guaranteed milk.”
(c) “Grade A milk.”
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 2 - Market Milk Standards and Grades › Section 35788.

35788. It is unlawful for any person to sell any milk as, or under the representation of, guaranteed or grade A milk, except under the supervision of a milk inspection service which is approved by the director or which is established and conducted by the director.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 3 - Market Cream Standards › Section 35811.

35811. Market cream shall conform to all of the standards which are set for market milk of the same grade except those which relate to milk fat and solids-not-fat, and the optional addition of harmless, edible stablizer-emulsif ier either singularly or in combination not exceeding 0.6 of 1 percent, as approved by the director, and except that the maximum bacterial count for pasteurized market cream shall be 20,000 per gram.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 537.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 4 - Pasteurized and Raw Market Milk › Section 35831.

35831. Pasteurized market milk shall be cooled to a temperature of 50 degrees Fahrenheit or below immediately after pasteurization and shall be so maintained until it is delivered to the consumer.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 4 - Pasteurized and Raw Market Milk › Section 35832.

35832. (a) Repasteurized milk may only be reprocessed and sold as a “Grade A” product under the following conditions and restrictions:
(1) Milk and milk products drained from processing equipment at the end of a run, collected from a defoamer system, and milk or milk product solids rinsed from equipment, containers, or pipelines shall be repasteurized only if that milk or those milk products are handled in a sanitary manner and maintained at 45 degrees Fahrenheit (7 degrees Celsius) or less. When the handling or cooling, or both, of that milk or those milk products is not in compliance with this requirement, they shall be discarded.
(2) Equipment, designated areas, or rooms utilized for handling, processing, and storage of returned packaged milk or milk products are maintained, operated, cleaned, and sanitized so as to preclude the contamination of Grade A products and equipment and the Grade A operations. The repasteurization of milk and milk products shipped in milk tank trucks, which have been pasteurized at another Grade A milk plant and have been handled in a sanitary manner and maintained at 45 degrees Fahrenheit (7 degrees Celsius) or less, is permitted.
(3) Packaged milk and milk products that have physically left the premises of the processing plant shall not be repasteurized for Grade A use.
(4) Milk and milk products from damaged, punctured, or otherwise contaminated containers, or milk products from out-of-code containers, shall not be repasteurized for Grade A use.
(5) All milk and milk products that have overflowed, leaked, or been spilled or improperly handled shall be discarded.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the secretary may, on a specific request, authorize reprocessing of packaged milk and milk products provided all other requirements of this section, including proper storage temperature and container integrity, are complied with.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 202, Sec. 1. (AB 1910) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 4 - Pasteurized and Raw Market Milk › Section 35833.

35833. All pasteurized market milk and market milk products shall be bottled or canned only in the plant where pasteurized, except as otherwise provided in this division.
This section does not apply to market cream or cultured market milk products having a product acidity of not less than 0.20 percent expressed as lactic acid.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 191.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 4 - Pasteurized and Raw Market Milk › Section 35834.

35834. Raw market milk and pasteurized market milk shall not be bottled in the same milk products plant for sale and distribution within a city or county which maintains an approved milk inspection service, except where an official representative of such approved milk inspection service is present during the period of handling, processing, or bottling such market milk, or except in those milk products plants where all market milk which is received meets the requirements for grade A raw milk.
This section does not apply to market cream.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 5 - Guaranteed Market Milk › Section 35861.

35861. Guaranteed raw milk is market milk which conforms to all of the following minimum requirements:
(a) The health of the cows and goats shall be determined at least once each month by an official representative of an approved milk inspection service, or a milk inspection service which is established by the director.
(b) It shall be produced on dairy farms which score not less than 90 percent on the dairy farm scorecard.
(c) It shall be bottled on the premises where produced and delivered in containers which have the pouring lip completely protected from contamination.
(d) It shall be cooled as provided in Section 35782, and so maintained until it is delivered to the consumer, at which time it shall contain not more than 10,000 bacteria per milliliter or not more than 10 coliform bacteria per milliliter.
(e) It shall be sold to the consumer within 30 hours after production and labeled to indicate the date of sale to the consumer.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 339, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 5 - Guaranteed Market Milk › Section 35862.

