Title FAC — California Food & Agric. Code

The secretary shall establish regulations for the construction of sanitary milk barns and milk houses which are used in the production of market milk.

The regulations, plans, and specifications may be varied to suit the climatic and other differences in the various sections of the state. If regulations, plans, and specifications have been adopted or established by the director, they are the standard building requirements of all…

Minimum construction standards for new market milk dairy farms and extensive repairs to existing market milk dairy farms shall not be less than those which are established by the director pursuant to the authority which is conferred upon him by this article. (Enacted by Stats. 19…

Any dairy farm building heretofore or hereafter constructed in accordance with the regulations, plans, and specifications heretofore or hereafter adopted by the director is not, however, required to be rebuilt to conform to any future change in the regulations, plans, or specific…

No authority is conferred by this article upon the director or any approved milk inspection service to require the rebuilding of any existing dairy farm building unless the owner of the building is making repairs to it to the extent of at least 75 percent of the value of such bui…

All existing structures which are used in the production of market milk shall be kept in repair in accordance with the sanitary requirements and standards which are established by this division. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

No environmental impact report may be required by any state agency for any activity of a dairy farm, including adoption of waste discharge requirements pursuant to Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code, under all of the following circumstances: (a) When the…

If any provision of this article is violated by any dairy farm, the dairy farm is insanitary, deficient, and unsatisfactory. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

An open cesspool, pigpen, stagnant water, accumulation of manure or other filth shall not be permitted within 100 feet of the milk house or room, or within 50 feet of any milking barn, stanchions, or other place where milking is done. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Human excreta or other human wastes shall be properly disposed of by the use of flush toilets and septic tanks, approved pits, or chemical toilets. Such toilets shall be conveniently located and properly constructed, operated, and maintained, so that the waste is inaccessible to …

The buildings, yards, or enclosures shall not be filthy or insanitary, nor shall any part of such yards or enclosures, except pastures, be made the depositories of manure in heaps or otherwise, where it is allowed to ferment and decay. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The water supply for the milk house or room and dairy barn shall be properly located, constructed, and operated, easily accessible, adequate, protected against contamination, and of safe and sanitary quality. The bacterial quality shall conform to the standards of the State Board…

The water supply for drinking by livestock shall not be stagnant, polluted with manure, urine drainage, decaying vegetable or animal matter, or pathogenic bacteria of any source. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

No person who is connected with or employed on a dairy farm and liable to come in contact with the milk or cream of the dairy farm or the dairy farm operations shall be afflicted with any communicable disease or in a condition to disseminate the germs of any communicable disease.…

A suitable milkhouse or room, which is properly screened to exclude flies or insects shall be provided and maintained for the separating, cooling, mixing, canning, and keeping, or otherwise caring for, the milk and cream. The milkhouse or room shall contain a two-compartment wash…

The pails, cans, bottles, or other containers for milk or its products, or the strainers, coolers or other utensils, appliances, apparatus, or equipment which come in contact with the milk or its products shall be thoroughly washed and afterwards sterilized each time they are use…

Multiuse containers, equipment and utensils used in the handling, storage and transportation of milk shall be made of smooth, nonabsorbent, corrosion-resistant, nontoxic materials and shall be so constructed as to be easily cleanable. All containers, equipment, and utensils shall…

The containers, appliances, or equipment, after sterilization, shall be adequately dried and protected from flies, dust, and other contamination. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

No container, utensil, appliance, or equipment shall be used for any purpose except the handling of milk or products of milk. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The udders, flanks, hind legs, and tails of cows or goats shall be reasonably clean during milking. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The milk or cream shall be protected from contamination by dust and flies. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The person or wearing apparel of the dairyman, his employees, or other persons who handle the milk or its products and containers or equipment of the milk or its products shall not be soiled and shall be washed with reasonable frequency. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The hands of milkers shall be clean and dry during the entire period of milking. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The milk or cream shall be cooled as provided in Section 35783 and so maintained until delivery to a milk products plant.

