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Division 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947
Division 15 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947
California Food and Agricultural Code — §§ 32501-39912
Part 1 - GENERALLY
§§ 32501-35312
Title - Short Title and Definitions
§§ 32501-32516.5
Chapter 2 - Powers of Director
§§ 32701-32814
Article 1 - Enforcement
§§ 32701-32704
Article 2 - Inspection and Samples
§§ 32731-32734
Article 3 - Animals Carrying Pesticide Residues
§§ 32741-32743
Article 4 - Condemnation
§§ 32761-32767
Article 5 - Reports, Scorecards and Statistics
§§ 32791-32794
Article 6 - Suspension or Revocation of Licenses or Permits
§§ 32811-32814
Chapter 3 - General Requirements
§§ 32901-32921
Chapter 4 - Inspection Services
§§ 33051-33351
Article 1 - Definitions
§§ 33051-33053
Article 2 - General Provisions
§§ 33081-33087
Article 3 - Employees
§§ 33111-33121
Article 4 - Designation and Assignment
§§ 33141-33151
Article 5 - Establishment of Inspection Service by Director
§§ 33171
Article 6 - Interagency Contracts
§§ 33201
Article 7 - Permits
§§ 33221-33228
Article 8 - Fees Payable to a County
§§ 33251-33265
Article 9 - Fees Payable to the Secretary
§§ 33291-33298
Article 10 - Inspection of Dairy Farms Producing Manufacturing Milk
§§ 33321-33322
Article 11 - Violations
§§ 33351
Chapter 5 - Dairy Farms
§§ 33451-33581
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 33451-33453
Article 2 - New Construction or Repairs
§§ 33481-33487
Article 3 - Dairy Farm Sanitation
§§ 33511-33530
Article 4 - Violations
§§ 33551-33552
Article 5 - Reinstatement
§§ 33581
Chapter 6 - Milk Products Plants
§§ 33701-33782
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 33701-33705
Article 2 - New Construction and Repairs
§§ 33731-33734
Article 3 - Milk Products Plant Sanitation
§§ 33761-33782
Chapter 8 - Pasteurization
§§ 34001-34091
Article 1 - Standards
§§ 34001-34008
Article 2 - Sanitation
§§ 34031-34032
Article 3 - Thermometers and Temperature Records
§§ 34061-34065
Article 4 - Misrepresentation
§§ 34091
Chapter 9 - Weighing, Measuring, Sampling, and Loading of Milk
§§ 34201-34353
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 34201-34202
Article 2 - Basis for Payment
§§ 34231-34233
Article 3 - Milk Tests
§§ 34261-34265
Article 4 - Testing, Weighing, Sampling, and Loading
§§ 34301-34304
Article 6 - Fees
§§ 34351-34353
Chapter 10 - Containers
§§ 34501-34681
Article 1 - Definitions and General Provisions
§§ 34501-34505
Article 2 - Brand Registration
§§ 34531-34537
Article 3 - Branded Containers
§§ 34561-34568
Article 4 - Containers for Particular Products
§§ 34591-34596
Article 5 - Sanitation
§§ 34621-34628
Article 6 - Violations
§§ 34651-34655
Article 7 - Condemnation
§§ 34681
Chapter 11 - Transportation
§§ 34801-34806
Chapter 12 - Licenses, Records, and Reports
§§ 34951-35252
Article 1 - Definitions
§§ 34951-34952
Article 2 - General Provisions
§§ 34981
Article 3 - Licensing of Milk Products Plants and Other Places of Business
§§ 35011-35019
Article 4 - Diabetic and Dietetic Frozen Milk Products Licenses
§§ 35041-35042
Article 5 - Modified Milk, Modified UHT Milk, and Modified UHT Cream Licenses
§§ 35071-35072
Article 6 - Oleomargarine and Imitation Ice Cream Licenses
§§ 35101-35103
Article 7 - Butter Permits and Licenses
§§ 35131-35137
