SECTIONS 35891-35893 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 35891-35893

35891. Grade A raw milk is market milk which conforms to all the
following minimum requirements:
(a) The health of the cows and goats shall be determined at least
once in two months by an official representative of an approved milk
inspection service, or a milk inspection service which is established
by the director.
(b) It shall be produced on dairy farms that score not less than
90 percent on the dairy farm scorecard.
(c) It shall be cooled as provided in Section 35782 and so
maintained until delivered to the consumer, at which time it shall
contain not more than 15,000 bacteria per milliliter or more than 10
coliform bacteria per milliliter.

35892. All persons who come in contact with grade A raw milk shall
exercise scrupulous cleanliness and shall not be afflicted with any
communicable disease or be in a condition to disseminate the germs of
any communicable disease which is liable to be conveyed by milk. The
absence of such germs in all such persons may at the discretion of
an approved or established milk inspection service be determined by
bacteriological and physical examination in such manner as may be
prescribed by the director and by such person or laboratory which is
approved in writing by the department, conducted at the time of
employment and every six months thereafter in a manner which is
approved by the director.

35893. Milk for grade A pasteurized milk is market milk that
conforms to all the following minimum requirements:
(a) The health of the cows or goats shall be determined at least
once in six months by an official representative of an approved milk
inspection service, or a milk inspection service that is established
by the director.
(b) The milk shall be cooled as provided in Section 35783.
(c) It shall be produced on dairy farms that score not less than
90 percent on the dairy farm scorecard that is adopted by the
director.
(d) Shall meet the standards of Section 35781 or the regulation
adopted pursuant thereto.