California Administrative Code

Kefir cheese is a soft, uncured cheese made from one or more of the following pasteurized market milk products: milk, cream, concentrated milk, dried milk, skim milk, concentrated skim milk, or nonfat dry milk, cultured with Lactobacillus caucasicus bacteria to the desired acidit…

(a) (1) This section shall apply to all varieties of grated or shredded cheese which consists of one or more varieties of grated or shredded cheese described in Section 415.1 combined with one or more varieties of grated or shredded cheese described in Section 415.2 of this artic…

Goat cheese is made from goat's milk. It shall contain not less than 40 percent of milk fat on a dry basis and contain not more than 50 percent of moisture when sold to the consumer. Goat cheese may contain spices which shall be identified on the principal display panel of the re…

(a) (1) Grated American cheese food is the food prepared by mixing, with or without the aid of heat, one or more of the optional cheese ingredients prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section, with one or more of the optional ingredients prescribed in paragraph (c) of this sectio…

(a) (1) Pasteurized process cheese product is the food prepared by comminuting and mixing, with the aid of heat, one or more of the optional cheese ingredients prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section, with or without one or more of the optional dairy ingredients prescribed in…

Pasteurized blended cheese with fruits, vegetables, or meats may have a moisture content of 1 percent more and a milk fat content of the solids may be 1 percent less than the limits prescribed for pasteurized blended cheese.

(a) Pasteurized process cheese food shall have a moisture content of not more than 44 percent and a milk fat content of not less than 23 percent. (b) Pasteurized process cheese food with fruit, vegetables, or meat shall have a milk fat content of not less than 22 percent and not …

(a) Pasteurized process cheese spread shall have a moisture content of more than 44 percent but not more than 60 percent and the milk fat content shall not be less than 20 percent. (b) Pasteurized cheese spreads shall conform to the standard of composition prescribed for pasteuri…

Pasteurized skim milk cheese spread with fruits, vegetables, spices, or meats may have a moisture content of 1 percent more than the limits prescribed for pasteurized skim milk cheese spread. “Pasteurized Skim Milk Cheese Spread with Fruits, Vegetables, Spices, or Meats” may be s…

All containers of imitation ice cream and imitation ice milk shall be labeled with the name of the product and with the name and address of the manufacturer or the wholesale distributor or the retailer. The words “manufactured by” shall appear above the name when the name of the …

Where any trade name, word, or phrase is used in connection with the advertising, labeling, sale, and distribution of imitation ice cream or imitation ice milk, there must also appear in connection with such trade name, word, or phrase, the words “imitation ice cream” or “imitati…

Once on each container of products resembling milk products, all required information shall appear conspicuously on a panel without obscuring designs, vignettes or information which is not required. The location of the required information panel shall be in the case of: (a) Gable…

In accordance with the requirements of Section 32791 of the Food and Agricultural Code, the following form is adopted as the official Dairy Farm Score Card in the State of California: No. milking__________; gals. milk daily __________; inspection made milking time__________; othe…

Containers while in use for the purpose of delivering or receiving milk or cream at a milk products plant shall be properly identified with the patron's name or number in a manner that will not erase. Said name or number shall correspond with the name or number of the patron appe…

(a) The commissioner shall conduct annual inspections of a random group of registrants to verify that industrial hemp is not produced in violation of Division 24 of the Food and Agricultural Code and this chapter. (b) The commissioner shall be provided with complete and unrestric…

(a) Except when grown by a registered established agricultural research institution or a registered hemp breeder, the industrial hemp shall be grown in acreages of not less than one-tenth of an acre. (b) All plantings shall have signage stating “industrial hemp”. The signs shall …

(a) Sample Preparation. (1) The laboratory shall maintain chain of custody upon receiving the samples by documenting the chain of custody information on the sample analysis request form. The laboratory shall provide the information outlined in Sections 4940(b)(1)(M) through 4940(…

(a) Any industrial hemp crop that does not meet the requirements of Division 24 of the Food and Agricultural Code and this chapter shall be destroyed in a manner compliant with Section 297B of the federal Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (added by Section 10113 of the federal A…

(a) Any person desiring to obtain a butter grader's license as required by section 35134 of the Food and Agricultural Code shall comply with all of the following requirements: (1) File an application with the Department on the Butter Grader's License Application, Form No. 72-276 …

This article shall govern the official final action methods and the other acceptable methods of comparable accuracy when used to determine the components of milk, bulk milk, products of milk, or products resembling milk products, and cream when such component determinations are r…

(a) Each of the testing methods listed in this section is approved for use as an acceptable method of analysis for the determination of the components of milk, cream, bulk milk, products of milk, or products resembling milk products and shall be conducted by procedures and equipm…

(a) Except where approved in writing by the Department, licensees making tests by the approved testing methods stated in section 511, shall use equipment and follow the methods and procedures outlined in the 18th edition of the Official Methods of Analysis of the Association of O…

Each processing facility shall have a program in place to screen all bulk raw milk pickup tankers for drug residues with approved tests as specified in United States Food and Drug Administration, Milk Safety Branch, Coded Memorandum M-a-85, effective January 22, 2001 (M-a-85). (a…

Milk to be separated for the production of market cream may be heated upon arrival at the plant to a temperature not to exceed 110 degrees F. If heated to a higher temperature the milk must be carried through the complete process of pasteurization and the market cream produced th…

