SECTIONS 32501-32516.5 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 32501-32516.5

32501. This division shall be known as the Milk and Milk Products
Act of 1947.

32501.5. There is within the Department of Food and Agriculture the
Milk and Dairy Food Safety Branch.

32502. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in
this chapter govern the construction of this division.

32503. "Approved milk inspection service" means a milk inspection
unit and laboratory which are maintained in connection with a county
for the purpose of grading market milk and inspecting dairy farms
which are producing market milk, or in connection with a county or
city for the purpose of inspecting establishments as provided for in
Section 33704, within an area which is designated and assigned by the
director, conformable to this division and the regulations
established by the director, which inspection service has been
approved in writing by the director.

32504. "Cream" means that portion of milk, rich in milk fat, which
rises to the surface of milk that is left standing or which is
separated from milk by centrifugal force.

32505. "Dairy farm" means any place or premises upon which milk is
produced for sale or other distribution and where more than two cows
or water buffalo, or six goats, sheep, or other hooved mammals, are
in lactation.

32506. "Dairy farm scorecard" means the card which is adopted by
the director pursuant to Section 32791 for the official scoring of
dairy farms.

32508. "Manufacturing cream" means cream which does not conform to
the requirements of market cream.

32509. "Manufacturing milk" means milk which does not conform to
the requirements of market milk.

32510. "Market milk" means milk which conforms to the standards
which are provided in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 35751), Part
2, of this division. Market milk includes components and derivatives
of market milk. Market milk may be supplied to the consumer in the
fluid state or may also be utilized in the manufacture of milk
products.

32511. "Milk" means the unadulterated lacteal secretion which is
obtained from the udder of a cow, water buffalo, goat, sheep, or
other hooved mammal.

32512. "Milk product" or "dairy product" means any product which is
prepared or manufactured from milk, for which product a standard of
composition is established by this division, and any new milk product
or combination milk and food product for which a temporary standard
of composition is established pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with
Section 36601) of Part 3. "Milk product" or "dairy product" does not
include "products resembling milk products" as defined in Section
38912.

32513. "Milk products plant" means any place in which a person
engages in the business of handling, receiving, manufacturing,
freezing, processing, or packaging milk, or any product of milk or
engages in the business of manufacturing, freezing, or processing
imitation ice cream or imitation ice milk. However, "milk products
plant" does not include any retail establishment which packages dairy
products in the presence of the consumer.

32514. "Milk products plant scorecard" means the card which is
adopted by the director pursuant to Section 32791 for the official
scoring of milk products plants.

32515. "Pasteurized" means that the milk or milk product has been
subjected to a process which is described in Chapter 8 (commencing
with Section 34001) of this part, or other process which has been
demonstrated to be equally efficient and has been approved by the
director.

32516. "Product of milk" means milk product as set forth in Section
32512 of this division.

32516.5. "Restricted use market milk" means market milk that does
not conform to the standards specified in Article 2 (commencing with
Section 35781), Article 13 (commencing with Section 36091), and
Article 14 (commencing with Section 36123) of Chapter 2 of Part 2.
Restricted use market milk includes components and derivatives of
restricted use market milk. Restricted use market milk may only be
utilized in manufactured milk products as defined in Part 3
(commencing with Section 36601) that do not require the use of market
milk.