Title FAC — California Food & Agric. Code

The director shall annually fix the fees in Section 34302 in an amount not to exceed the actual directly related costs for the supervision and checking required by Section 34301. These costs shall be determined annually from time records and audit procedures set forth in written …

Any assessment or fee payable pursuant to this article is a debt of the person by whom the assessment or fee is payable and is due and payable to the director upon the date set forth in Section 34302. If the person does not pay the assessment or fee by the required date, the dire…

Fees shall be paid by the owner to the department for glassware which is examined for compliance with the prescribed standards. The director shall establish fees to recover the actual cost of examining Babcock test bottles, Babcock pipettes, and lactometers.

Except as provided in Section 34351, the department shall charge fees for examining glassware and apparatus which is used in methods of testing which are sufficient to cover the actual cost of such examination.

Any money which is received under this article shall be paid into the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund.

“UHT” when used to describe a dairy product or a product resembling a milk product means that the product has been hermetically sealed in a container and so thermally processed in conformance with Section 113 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations and the provisions of th…

(a) All products defined in this chapter shall be labeled in accordance with the applicable general labeling requirements of the Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance for aseptically processed milk and milk products. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all products def…

UHT milk and UHT cream is market milk or market cream processed and packaged pursuant to Section 39701. A harmless edible stabilizer as specified in Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations may be added to UHT milk or UHT cream.

UHT milk or UHT cream shall be made from market milk or market cream which meets all the requirements of this division for the respective class or grade of milk and cream which is used. However, the milk or cream need not be cooled if it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction …

UHT milk shall contain not less than 3.25 percent milk fat and not less than 8.25 percent milk solids-not-fat.

UHT cream shall contain not less than 18 percent milk fat.

UHT milk or UHT cream which has been altered in composition to conform to special nutritional requirements or special dietary purposes shall include “modified” in its name. If the alteration is due to the use of additives, the additives shall be approved by the director and shall…

UHT lowfat milk is market milk, evaporated market milk, condensed market milk, or dried market milk, or any combination thereof, processed and packaged pursuant to Section 39701. It may contain harmless edible stabilizers as specified in Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulation…

UHT reduced-fat milk shall contain not more than 2.1 percent milk fat and not less than 8.25 percent milk solids-not-fat. UHT lowfat or light (lite) milk shall contain not more than 1.2 percent milk fat and not less than 8.25 percent milk solids-not-fat.

Except as otherwise provided in this article, UHT lowfat milk shall meet all the standards and requirements which are specified in this division for market milk.

UHT nonfat, skim, or fat-free milk is the product that results from the complete or partial removal of milk fat from market milk. It shall be processed and packaged pursuant to Section 39701. It may contain harmless edible stabilizers as specified in Title 21 of the Code of Feder…

UHT nonfat, skim, or fat-free milk shall contain not more than twenty hundredths of 1 percent of milk fat and not less than 8.25 percent milk solids-not-fat.

Except as otherwise provided in this article, UHT nonfat, skim, or fat-free milk shall meet all the standards and requirements that are specified in this division for market milk.

UHT flavored milk is market milk, evaporated market milk, condensed market milk, or dried market milk, or any combination of them, which contains harmless sweetening, chocolate, chocolate syrup, or other harmless syrup or flavoring, or any combination of these syrups or flavoring…

UHT flavored milk shall contain not less than 3 percent milk fat and not less than 161/2 percent total solids.

UHT flavored cream is market cream to which nonfat dry milk solids derived from market milk have been added, which contains harmless flavoring or syrup, or any combination of harmless flavorings or syrups, and harmless edible stabilizers as specified in Title 21 of the Code of Fe…

UHT flavored cream shall contain not less than 20 percent milk fat.

UHT flavored reduced-fat, lowfat, or light (lite) milk is market milk, evaporated market milk, condensed market milk, or dried market milk, or any combination thereof, which contains harmless sweetening, chocolate, chocolate syrup, or other harmless syrup or flavoring, or any com…

UHT flavored reduced-fat milk shall contain not more than 2.1 percent milk fat and not less than 8.25 percent milk solids-not-fat. UHT flavored lowfat or light (lite) milk shall contain not more than 1.2 percent milk fat and not less than 8.25 percent solids-not-fat.

UHT flavored drink is milk or skim milk, evaporated, condensed, or dried milk, or nonfat milk solids, or any combination thereof, which contains harmless sweetening, chocolate, chocolate syrup, or other harmless syrup or flavoring, or any combination of these syrups or flavorings…

UHT half-and-half is a product consisting of market milk, market cream, nonfat dry milk derived from market milk, and market skim milk to which edible stabilizers and stabilizing salts may be added. It shall be processed and packaged pursuant to Section 39701.