(a) In accordance with the provisions of sections 32515 and 34001 of the Food and Agricultural Code, processes which have been demonstrated to be equally efficient and approved by the Department are as follows: (1) “Pasteurization”, “pasteurized” and similar terms shall mean the …

All persons operating pasteurizers must comply with the following: (a) Every pasteurizer must be equipped and operated with a recording thermometer which must be used solely for that individual piece of equipment. Transferring of thermometer spuds from one vat to another is prohi…

(a) Manufacturers of, importers of, and dealers in the following pesticide products or classes of pesticide products are exempt from the requirements of Division 7 of the Food and Agricultural Code, provided the pesticide products are exempt pursuant to section 25(b)(2) of the Fe…

(a) The fee for each pesticide product submitted for registration is $1,500. The fee applies to each: (1) New pesticide product; (2) Additional brand name of a pesticide product; and (3) Pesticide product where there is a change in business ownership of the product. (b) If the Di…

Any person who resides at a great distance from an approved laboratory may have specimens for examination forwarded to the nearest laboratory by the physician giving the physical examination.

A certificate of registration cannot be transferred if there is a change of business ownership, but a new application and fee are necessary.

Change of the name of a registrant may be made without additional fee by submission of the following papers to the director: (a) The current certificate of registration; (b) A new completed application form; and (c) An affidavit of no change of business ownership.

(a) Each applicant shall certify, by an authorized official of the registrant, under penalty of perjury that to the best of the applicant's knowledge, based upon all information available to the applicant, all information submitted in connection with the application for registrat…

As authorized by sections 13127 and 13146 of the Food and Agricultural Code, the director adopts the provisions of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of section 136a of Title 7 of the United States Code, as applicable to compensation for data developed pursuant …

(a) Each application for registration of a pesticide product shall be made on the Application for Pesticide Registration DPR-REG-030 (Rev. 10/24) form, hereby incorporated by reference, and described in section 6170.5. The application is incomplete and may be returned by the Dire…

The form referred to in section 6170(a) shall require registrants to provide the following information when applicable. (a) Firm name, (same as on file with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA); (b) Firm mailing address and street address, if different fro…

The director, after consultation with the Air Resources Board, shall determine under what circumstances interference with the attainment and maintenance of ambient air quality standards is likely to result from the evaporative emission of volatile organic compounds contained in a…

Each applicant to register a pesticide product shall submit to the director any other data determined by the director to be necessary to carry out the provisions of Section 12824 of the Food and Agricultural Code. Each data request pursuant to this section shall include the direc…

(a) Registrants required to submit data in support of registrations pursuant to Food and Agricultural Code sections 13060 (c) (1), 13127, 13143 or 13146 shall respond to the director's notices of the data and study requirements. Where the notice pertains to data required pursuant…

The director may, at any time, evaluate a registered pesticide to carry out the provisions of Sections 12824, 12825, 12825.5, 12826 and 12827 of the Food and Agricultural Code. The Director shall investigate all reported episodes and information received by the Director that indi…

(a) During a reevaluation, the director shall require submission of all data required for registration of a new pesticide by the U.S. EPA and by sections 6159, 6170, 6176-6179, 6180(a), 6181-6192, and 6200 which is relevant to the focus of the reevaluation and has not previously …

The director shall publish a semi-annual report on pesticides reevaluated, under reevaluation, or which for factual or scientific information was received but no reevaluation was initiated.

No employee of any dairy or milk products plant shall resume work after using the toilet room without having washed his hands. The Milk and Dairy Food Safety Branch or Approved Milk Inspection Service shall cause to be placed a sign in each toilet bearing the context of this requ…

§ 6486.4. Diuron. [Repealed] This database is current through 5/1/26 Register 2026, No. 18. Source: https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Document/I9139C6035A0D11EC8227000D3A7C4BC3?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextData=(sc.Default…

An unqualified name and address given on the label shall be considered as the name and address of the manufacturer. If the registrant's name appears on the label and registrant is not the manufacturer, or if the name of the person for whom the pesticide was manufactured appears o…

(a) Vitamins and minerals, or either, may be added to milk or milk products only upon permit of the Director and in accordance with the manner and method approved in said permit. Applications for such permit shall include: (1) A complete description of the method to be used and t…

All words, statements, graphic presentations, or designs required by the Food and Agricultural Code or these regulations to appear on the label or labeling must be clearly legible and easy to read by a person with normal vision. The signal word, when required, and the statement, …

When a registered pesticide is sold by the registrant to a purchaser for a nonpesticide use and the invoice clearly identifies its specific intended use, the sale is not subject to the mill assessment.

(a) Each registrant shall report quarterly to the Department the total dollars of sales and total pounds or gallons of each registered and labeled pesticide product sold by the registrant for use in this State and the total assessments due. Each report of pesticide sales and asse…

This article specifies the criteria to be used in allocating pesticide mill assessment funds to counties based upon each county's costs, pesticide regulatory activities, workload, and performance, pursuant to Section 12844 of the Food and Agricultural Code.

(a) The amount of funds allocated to each county for each criteria item shall be based on each county's pest control activities, costs, workload, and performance in proportion to all counties, except as provided in sections 6391(b) and 6395. (b) The apportionment for each criteri…