Article 8 - Licensing of Testers, Samplers and Weighers, Technicians, and Pasteurizers
§§ 35161-35171
Article 9 - Reports and Records
§§ 35191-35196
Article 10 - Fees
§§ 35221-35231
Article 11 - Disposition of Funds
§§ 35251-35252
Chapter 13 - Penalties
§§ 35281-35312
Article 1 - Criminal Penalties
§§ 35281-35283
Article 2 - Civil Penalties
§§ 35311-35312
Part 2 - MILK AND CREAM
§§ 35601-36331
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§§ 35601-35631
Article 1 - Milk
§§ 35601-35603
Article 2 - Cream
§§ 35631
Chapter 2 - Market Milk and Cream
§§ 35751-36123
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 35751-35757
Article 2 - Market Milk Standards and Grades
§§ 35781-35788
Article 3 - Market Cream Standards
§§ 35811
Article 4 - Pasteurized and Raw Market Milk
§§ 35831-35834
Article 5 - Guaranteed Market Milk
§§ 35861-35863
Article 6 - Grade A Market Milk
§§ 35891-35893
Article 7 - Certified Milk
§§ 35921-35928
Article 8 - Homogenized Market Milk and Cream
§§ 35941-35945
Article 9 - Half-and-Half
§§ 35971
Article 9.5 - Ultra-Filtered Milk Products
§§ 35975
Article 10 - Labeling and Advertising
§§ 36001-36005
Article 11 - Bottle Caps and Labels
§§ 36031-36033
Article 12 - Misrepresentation
§§ 36061-36065
Article 13 - Restricted Use and Exclusion Based Upon Dairy Score
§§ 36091-36092
Article 14 - Restricted Use or Exclusion
§§ 36123
Chapter 3 - Restricted Use Market Milk and Manufacturing Milk and Cream
§§ 36301-36331
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 36301-36306
Article 2 - Manufacturing Milk Standards
§§ 36331
Part 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS
§§ 36601-39912
Chapter 1 - Generally
§§ 36601-36675
Article 1 - Quality Standards
§§ 36601-36606
Article 2 - Temporary Standards
§§ 36631-36638
Article 3 - Combination Milk and Food Products
§§ 36661-36662
Article 4 - Sweeteners
§§ 36670-36675
Chapter 2 - Frozen Dairy Products
§§ 36801-36992
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 36801-36809
Article 2 - Ice Cream
§§ 36861
Article 5 - Sherbet
§§ 36951-36952
Article 6 - Quiescently Frozen Confections
§§ 36981-36984
Article 7 - Frozen Yogurt
§§ 36991-36992
Chapter 3 - Butter
§§ 37101-37292
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 37101-37104
Article 2 - Butter Grades
§§ 37131-37134
Article 3 - Butter Standards
§§ 37161-37164
Article 4 - Retail Packages
§§ 37191-37192
Article 5 - Bulk Packages
§§ 37221-37224
Article 6 - Imported Butter
§§ 37261-37262
Article 7 - Renovated Butter
§§ 37291-37292
Chapter 4 - Cheese
§§ 37401-37601
Article 1 - Varieties of Cheese
§§ 37401-37414
Article 2 - Cottage Cheese
§§ 37501-37505
Article 3 - Labeling
§§ 37601
Chapter 5 - Miscellaneous Dairy Products
§§ 38151-38895.2
Article 1 - Milk Fat or Butter Fat
§§ 38151-38152
Article 2 - Skim Milk, Nonfat Milk, or Fat-free Milk
§§ 38181-38186
Article 2.5 - Lowfat Milk or Light Milk
§§ 38191-38192
Article 3 - Reduced-fat Milk
§§ 38211-38213
Article 3.5 - High Nutrient Lowfat Milk
§§ 38221-38224
Article 4 - Evaporated Milk
§§ 38231
Article 5 - Evaporated Cream or Clotted Cream
§§ 38241
Article 5.5 - Evaporated Reduced-Fat Milk or Condensed Reduced-Fat Milk
§§ 38251-38253
Article 6 - Evaporated Skimmed Milk
§§ 38261
Article 11 - Dry Whole Milk
§§ 38361
Article 12 - Extra Grade Edible Dry Whey, Dry Buttermilk, and Modified Dry Whey
§§ 38391-38401
Article 13 - Nonfat Dry Milk