35862. All persons who come in contact with guaranteed raw milk shall exercise scrupulous cleanliness and shall not be afflicted with any communicable disease or in a condition to disseminate the germs of any communicable disease which is liable to be conveyed by milk. The absence of such germs in all such persons shall be determined by bacteriological and physical examination by a health department which maintains an approved milk inspection service, or other person or laboratory which is approved in writing by the department, conducted at the time of employment and every six months thereafter in a manner which is approved by the director.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 5 - Guaranteed Market Milk › Section 35863.

35863. Guaranteed pasteurized milk shall conform to all the requirements for guaranteed raw milk, except that it shall contain not more than 3,000 bacteria per milliliter at the time of delivery to the consumer.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 6 - Grade A Market Milk › Section 35891.

35891. Grade A raw milk is market milk which conforms to all the following minimum requirements:
(a) The health of the cows and goats shall be determined at least once in two months by an official representative of an approved milk inspection service, or a milk inspection service which is established by the director.
(b) It shall be produced on dairy farms that score not less than 90 percent on the dairy farm scorecard.
(c) It shall be cooled as provided in Section 35782 and so maintained until delivered to the consumer, at which time it shall contain not more than 15,000 bacteria per milliliter or more than 10 coliform bacteria per milliliter.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 339, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 6 - Grade A Market Milk › Section 35892.

35892. All persons who come in contact with grade A raw milk shall exercise scrupulous cleanliness and shall not be afflicted with any communicable disease or be in a condition to disseminate the germs of any communicable disease which is liable to be conveyed by milk. The absence of such germs in all such persons may at the discretion of an approved or established milk inspection service be determined by bacteriological and physical examination in such manner as may be prescribed by the director and by such person or laboratory which is approved in writing by the department, conducted at the time of employment and every six months thereafter in a manner which is approved by the director.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 6 - Grade A Market Milk › Section 35893.

35893. Milk for grade A pasteurized milk is market milk that conforms to all the following minimum requirements:
(a) The health of the cows or goats shall be determined at least once in six months by an official representative of an approved milk inspection service, or a milk inspection service that is established by the director.
(b) The milk shall be cooled as provided in Section 35783.
(c) It shall be produced on dairy farms that score not less than 90 percent on the dairy farm scorecard that is adopted by the director.
(d) Shall meet the standards of Section 35781 or the regulation adopted pursuant thereto.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 339, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 7 - Certified Milk › Section 35921.

35921. Certified milk is market milk which conforms to the rules, regulations, methods, and standards for the production and distribution of certified milk adopted by the county milk commission established in a county pursuant to this article.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 7.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 7 - Certified Milk › Section 35922.

35922. Certified milk shall bear the certification of a milk commission which shall be appointed as provided by this article by the board of supervisors in any county in which certified milk was produced on January 1, 1968. The board of supervisors of any other county may create a commission.
(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 7.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 7 - Certified Milk › Section 35923.

35923. A county milk commission shall consist of six members who reside in the county where the commission is located and who shall be appointed by the board of supervisors for a term of four years and shall be eligible for reappointment. The members shall be appointed as follows:
(a) A physician who is a member of a county medical association organized under and approved by the Medical Society of the State of California.
(b) A physician nominated by the county health department.
(c) A veterinarian, who shall be a member of the county or regional veterinarian association.
(d) A physician nominated by a producer or producers of certified milk in the county.
(e) A physician nominated by the American Association of Medical Milk Commissions, Incorporated.
(f) A public member, appointed by the board of supervisors.
If no nomination is made by a group so authorized to nominate a member under subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, the board of supervisors shall appoint a person who is a member of any of the designated organizations authorized to nominate members.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 994.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 7 - Certified Milk › Section 35924.

