SECTIONS 61331-61333 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 61331-61333

61331. For the purposes of this chapter, a nonprofit cooperative
association which is organized and existing under Chapter 1
(commencing with Section 54001) of Division 20 of this code, that
acts for producers, including members and any nonmembers of the
association, to whom it accounts on a patronage basis, is a producer
in any of the following transactions:
(a) Any transaction which involves its receipt or handling of bulk
market milk, bulk market cream, or any bulk dairy product which was
produced or delivered by such producers.
(b) Any transaction which involves the sale or delivery of bulk
market milk, bulk market cream, or any bulk dairy product to any
producer, distributor, manufacturer, or other nonprofit cooperative
association of producers.
(c) The receipt by it of payment for bulk market milk, bulk market
cream, or any bulk dairy product which was produced or delivered by
such producers.
(d) Any transaction in connection with accounting to such
producers for the proceeds derived from the sale or marketing of
market milk, market cream, or any dairy product whether packaged or
in bulk.

61332. For the purposes of this chapter, a nonprofit cooperative
association which is organized and existing under Chapter 1
(commencing with Section 54001) of Division 20 of this code, that
acts for producers, including members and any nonmembers of the
association, to whom it accounts on a patronage basis, is a
distributor in any transaction which involves the receipt by it of
market milk, market cream, or any dairy product from any person other
than a producer to whom it accounts on a patronage basis and in any
transaction which involves the pasteurization of bulk milk or bulk
cream, or the packaging of it in bottles, cartons, dispenser cans, or
other consumer packages, or the sale or delivery of packaged milk,
packaged cream, or any packaged dairy product.

61333. A nonprofit cooperative association accounts to producers on
a patronage basis when it accounts to each producer for his share of
the net proceeds derived from the marketing operations of the
association, according to quantity and quality of fluid milk and
fluid cream furnished to the association for marketing and according
to any marketing pools and quotas established by the association.