§§ 38421
Article 14 - Milk Drink Mix
§§ 38451-38455
Article 16 - Milk Drink
§§ 38511-38512
Article 17 - Milk, Reduced-Fat Milk, Lowfat Milk, or Light Milk, and Nonfat Milk, Skim Milk, or Fat-Free Milk with Lactobacillus Acidophilus Culture Added
§§ 38522-38523
Article 18 - Modified Milk
§§ 38531
Article 19 - Cultured Milks
§§ 38541-38542
Article 21 - Pasteurized Concentrated Milk
§§ 38601-38602
Article 22 - Concentrated Skim Milk
§§ 38631-38633
Article 23 - Flavored Milk
§§ 38651-38655
Article 25 - Sour Cream
§§ 38671
Article 26 - Sour Cream Dressing
§§ 38701-38703
Article 27 - Yogurt
§§ 38731-38732
Article 29 - Light Cream, Heavy Cream, Whipping Creams, and Whipped Cream
§§ 38761-38765
Article 31 - Eggnog
§§ 38791
Article 35 - Milk Products Made by Acidified Processes
§§ 38861
Article 36 - Kefir Milk—A Cultured Milk
§§ 38871-38874
Article 37 - Fruit Kefir—A Cultured Milk
§§ 38875-38876
Article 38 - Lactose Reduced Milk, Reduced-Fat Lactose Reduced Milk, Lactose Reduced Lowfat or Light Milk, and Lactose Reduced Nonfat, Skim, or Fat-Free Milk
§§ 38881
Article 39 - Fromage Frais or Soft Fresh Cheese
§§ 38885-38888
Article 40 - Bulky Flavored Fromage Frais or Bulky Flavored Soft Fresh Cheese
§§ 38891-38892
Article 41 - Lactose Reduced Dairy Products
§§ 38895.1-38895.2
Chapter 6 - Products Resembling Milk Products
§§ 38901-38992
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 38901-38908
Article 2 - Definitions
§§ 38911-38915
Article 3 - Standards
§§ 38924-38926.5
Article 4 - Plant Licensing
§§ 38931-38937
Article 5 - Product Registration
§§ 38941-38946
Article 6 - Labels
§§ 38951-38956
Article 7 - Advertising and Display
§§ 38971-38972
Article 8 - Administration
§§ 38981-38987
Article 9 - Civil Remedies and Penalties
§§ 38991-38992
Chapter 7 - Imitation Ice Cream and Ice Milk
§§ 39151-39214
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 39151-39153
Article 2 - Imitation Ice Cream and Ice Milk Standards
§§ 39181-39184
Article 3 - Labels and Signs
§§ 39211-39214
Chapter 8 - Margarine, Dairy Spread, and Spread
§§ 39351-39521
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 39351-39353
Article 2 - Labeling of Shipping Containers
§§ 39381-39382
Article 3 - Labeling of Retail Packages
§§ 39411
Article 4 - Misrepresentation
§§ 39431-39432
Article 6 - Margarine
§§ 39471
Article 7 - Colored Margarine, Dairy Spread, or Spread
§§ 39491
Article 8 - Dairy Spread
§§ 39501-39502
Article 9 - Spread
§§ 39521
Chapter 9 - UHT Milk Products
§§ 39701-39842
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 39701-39702
Article 2 - UHT Milk and Cream
§§ 39711-39715
Article 3 - UHT Reduced-Fat Milk and UHT Lowfat or Light Milk
§§ 39721-39723
Article 4 - UHT Nonfat Milk, Skim Milk, or Fat-Free Milk
§§ 39731-39733
Article 5 - UHT Flavored Milk
§§ 39741-39742
Article 6 - UHT Flavored Cream
§§ 39751-39752
Article 7 - UHT Flavored Reduced-Fat Milk and UHT Flavored Lowfat or Light Milk
§§ 39761-39762
Article 8 - UHT Flavored Drink
§§ 39771
Article 9 - UHT Half-and-Half
§§ 39781-39782
Article 10 - UHT Sour Flavored Half-and-Half
§§ 39791-39792
Article 11 - UHT Sour Cream
§§ 39801-39802
Article 12 - UHT Milk Drink Mix
§§ 39811-39812
Article 13 - UHT Dairy Spread
§§ 39821-39822
Article 14 - UHT Eggnog
§§ 39831-39833
Article 15 - UHT Flavored Nonfat Milk
§§ 39841-39842
Chapter 10 - Dairy Beverages
§§ 39901-39912