35924. A county milk commission shall adopt rules, regulations, and standards governing the production, distribution, and sale of certified milk, including unpasteurized milk, as it deems necessary to protect public health and safety.
The rules, regulations, and standards adopted by a county milk commission shall conform as nearly as practicable to, or may be more restrictive than, the rules, regulations, and standards for the production, distribution, and sale of milk, including unpasteurized milk, adopted by the American Association of Medical Milk Commissions.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 7.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 7 - Certified Milk › Section 35924.5.

35924.5. A county milk commission shall give reasonable notice to the public of its meetings, and shall hold its public hearings in public buildings.
Members of the commission shall receive twenty-five dollars ($25) per diem for each day spent on official business of the commission, payable from the fees collected pursuant to this article. No member of the commission shall travel beyond the boundaries of the state on official business without prior approval of the county board of supervisors.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 994.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 7 - Certified Milk › Section 35925.

35925. A county milk commission shall certify milk, including unpasteurized milk, for any applicant for certification whose milk complies with the rules, regulations, and standards for production, distribution and sale of milk adopted by the commission and prescribed in this code, irrespective of whether the milk is produced in the county in which the commission is located or in a contiguous county, so long as there is not a milk commission located in such a contiguous county. Provided, however, that the power of a milk commission to certify milk produced in the contiguous county shall terminate at such time as a milk commission is created in such contiguous county.
Nothing in this section shall affect any milk inspection, including an approved milk inspection service pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 33051) of this part or any other inspection, for milk which is produced in such contiguous county and certified by the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 994.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 7 - Certified Milk › Section 35926.

35926. A county milk commission may establish such fees, and expend funds derived therefrom, as are reasonably necessary to defray the costs of certifying milk.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 7.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 7 - Certified Milk › Section 35927.

35927. A county milk commission may conduct any tests that it finds are reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this article and may employ personnel to conduct such tests and for such other duties as the commission deems necessary.
All applicants for certification shall submit samples for testing when requested to do so by the commission.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 7.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 8 - Homogenized Market Milk and Cream › Section 35941.

35941. Homogenized market milk is market milk which has been subjected to a process or treatment in such manner as to insure the breakup of the fat globules to such an extent that no visible cream separation will occur on the milk after 48 hours storage at a temperature of between 40 and 50 degrees Fahrenheit and the fat percentage of the top 100 cc. of milk in a quart bottle, or proportionate volumes in containers of other sizes, does not differ by more than 10 percent of itself from the milk fat percentage of the remaining milk as determined after thorough mixing. In removing the top 100 cc. of milk, it shall be siphoned off. Homogenized market milk shall otherwise conform to all requirements for market milk.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 8 - Homogenized Market Milk and Cream › Section 35943.

35943. Homogenized market cream is market cream which has been subjected to a process or treatment in such manner as to insure breakage of the fat globules to such an extent that no visible cream separation will occur after 48 hours. Homogenized market cream shall otherwise conform with all other requirements for market cream.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 8 - Homogenized Market Milk and Cream › Section 35944.

35944. Homogenized market milk or homogenized market cream shall not be mixed with market milk or market cream which has not been homogenized.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 8 - Homogenized Market Milk and Cream › Section 35945.

35945. Homogenized milk and homogenized cream shall be so labeled.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 9 - Half-and-Half › Section 35971.

35971. Half-and-half is a food that complies with Section 131.180 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Half-and-half shall contain not more than 20,000 bacteria per milliliter and not more than 10 coliform bacteria per milliliter.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 339, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 9.5 - Ultra-Filtered Milk Products › Section 35975.

