It is unlawful to engage in the manufacture of products resembling milk products, unless a license for the then current calendar year for each separate plant or place used for such business is issued by the director pursuant to this article.

Applications for a license shall be in the form which shall be prescribed by the director.

The application shall be accompanied by a fee of one hundred dollars ($100). The fee shall be prorated on a monthly basis for any licensee that commences operations after the first quarter in any calendar year whether or not such plant was licensed during the preceding calendar year.

The director shall issue to each applicant that satisfies the requirements of this chapter a license which entitles the applicant to manufacture, sell, or distribute products resembling milk products for the then current calendar year for which the license is issued, unless the license is sooner revoked or suspended.

The license shall expire at the end of each calendar year, but shall remain in force during the month of January of the next succeeding year or such part of the month as may be necessary for the renewal of the license by the director.

It is unlawful for any person to sell, give away, deliver, or to knowingly purchase or receive any product resembling milk products which has been produced in a plant that is in an insanitary condition, or that is handled by any carrier or any store or depot that is in an insanitary condition.

Grounds for revocation or suspension of such license shall be the manufacture of products resembling milk products under unhealthful or insanitary conditions or which violate the provisions of Section 38924 or 38925.