Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 32501. Section 32501.
This division shall be known as the Milk and Milk Products Act of 1947.
CHAPTER 1. Short Title and Definitions [32501. - 32516.5.]
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC 1.
in effectCal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 32501.5. Section 32501.5.
There is within the Department of Food and Agriculture the Milk and Dairy Food Safety Branch.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 32502. Section 32502.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 32503. Section 32503.
“Approved milk inspection service” means a milk inspection unit and laboratory which are maintained in connection with a county for the purpose of grading market milk and inspecting dairy farms which are producing market milk, or in connection with a county or city for the purpose of inspecting establishments as provided for in Section 33704, within an area which is designated and assigned by the director, conformable to this division and the regulations established by the director, which inspection service has been approved in writing by the director.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 32504. Section 32504.
“Cream” means that portion of milk, rich in milk fat, which rises to the surface of milk that is left standing or which is separated from milk by centrifugal force.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 32505. Section 32505.
“Dairy farm” means any place or premises upon which milk is produced for sale or other distribution and where more than two cows or water buffalo, or six goats, sheep, or other hooved mammals, are in lactation.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 32506. Section 32506.
“Dairy farm scorecard” means the card which is adopted by the director pursuant to Section 32791 for the official scoring of dairy farms.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 32508. Section 32508.
“Manufacturing cream” means cream which does not conform to the requirements of market cream.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 32509. Section 32509.
“Manufacturing milk” means milk which does not conform to the requirements of market milk.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 32510. Section 32510.
“Market milk” means milk which conforms to the standards which are provided in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 35751), Part 2, of this division. Market milk includes components and derivatives of market milk. Market milk may be supplied to the consumer in the fluid state or may also be utilized in the manufacture of milk products.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 32511. Section 32511.
“Milk” means the unadulterated lacteal secretion which is obtained from the udder of a cow, water buffalo, goat, sheep, or other hooved mammal.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 32512. Section 32512.
“Milk product” or “dairy product” means any product which is prepared or manufactured from milk, for which product a standard of composition is established by this division, and any new milk product or combination milk and food product for which a temporary standard of composition is established pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 36601) of Part 3. “Milk product” or “dairy product” does not include “products resembling milk products” as defined in Section 38912.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 32513. Section 32513.
“Milk products plant” means any place in which a person engages in the business of handling, receiving, manufacturing, freezing, processing, or packaging milk, or any product of milk or engages in the business of manufacturing, freezing, or processing imitation ice cream or imitation ice milk. “Milk products plant” does not include a properly licensed retail food facility that does either of the following:
(a)
Packages dairy products in the presence of the consumer.
(b)
Cuts, wraps, and packages cheese, excluding cottage cheese, that is purchased from a licensed manufacturer of milk products, labels the products pursuant to all applicable
state and federal laws, and sells the product only to consumers on the premises of the retail food facility.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 32514. Section 32514.
“Milk products plant scorecard” means the card which is adopted by the director pursuant to Section 32791 for the official scoring of milk products plants.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 32515. Section 32515.
“Pasteurized” means that the milk or milk product has been subjected to a process which is described in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 34001) of this part, or other process which has been demonstrated to be equally efficient and has been approved by the director.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 32516. Section 32516.
“Product of milk” means milk product as set forth in Section 32512 of this division.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 32516.5. Section 32516.5.
“Restricted use market milk” means market milk that does not conform to the standards specified in Article 2 (commencing with Section 35781), Article 13 (commencing with Section 36091), and Article 14 (commencing with Section 36123) of Chapter 2 of Part 2. Restricted use market milk includes components and derivatives of restricted use market milk. Restricted use market milk may only be utilized in manufactured milk products as defined in Part 3 (commencing with Section 36601) that do not require the use of market milk.
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