35975. (a) For purposes of this article, “ultra-filtered milk products” are market milk products resulting from the filtration of milk to alter the relative quantities of milk solids, including proteins, lactose, and minerals, but excluding fat components. When lactose has been completely or partially removed by filtration, the percentage of total milk solids, not including fat components, may be reduced by no more than the percentage of lactose removed.
(b) The secretary shall have the authority to establish milk standards for ultra-filtered milk products sold in the state.
(c) Ultra-filtered milk products shall meet all standards and requirements for market milk that are specified in this division, except as provided in subdivision (a).
(d) Ultra-filtered milk products shall be labeled in accordance with the applicable provisions of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The term “ultra-filtered” shall be included in the product name on the product label.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 510, Sec. 1. (SB 1039) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 10 - Labeling and Advertising › Section 36001.

36001. The following information shall at all times appear plainly and in a conspicuous place on, or be securely attached to, every cap, bottle, can, or other container of all market milk which is sold:
(a) The class or grade of the market milk, unless the market milk is being sold in bulk to a distributor.
(b) The word “raw,” if the market milk has not been pasteurized.
(c) The word “pasteurized” if the market milk has been pasteurized.
(d) The name and address of the distributor or original bottler.
If the name and address of the distributor is used, the milk products plant license number of the original bottler, as assigned annually by the director, may be used in lieu of the name and address of the original bottler.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 10 - Labeling and Advertising › Section 36002.

36002. All labels which are required by Section 36001 shall be in capital letters of a size and boldness as to be legible by the purchaser or consumer. If the available space on any cap, bottle, or container for such labeling is not sufficient for the full name of the distributor, then a sufficient portion of the distributor’s name which clearly identifies such distributor may be used in lieu of the entire distributor’s name.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 10 - Labeling and Advertising › Section 36004.

36004. (a) At the time of sale to the consumer by a retail store of any product designated in this section, there shall appear upon the package or container of the product the date established by the processor as the date upon which, in order to ensure consumer quality, the product is normally removed from the shelf or similar location from which the product is offered for sale to the consumer.
(b) This section applies to the following products:
(1) Market milk.
(2) Market cream.
(3) Any milk product that is required by any provision of this code, or by any regulation adopted by the secretary pursuant to this code, to be made from market milk or any component or derivative of market milk.
(c) This section does not apply to any milk or milk products processed, packaged, and sold by distributors directly to consumers.
(d) This section does not apply to any bulk shipments of milk or milk products between distributors.
(e) The secretary shall, in compliance with applicable provisions of this code and Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and after public hearing or hearings, adopt regulations pertaining to (1) responsibility for affixing to packages or other containers the quality assurance date provided for in this section, (2) the manner, style, form, and place of affixation of the date to packages and other containers in a conspicuous place in a form that is readily seen and easily understood by the buyer, and (3) the administration and enforcement of the requirements of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 144, Sec. 3. (AB 933) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 10 - Labeling and Advertising › Section 36005.

36005. If a product is made from goat milk, either the phrase “goat milk” or “made from goat milk” shall immediately precede or follow the name of the product wherever the name appears, and in the same type size and style as the product name.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 512, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 11 - Bottle Caps and Labels › Section 36031.

36031. It is unlawful for any person that sells or handles market milk, except the original bottler of the market milk, to have in his possession, or under his control, any milk bottle cap or label, except the caps or labels that are affixed to the filled containers at the time of delivery to the seller or handler.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 11 - Bottle Caps and Labels › Section 36032.

36032. It is unlawful for any person that sells or handles market milk to remove any cap or label from any milk container and attach such cap or label to another milk container.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 11 - Bottle Caps and Labels › Section 36033.

36033. It is unlawful for any person to sell or use any milk bottle caps which are not packed by the manufacturer in single column in unopened, dustproof tubular packages.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 12 - Misrepresentation › Section 36061.

36061. No false, misleading, or deceptive name, picture, symbol, mark, word, or other representation shall appear on any milk bottle, bottle cap, can, or other container, nor on any advertisement for market milk.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 12 - Misrepresentation › Section 36062.

