SECTIONS 36981-36984 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 36981-36984

36981. Quiescently frozen confections means a clean and wholesome
frozen, sweetened, flavored product in the manufacture of which
freezing, which is not accompanied with stirring or agitation
(generally known as quiescent freezing), has been used. This
confection may be acidulated with harmless organic acid, may contain
milk solids, may be made with or without added harmless pure or
imitation flavoring, and with or without added harmless coloring
approved by the secretary. The finished product may contain
stabilizers at a level that is necessary to achieve the desired
function. Quiescently frozen confections shall contain no more than
75,000 bacteria per gram.

36982. Quiescently frozen confections may be sold under trade names
which are not misleading or deceptive.

36983. A quiescently frozen confection shall be manufactured in a
form of servings, individually packaged, bagged, or otherwise
wrapped, properly labeled, and purveyed to the consumer in their
original factory-filled package.

36984. In the production of a quiescently frozen confection, no
processing or mixing prior to the quiescent freezing shall be used
that develops in the finished confection mix any physical expansion
in excess of 10 percent.