ARTICLE 7. Butter Permits and Licenses [35131. - 35137.]

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC 7.
in effect

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 35131. Section 35131.

A person shall not engage in the business of cutting and wrapping butter unless such person, in addition to the milk products plant license, has a butter cutting and wrapping permit.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 35132. Section 35132.

Every person that distributes butter which is received in packaged form direct from out-of-state points shall obtain a butter distributor’s permit from the director for each plant or place of business.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 35133. Section 35133.

Every butter cutting and wrapping permit and butter distributor’s permit expires at the end of each calendar year. A permit may be renewed each successive year, if the plant for which the previous permit was issued and the business has been conducted in accordance with the requirements of this division during the year next preceding that for which renewal is requested.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 35134. Section 35134.

Every person who is in charge of cutting, wrapping, packaging, or distributing butter, or any supervisor of any such person who is responsible for the grading of butter, shall obtain and hold a butter grader’s license.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 35135. Section 35135.

Application for such license shall be made to the director who shall examine each applicant as to his qualifications and knowledge of butter grades and of the law applicable to him. The fee for a butter grader’s license shall accompany the application.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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