36062. A label or advertisement of market milk is false, misleading, or deceptive if in any particular it is untrue, or by ambiguity or inference creates a misleading or deceptive impression regarding the production, handling, processing, quality, composition, merits, or value of such market milk.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 12 - Misrepresentation › Section 36063.

36063. It is unlawful for any person to sell, purchase, use, or represent as market milk or market cream any milk or cream which does not meet the requirements and standards of market milk or market cream.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 12 - Misrepresentation › Section 36064.

36064. Except as otherwise provided in this division, it is unlawful for any person to sell, purchase, use, or represent as market milk or market cream any milk or cream which is combined with any other substance or compound.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 12 - Misrepresentation › Section 36065.

36065. It is unlawful for any person to serve to any customer for consumption on the premises milk or cream which is combined with any other substance or compound and represented as a substitute for or to take the place of market milk or market cream.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 13 - Restricted Use and Exclusion Based Upon Dairy Score › Section 36091.

36091. Milk that is delivered by the producer of the milk, to be sold as any grade of market milk, shall not be restricted in use or excluded from the market if a score of the dairy farm on which the milk is produced is below the specified minimum legal requirements unless both of the following occur:
(a) A copy of the score is promptly given to the proprietor or operator of the dairy farm and, if milk is sold in bulk to a distributor or processor, a copy of the notice is also given or mailed to the distributor or processor.
(b) A rescore, after 10 days, shows the score of the dairy farm to be still or again below the specified minimum legal requirements and a copy of the rescore is promptly given to the proprietor or operator of the dairy farm and the purchaser of the milk produced by the dairy farm and until 60 hours has elapsed after the rescore.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 759, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 13 - Restricted Use and Exclusion Based Upon Dairy Score › Section 36092.

36092. If, during the 60 hours following the rescoring of a dairy farm, a protest is filed with the head of the milk inspection service under whose jurisdiction the milk of the dairy farm is sold, the milk which is produced on that dairy farm shall not be restricted in use or excluded from the market until a third score has been made and concurred in by the representative of the milk inspection service and the secretary.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 759, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 2 - Market Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 14 - Restricted Use or Exclusion › Section 36123.

36123. Whenever two of the last four consecutive bacteria counts, coliform determinations, or cooling temperatures taken on separate days exceed the limit of the standard for market milk or products of market milk, or both, the health authority or secretary shall send a notice thereof to the producer or distributor concerned. This notice shall be in effect as long as two of the last four consecutive samples exceed the limit of the standard. An additional sample shall be taken within 14 days of the sending of the notice, but not before the lapse of three days. Immediate restricted use of the market milk or product of market milk or exclusion of the market milk or product of market milk shall be instituted whenever the standard is violated by three of the last five bacteria counts, coliform determinations, or cooling temperatures, provided that no action required by this section shall be based upon a sample that is over 180 days old.
Violations of bacterial, coliform, and cooling temperature standards shall be followed promptly by inspection to determine and correct the cause. This inspection shall be made immediately when the notice required by this section is sent.
Samples may be taken from consecutive milking at the producer level and from consecutive lots of processed products and shall be taken when requested by the producer or processor. Analysis of those samples shall commence within 36 hours from their taking.
Reinstatement of the market milk or products of market milk shall be made when two consecutive samples taken within a seven-day period following notice of restricted use again meet the standard. For the purpose of this section sampling for reinstatement and the new compliance series shall begin with the first sample taken after use is restricted.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 759, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 3 - Restricted Use Market Milk and Manufacturing Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 36301.

36301. Restricted use market milk, manufacturing milk, or manufacturing cream shall be sold only for manufacturing purposes and to be converted into some other form or product.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 759, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 3 - Restricted Use Market Milk and Manufacturing Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 36302.

36302. Restricted use market milk, manufacturing milk, or manufacturing cream shall not be sold for human consumption in a fluid state.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 759, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 3 - Restricted Use Market Milk and Manufacturing Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 36303.