UHT half-and-half shall contain not less than 10.5 percent milk fat and not more than six-tenths of 1 percent stabilizer by weight.

UHT flavored reduced-fat sour cream is a product consisting of market milk, market cream, and market skim milk to which edible stabilizers, stabilizing salts, and acidified flavoring may be added. It shall be processed and packaged pursuant to Section 39701.

UHT sour flavored half-and-half shall contain not less than 9.4 percent milk fat and not more than six-tenths of 1 percent stabilizer by weight.

UHT sour cream is market cream cultured with the addition of pure cultures of one or more strains of lactic acid bacteria. It may include one or more of the following optional ingredients: milk solids-not-fat derived from market milk, salt, or lactose. Harmless edible stabilizers…

UHT sour cream shall contain not less than 18 percent milk fat and not less than one-half of 1 percent acidity, expressed as lactic acid.

UHT milk drink mix is a market milk product which has been processed and packaged pursuant to Section 39701.

UHT milk drink mix shall contain not less than 12 percent total milk solids, not less than 4 percent butterfat, and not more than one-half of 1 percent pure and harmless edible stabilizer by weight. It may contain sweetening and harmless coloring and flavoring.

UHT dairy spread is a product made from milk, cream, skim milk, or nonfat milk solids, or any combination thereof, to which may be added lactose, sodium caseinate, emulsifiers, stabilizers, stabilizing salts, and harmless coloring. The product shall be processed and packaged purs…

UHT dairy spread shall contain not less than 30 percent milk fat and not more than six-tenths of 1 percent stabilizer and emulsifier combined by weight, unless otherwise stated on the label.

UHT eggnog is an unfrozen product which is made with milk, cream, evaporated or condensed milk, evaporated or condensed skim milk, dry milk solids, nonfat dry milk solids, buttermilk, whey, lactose, lactalbumins, lactoglobulins, and modified whey, or any combination thereof, egg …

UHT eggnog shall contain not less than 6 percent milk fat and not less than 8.25 percent milk solids-not-fat. It shall contain not less than one-half of 1 percent by weight of wholesome fresh egg yolk solids or the equivalent amount of egg yolk solids obtained from wholesome froz…

Except as otherwise provided in this article, UHT eggnog shall meet all the standards and requirements which are specified in this division for eggnog.

UHT flavored nonfat, skim, or fat-free milk is market milk from which has been removed all or part of the milk fat and to which has been added any harmless syrup or flavoring, harmless sweetening, and harmless edible stabilizer. It is homogenized and processed and packaged pursua…

UHT flavored nonfat, skim, or fat-free milk shall contain not more than twenty hundredths of 1 percent of milk fat and not less than 8.25 percent of milk solids-not-fat.

(a) The handling and marketing of avocados is affected with the public interest. The provisions of this chapter are enacted for the protection of the avocado industry and for the purposes of protecting the health, peace, safety, and general welfare of the people of this state. (b…

If the director finds that avocados which are being prepared for market conform to the applicable standards, he shall so indicate by an official stamp placed on each flat, carton, or any other container by, or under the supervision of, the inspector, stating that the applicable s…

It is unlawful for any person, including a grower, packer, handler, or retailer to pack, handle, or sell any lot of avocados which are not in compliance with maturity and quality standards established through regulations of the director.

(a) Any violation or threatened violation of any provision of this chapter or regulations of the director established pursuant to this chapter is unlawful and shall constitute grounds for injunctive relief and the imposition of civil penalties of not less than five hundred dollar…

(a) Each handler of avocados shall pay to the director an inspection and certification fee each month. The fee shall be based on the number of pounds certified as determined by the director. However, in no event shall the fee be greater than twenty-five cents ($0.25) per hundredw…

The moneys which are received pursuant to this chapter shall be used only for the administration and enforcement of this chapter, including, but not limited to, payments to the county agricultural commissioners and to institutions of scientific research for improving the inspecti…

The director may adopt such regulations as he determines are reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

The director may enter into an agreement with any county agricultural commissioner for assistance in the enforcement of this chapter.

It is unlawful for any person to fail to comply with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations of the director adopted pursuant thereto.

Every person who prepares avocados grown in this state for market shall report to the director, prior to this preparation, the date and time these avocados will be prepared for market. Avocados and their containers shall be made available for inspection and certification at the t…