ARTICLE 5. Guaranteed Market Milk [35861. - 35863.]

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC 5.

in effect

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 35861. Section 35861.

Guaranteed raw milk is market milk which conforms to all of the following minimum requirements: (a) The health of the cows and goats shall be determined at least once each month 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 which score not less than 90 percent on the dairy farm scorecard. (c) It shall be bottled on the premises where produced and delivered in containers which have the pouring lip completely protected from contamination. (d) It shall be cooled as provided in Section 35782, and so maintained until it is delivered to the consumer, at which time it shall contain not more than 10,000 bacteria per milliliter or not more than 10 coliform bacteria per milliliter. (e) It shall be sold to the consumer within 30 hours after production and labeled to indicate the date of sale to the consumer.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 35862. Section 35862.

All persons who come in contact with guaranteed raw milk shall exercise scrupulous cleanliness and shall not be afflicted with any communicable disease or 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 shall be determined by bacteriological and physical examination by a health department which maintains an approved milk inspection service, or other 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.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 35863. Section 35863.

Guaranteed pasteurized milk shall conform to all the requirements for guaranteed raw milk, except that it shall contain not more than 3,000 bacteria per milliliter at the time of delivery to the consumer.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026