The interior of the milking barn or milk house or room shall be kept clean and free from accumulated dust and cobwebs. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The walls of the milking barn shall not become soiled with manure, urine, or other filth. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The feed shall not be spoiled or otherwise unfit for feeding cows or goats and the production of milk. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

For any violation of this chapter a dairy farm with a market milk (grade A) permit shall be placed on restricted use or the milk or cream from it shall be excluded from the market. No such dairy farm, however, shall be placed on restricted use or the milk or cream from it exclude…

No notice for a subsequent violation of any provision of this chapter, for which a notice, as herein provided, has been issued is required if such subsequent violation occurs during the three-month period following issuance of the original notice. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.…

An application for reinstatement of a dairy farm which has been placed on restricted use or the milk of which has been excluded from the market, pursuant to this chapter, shall be acted upon by the secretary or the approved milk inspection service that has jurisdiction, within th…

As used in this article, “Reichert-Meissl number” means the number of milliliters of decinormal alkali which are required to neutralize the acidity of the distillate from five grams of fat treated in the manner specified in the regulations adopted by the director. Such regulation…

Milk fat or butterfat is the fat of milk. It shall have a Reichert-Meissl number not less than 24 and a specific gravity not less than 905/1000. In determining the specific gravity, milk fat at 40 degrees centigrade shall be compared with water at 40 degrees centigrade.

Skim milk, nonfat milk, or fat-free milk is the product that results from the complete or partial removal of milk fat from milk. It shall contain not more than twenty hundredths of 1 percent of milk fat and not less than 9 percent of milk solids not fat, except that milk produced…

Skim milk, nonfat milk, or fat-free milk shall conform to the bacterial standards, coliform bacteria standards, and temperature standards of the grade or class of milk from which the skim milk is derived.

All fluid skim milk which is sold for human consumption as such shall be derived from market milk. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Every container in which skim milk, nonfat milk, or fat-free milk is sold shall be plainly and conspicuously labeled with all of the following: (a) The words “skim milk,” “nonfat milk,” or “fat-free milk.” (b) The word “raw” or “pasteurized,” as the case may be. (c) The grade or …

Every label which is required by this article shall be in letters of a size or 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, a sufficient po…

Every container of skim milk, nonfat milk, or fat-free milk, except a glass container, shall be labeled with the words “skim milk,” “nonfat milk,” or “fat-free milk” in letters not less than one-quarter inch in height and one-eighth inch in width.

Lowfat milk or light (lite) milk is a market milk product with added milk solids derived from market milk. Lowfat milk or light milk shall contain not less than 0.9 percent milk fat, not more than 1.1 percent milk fat, and not less than 11 percent of milk solids not fat.

Except as otherwise provided in this article, lowfat milk or light (lite) milk shall meet all standards and requirements that are specified in this division for market milk.

Reduced-fat milk is a market milk product. It shall contain not less than 1.9 percent milk fat, not more than 2.1 percent milk fat, and not less than 10 percent of milk solids not fat.

Except as otherwise provided in this article, reduced-fat milk shall meet all standards and requirements that are specified in this division for market milk. It shall be labeled “reduced-fat milk.”

(a) High nutrient lowfat milk is a market milk product with added milk solids derived from market milk. It shall contain not less than 1.0 percent milk fat or more than 1.2 percent milk fat and not less than 13.1 percent of total milk solids. (b) In addition to any other vitamins…

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

High nutrient lowfat milk shall be labeled in accordance with statutes and regulations applicable to vitamin and mineral addition. The phrase “multiple vitamins and minerals added” shall appear with the product on the principal display panel or panels.

Evaporated milk is a food that complies with Section 131.130 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

Evaporated cream or clotted cream is cream from which a considerable portion of moisture has been evaporated. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Evaporated reduced-fat milk or condensed reduced-fat milk is the liquid food obtained by the partial removal of water and milk fat from milk. The milk fat and total milk solids content of the food shall not be less than 2 percent and 19.5 percent, respectively. Evaporated reduced…

The following vitamin requirements shall be followed: (a) Vitamin A shall be present in such quantity that each fluid ounce of the food contains not less than 125 International Units thereof, within limits of good manufacturing practice. (b) Vitamin D shall be present in such qua…

The following safe and suitable optional ingredients may be used: (a) Carriers for vitamins A and D. (b) Emulsifiers. (c) Stabilizers, with or without dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (when permitted by and complying with the provisions of Section 172.810 of Title 21 of the Code of …