SECTIONS 36001-36005 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 36001-36005

36001. The following information shall at all times appear plainly
and in a conspicuous place on, or be securely attached to, every cap,
bottle, can, or other container of all market milk which is sold:
(a) The class or grade of the market milk, unless the market milk
is being sold in bulk to a distributor.
(b) The word "raw," if the market milk has not been pasteurized.
(c) The word "pasteurized" if the market milk has been
pasteurized.
(d) The name and address of the distributor or original bottler.
If the name and address of the distributor is used, the milk
products plant license number of the original bottler, as assigned
annually by the director, may be used in lieu of the name and address
of the original bottler.

36002. All labels which are required by Section 36001 shall be in
capital letters of a size and 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, then a sufficient portion of the distributor's name
which clearly identifies such distributor may be used in lieu of the
entire distributor's name.

36004. (a) At the time of sale to the consumer by a retail store of
any product designated in this section there shall appear upon the
package or container of such product the date established by the
processor as the date upon which, in order to insure quality, such
product is normally removed from the shelf or similar location from
which the product is offered for sale to the consumer.
(b) This section applies to the following products:
(1) Market milk.
(2) Market cream.
(3) Any milk product which is required by any provision of this
code, or by any regulation adopted by the director pursuant thereto,
to be made from market milk or any component or derivative of market
milk.
(c) This section does not apply to any milk or milk products
processed, packaged, and sold by distributors directly to consumers.
(d) This section does not apply to any bulk shipments of milk or
milk products between distributors.
(e) The director shall, in compliance with applicable provisions
of this code and Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11371) of Part
1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and after public
hearing or hearings, adopt regulations pertaining to (1)
responsibility for affixing to packages or other containers the
quality assurance date provided for in this section; (2) the manner,
style, form, and place of affixation of such date to packages and
other containers in a conspicuous place in a form which is readily
seen and easily understood by the buyer; and (3) the administration
and enforcement of the requirements of this section.

36005. If a product is made from goat milk, either the phrase "goat
milk" or "made from goat milk" shall immediately precede or follow
the name of the product wherever the name appears, and in the same
type size and style as the product name.