Title FAC — California Food & Agric. Code

It is unlawful for any person to sell any market milk other than graded milk as provided in this division in any city or county or any combination of cities and counties in which a milk inspection service has been established, either by or with the approval of the director. (Enac…

This division, and the regulations of the director are not a limitation on the power of a municipality or county, by ordinance or regulation, to establish compulsory pasteurization of market milk or reasonable higher standards for milk fat and solids-not-fat than those which are …

The secretary, in compliance with Section 407 of this code and Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, may adopt regulations pertaining to temperature requirements for market milk delivered to consumers. Notwithstandi…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, market milk shall not contain any of the following: (1) More than 15,000 bacteria per milliliter or more than 10 coliform bacteria per milliliter if to be sold as raw milk to the consumer. (2) More than 50,000 bacteria per millili…

A milk producer delivering in cans on delivery to a plant receiving both graded market milk and ungraded market milk or manufacturing milk shall label each can containing market milk as to the producer and grade of such market milk.

Market milk shall be cooled to 45 degrees Fahrenheit or below, whether it is raw or pasteurized, and, except as otherwise provided in Section 35783, shall be so maintained until it is delivered to the consumer.

Market milk shall be cooled as indicated by a recording thermometer to 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 degrees Celsius) or less within four hours of the commencement of the first milking and to 45 degrees Fahrenheit (7 degrees Celsius) or less within two hours of the completion of milk…

A recording thermometer shall be installed in each dairy farm milk storage tank used to cool or store market milk during the milking process. If a farm pickup tanker is used in lieu of a dairy farm tank, the recording thermometer shall be installed in the pipeline following an ef…

Market milk, except as provided in Section 35784.2, at the time of delivery to the consumer, shall contain not less than 3.5 percent of milk fat and not less than 8.7 percent of solids not fat. The minimum percentages of milk fats and solids not fat required by this section may v…

Market milk produced and marketed pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 35921) of this chapter and Sections 35861 and 35891 shall contain not less than 3.5 percent of milk fat and not less than 8.5 percent of solids not fat. The minimum percentages of milk fat and solids…

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, 6 percent milk is a standard of identity and shall contain not less than 6 percent of milk fat and not less than 8.7 percent of solids not fat at the time of delivery to the consumer. (2) The minimum percentages of milk fat and solids not fa…

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. (…

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.

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.)

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. 196…

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 o…

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.)

(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 rins…

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 th…

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…

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 whi…

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 su…

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.)

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 …

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 su…

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…

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.

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 commi…

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…

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 c…

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, payab…

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, irres…

A county milk commission may establish such fees, and expend funds derived therefrom, as are reasonably necessary to defray the costs of certifying milk.

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 submi…

(a) When the director, any health officer acting as an agent of the director, or a milk inspection officer acting as an agent of the director having jurisdiction, determines that the oral ingestion by a human being of any raw milk or certified raw milk supply has caused disease i…

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 an…

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…

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.)

Homogenized milk and homogenized cream shall be so labeled. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

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.

(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 complete…

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 b…

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) At the time of sale to the consumer by a retail store of any product designated in this section, there shall appear on the package or container of the product the date established by the processor as the date by which the product should normally be used to ensure consumer qua…

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.

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 deliv…

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.)

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.)

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.)

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 m…