Food & Agr. Code, § 34008

(a) All market milk and market milk products, and all milk for manufacturing purposes and manufactured milk products, shall be pasteurized at the plant where processed and packaged unless otherwise provided in this division.

(b) This section does not apply to any of the following:

(1) Licensed milk products plants that are used exclusively for the preparation of ice cream, frozen yogurt, frozen dairy dessert, or frozen dessert that is manufactured on the premises from ice cream mix, frozen yogurt mix, frozen dairy dessert mix, or frozen dessert mix that is supplied by a licensed milk products plant.

(2) Products sold through soft-serve establishments pursuant to Section 33704, including frozen yogurts and frozen dairy desserts.

(3) Frozen and semifrozen products sold through establishments issued a limited frozen manufacturing permit pursuant to Section 35016.

(4) Goat milk cheese produced at a licensed milk products plant, excluding cottage cheese, manufactured from curds, provided the curds were made only from goat milk that has been pasteurized, ultrapasteurized, or aseptically processed, as defined in Sections 34001, 34001.5, and 39701, respectively, at either of the following:

(A) A licensed milk products plant.

(B) A milk products plant that meets sanitation requirements substantially similar to those established by Article 3 (commencing with Section 33761) of Chapter 6, and that is registered as a food facility with the United States Food and Drug Administration in accordance with the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act (21 U.S.C. Sec. 350d).

(c) The secretary may, by regulation, provide for additional exemptions from this section.