36303. Restricted use market milk, manufacturing milk, or manufacturing cream shall not be sold in quantities of less than three gallons or in containers of less than three gallons capacity. Pasteurized manufacturing cream shall not be sold in quantities of less than one-half gallon or in containers of less than one-half-gallon capacity.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 759, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 3 - Restricted Use Market Milk and Manufacturing Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 36304.

36304. The provisions of Sections 36301, 36302, and 36303 do not apply to milk or cream which is sold by a producer to a milk products plant.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 306.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 3 - Restricted Use Market Milk and Manufacturing Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 36306.

36306. Manufacturing milk or manufacturing cream may be repasteurized once.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 2 - MILK AND CREAM › CHAPTER 3 - Restricted Use Market Milk and Manufacturing Milk and Cream › ARTICLE 2 - Manufacturing Milk Standards › Section 36331.

36331. Manufacturing milk shall comply with all of the following requirements:
(a) It shall be free from foreign substances.
(b) It shall not contain any undesirable flavors or odors.
(c) It shall not contain more than 2,000,000 individual bacteria per milliliter as found by direct microscopic count.
In addition, manufacturing milk shall comply with the rules, regulations, and standards of the United States Department of Agriculture which govern quality standards of raw milk.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 28.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS › CHAPTER 1 - Generally › ARTICLE 1 - Quality Standards › Section 36601.

36601. The director shall adopt, by regulation, quality standards that are necessary for any product which is defined in this division. These quality standards which are adopted by the director shall be not lower than those which are in effect under regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture, but may be higher if found by the director to effectuate the purposes of this part, and of this section, which are, among others, to provide dairy products to the consumers of this state of the highest possible quality.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 512, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS › CHAPTER 1 - Generally › ARTICLE 1 - Quality Standards › Section 36602.

36602. The director, in determining the quality of any product which is sold, but not produced and processed in this state, shall ascertain that such product will meet the minimum quality requirements which are applicable to such product by the standards which are contained in, or established by, regulations which are adopted pursuant to this division.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS › CHAPTER 1 - Generally › ARTICLE 1 - Quality Standards › Section 36603.

36603. Any standard which is established pursuant to this article shall expire on the 61st day after the final adjournment of the second regular session of the Legislature commencing after the establishment or issuance of such standard.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 537.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS › CHAPTER 1 - Generally › ARTICLE 1 - Quality Standards › Section 36604.

36604. No product for which standards are required to be established pursuant to Section 36601 is required to meet any quality standards which are in excess of those that are in effect under regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture, unless a like product is processed in this state and the processors of such like product in this state are also required to meet such higher standards.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS › CHAPTER 1 - Generally › ARTICLE 1 - Quality Standards › Section 36605.

36605. Except as otherwise provided in Section 36604 and notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, no dairy products, as such products are defined in this division, shall be sold within this state unless they are of a quality which is comparable to that of the same product which is manufactured or processed pursuant to this division.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS › CHAPTER 1 - Generally › ARTICLE 1 - Quality Standards › Section 36606.

36606. (a) Safe and suitable bacteria standards may be adopted by the director for use in specific dairy products except for varieties of hard and soft cheese. Any bacteria strain approved by the director under this section shall appear in the ingredient list of the product. The name of any bacteria strain approved by the director for use in a dairy product for which the standard does not otherwise require use of one or more bacteria strains shall appear with the product name on the principal display panel or panels of the package in letters not less than one-half the height of the letters used in the product name.
(b) The director shall establish a minimum viable organism count for any bacteria strain approved pursuant to this section in any dairy product for which the standard does not otherwise require use of one or more bacteria strains. The director shall also establish an official test procedure for the purpose of enforcing the minimum bacteria count level in any dairy products for which such a minimum has been established.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1169, Sec. 1. Effective September 22, 1988.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS › CHAPTER 1 - Generally › ARTICLE 2 - Temporary Standards › Section 36631.

