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Food & Agr. Code, § 36331 · Article 2. Manufacturing Milk Standards

Food & Agr. Code, § 36331

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

Manufacturing milk shall comply with all of the following requirements:

(a) It shall be free from foreign substances.

(b) It shall not contain any undesirable flavors or odors.

(c) It shall not contain more than 2,000,000 individual bacteria per milliliter as found by direct microscopic count.

In addition, manufacturing milk shall comply with the rules, regulations, and standards of the United States Department of Agriculture which govern quality standards of raw milk.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 28.

Source of truth

Edition
As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC&sectionNum=36331.
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