Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 64001. Section 64001.
This chapter shall be known as the Dairy Council of California Law.
ARTICLE 1. Short Title and Definitions [64001. - 64017.]
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC 1.
in effectCal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 64002. Section 64002.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 64003. Section 64003.
“Council” means the Dairy Council of California.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 64005. Section 64005.
“Dairy products” includes milk and any derivative of milk that is in natural, processed, or manufactured form, or that constitutes a part of another article, commodity, or product.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 64005.5. Section 64005.5.
“Ex officio member” means a nonvoting member of the council.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 64006. Section 64006.
“Fiscal year” means the period from July 1 in any one year to and including June 30th of the following year.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 64007. Section 64007.
“Handler” means any person that, as owner, agent, or broker, purchases, or otherwise acquires from a producer or another handler, possession or control of milk, skim milk, or cream, in the form of unprocessed milk, skim milk, or cream, or in any other unprocessed form, for the purpose of processing it, and includes any person who secures custom processing services on an ongoing basis.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 64010. Section 64010.
“Milk” means the lacteal secretion that is obtained from the udders of cows.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 64010.1. Section 64010.1.
“Class I milk” has the meaning of that term as defined in Section 1051.40 of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and includes both pooled and nonpooled milk.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 64010.2. Section 64010.2.
“All other usages” means usages other than class I for milk, including grade B milk received by handlers.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 64012. Section 64012.
“Or” and “and,” may be construed as interchangeable, as the context may require.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 64013. Section 64013.
“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, association, cooperative association, and any other business unit or organization.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 64014. Section 64014.
“Processing” means separating, standardizing, pasteurizing, sterilizing, evaporating, condensing, canning, bottling, packaging, or otherwise preparing milk to manufacture or produce any dairy product. “Processing” does not, however, include separating by a producer, on the dairy where the milk is produced, and milk separated by a producer on the dairy shall not be deemed to have been processed.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 64015. Section 64015.
“Producer” means any person that produces milk and sells it, or delivers possession or control of it, to a handler, in the form of unprocessed milk or cream, or in any other unprocessed form.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 64017. Section 64017.
“Solids-not-fat” means any milk solids that are not fat, measured using the standard milk testing methods in a Federal Milk Marketing Order, established by the final rule, effective October 17, 2018, published by the United States Department of Agriculture in Volume 83 of the Federal Register, beginning on page 26547, on Friday, June 8, 2018.
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