36631. (a) The Legislature intends that the director administer this article to accommodate, in a timely fashion, safe and wholesome milk products.
(b) This article applies to products resembling milk products that are processed and sold pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 38901) and all milk and dairy products processed and sold pursuant to this division. This article does not apply to any of the following:
(1) Combination milk and food products processed and sold pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 36661).
(2) Special varieties of cheese processed and sold pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to Section 37402.
(c) For purposes of this article, “new milk product” or “new product resembling a milk product” means a product for which no state statutory or administrative regulation standard of identity exists, and may include a product that is classified by the United States Food and Drug Administration as nonstandard.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 758, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS › CHAPTER 1 - Generally › ARTICLE 2 - Temporary Standards › Section 36632.

36632. (a) Upon the request of any interested person, the director may, following a properly noticed hearing, pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 36634, grant a temporary standard for an initial period of one year. A temporary standard may be granted for a new milk product or a new product resembling a milk product. However, in no case shall a temporary standard be granted for a product for which a definition and standard was contained in a bill which was not enacted during the immediately preceding session of the Legislature. A hearing called pursuant to this section shall be by written brief, unless an oral hearing is specifically requested by an interested person.
(b) The petition shall include a proposed definition, standard, nomenclature, and label for the new product. The petition shall also address the relation between the proposed product and existing definitions and standards established for comparable products.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 758, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS › CHAPTER 1 - Generally › ARTICLE 2 - Temporary Standards › Section 36633.

36633. (a) A hearing called pursuant to this article shall be for the following purposes:
(1) Establishing if the product proposed for a temporary standard qualifies for that standard.
(2) Evaluating whether a temporary standard has been properly sought for the proposed product definition, standard, nomenclature, and label offered by the petitioner.
(b) Following the hearing, the director shall evaluate the temporary standard request on the basis of all of the following:
(1) Testimony submitted by all interested persons.
(2) The health and safety conditions under which the proposed product will be processed and distributed.
(3) Existing definitions and standards which are established for comparable products.
(c) In granting a temporary standard, the director shall establish an appropriate definition and nomenclature as well as quality and labeling requirements applicable to the permitted product.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 758, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS › CHAPTER 1 - Generally › ARTICLE 2 - Temporary Standards › Section 36634.

36634. The processing of a petition for a temporary standard shall conform to the following schedule:
(a) Notice of the requested hearing or denial thereof shall be announced by the director within 15 days after receipt of a temporary standard petition.
(b) A hearing called pursuant to this section shall be held not later than 65 days following receipt of a temporary standard petition.
(c) The hearing shall be conducted in procedural compliance with applicable provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(d) The petitioner for a temporary standard shall be notified of the director’s decision on the request not later than 30 days following the closing of the hearing. A temporary standard approved by the director shall be effective immediately upon issuance of the director’s decision, subject to Section 36637.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 758, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS › CHAPTER 1 - Generally › ARTICLE 2 - Temporary Standards › Section 36635.

36635. An unsuccessful petitioner for a temporary standard may repetition not earlier than 60 days following written notification of the denial of the original temporary standard request, if the proposed definition and standard have been modified in the interim or other conditions have changed so that a favorable ruling by the director might reasonably be expected.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 438, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 › PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS › CHAPTER 1 - Generally › ARTICLE 2 - Temporary Standards › Section 36636.

36636. A temporary standard granted pursuant to this article may be renewed for a period of one year if the director determines that the renewal is necessary to adequately assess the market potential of the product. A second renewal of a temporary standard may be granted at the discretion of the director, except that in no case shall the second renewal be granted if legislation intended to permanently establish a standard and definition for the product currently being marketed pursuant to a temporary standard has not been introduced during the term of the standard.
The maximum duration of a temporary standard, including any renewals, shall not exceed three years.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 438, Sec. 2.)