Title FAC — California Food & Agric. Code

“Credential admission” means any admission which is authorized by the board of directors of a state, district, or citrus fruit fair, or by the board of supervisors of a county for admission to a fair without payment of the admission charge when a service is rendered by the person…

Every state, district, county, or citrus fruit fair which receives any money from the State Treasury shall permit the admission without payment of the admission charge of all children 12 years of age or under on at least one day, which is designated by the fair, during each fair …

If a charge is made for admission to enter a state, district, county, or citrus fruit fair, the following persons may be admitted to those fairgrounds without the payment of the established admission price: (a) Persons with credential admissions. (b) Persons with courtesy pass ad…

A credential admission may be issued to any individual, association, or body that does any of the following: (a) Prepares or services any educational, commercial, industrial, livestock, agricultural, horticultural, or viticultural display or exhibit. (b) Services, maintains, or o…

Credential admissions may, also, be issued to any of the following persons: (a) Representatives of press, radio, and television personally engaged in obtaining and transmitting public information. (b) Ambulance drivers. (c) Firemen on duty. (d) Repairmen who are necessary to serv…

The words “credential admission” shall be printed on each ticket which is issued as a credential admission. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The percentage of courtesy pass admissions to any state, county, district, or citrus fruit fair shall not exceed 4 percent of the gross paid admission to the fair in the preceding calendar year. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

A courtesy pass admission is not transferable. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Each fair shall maintain complete records of the number of credential and courtesy pass admissions which are issued for each fair period. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Each fair shall make an annual report to the department, as prescribed by the department, of the total number of credential and courtesy pass admissions issued and honored at the fair. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Milk shall be produced from nonreacting tuberculin and brucellosis tested cows or goats and shall conform to the regulations adopted by the director.

Milk shall be obtained by the complete milking of healthy cows or goats which are properly fed and kept. Milk shall not be obtained or used for human consumption within 15 days prior to or 5 days after parturition. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Milk which has been produced or handled in an insanitary dairy farm or milk products plant or other insanitary place or which has been handled in an insanitary manner is unfit for human consumption. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Cream shall be fresh and clean. It shall contain not less than 18 percent of milk fat.

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 Depa…

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 estab…

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.

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 i…

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 whic…

(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…

(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 38…

(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 p…

(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 definiti…

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 …

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 …

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 discreti…

Upon granting a petition under this article, the director shall adopt the standard as an emergency regulation pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. For the purposes of this chapter, any regulations adopt…

If the director fails to respond to a petition for a temporary standard within 65 days following receipt of the petition, the petitioner may thereafter utilize the standard. However, the right of petitioner to utilize the standard shall expire at the end of the calendar year of t…

In addition to the standards for milk and milk products which are adopted pursuant to this division, the director may adopt separate standards and labeling requirements for any milk or milk product to which is added a food product of a kind which is not derived from milk and for …

Every definition, standard, and labeling requirement which is adopted pursuant to this article expires on the 91st day after the final adjournment of the next general session of the Legislature. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, sweeteners approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use in milk products may be added to milk products.

Prior to the use of any sweetener in a dairy product, the sweetener must be approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use in that milk product or the applicable milk product category.

Except as otherwise provided in this article, a milk product containing any sweetener shall be in conformance with all provisions of the applicable product definition and the identity standard specified in this division for the product.

A milk product containing any sweetener not included in the product identity standard shall be labeled in accordance with Section 36674 and all federal requirements, including any necessary consumer warning language and all ingredient labeling regulations.

(a) The director shall approve the label and the name for any milk product containing any sweetener not included in the product identity standard. (b) The director may approve any name which is accurate, descriptive, not misleading, and which is consistent with applicable federal…

The director shall, within 60 days after the effective date of this article, develop and distribute guidelines applicable to food handling establishments which serve milk products intended for on-premise consumption for which packaging takes place at the point of sale to the cons…

This chapter does not apply to any investigation which is made or any certificate which is issued by any of the following: (a) Any person, firm, or corporation in respect to canned or dried fruit which is shipped, packed, or stored by it. (b) Any bona fide chamber of commerce, bo…

The director may cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture in carrying out this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The department may investigate and certify to other states and countries, shippers, or other financially interested parties the analysis, classification, grade, quality, or condition of any fruit, vegetable, or other agricultural product, either raw or processed, under regulation…

Every certificate which relates to the analysis, classification, condition, grade, or quality of any agricultural product, either raw or processed, and every duly certified copy of such certificate, is prima facie evidence of the truth of the statements which are contained in it,…

Any certificate which is issued by the state pursuant to this chapter or by any person shall truly state the grade, quality, and condition of the product which is certified. A true copy of any such certificate shall be furnished to the director or to the commissioner of the count…

The director may contract with the United States Department of Agriculture to provide inspection and certification service for eggs and egg products and poultry meat classification pursuant to United States Department of Agriculture standards. The director may also contract with …

(a) There is hereby created in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, the Analytical Laboratory Account, into which the residual balance of all reimbursements collected by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture for services rendered by the Center for Analytical Chemistry sha…

Any money which is collected pursuant to this chapter shall be paid into the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund.

Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, the director shall prepare a statement which shows the receipt and expenditure during the fiscal year of funds provided for in this chapter. He shall, upon written request, forward a copy of this report to any party that is financ…

There is in the department a Shipping Point Advisory Committee consisting of nine members. The committee shall be appointed by the director and shall be composed of shippers of fruits and vegetables using inspection and certification services of the department. The director may a…

It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that shippers of fruits and vegetables appointed to the Shipping Point Advisory Committee pursuant to this article are intended to represent and further the interest of a particular agricultural industry concerned, …

The term of office of the members of the committee is three years. Appointment of the first members shall be made so that the terms of office of three members shall expire at the end of one year and three at the end of two years and three at the end of three years. Thereafter app…

The committee shall be advisory to the director on all matters pertaining to this chapter and shall make recommendations concerning the inspection and certification services rendered, including the annual budget and fees necessary to provide adequate inspection and certification …

The director shall appoint an alternate for each committee member. In making these appointments, the director shall use the same criteria in selecting alternates as the regular members.