Food & Agr. Code, § 38872 · Article 36. Kefir Milk—A Cultured Milk

Food & Agr. Code, § 38872

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

Kefir shall contain not less than 3.5 percent milk fat. Reduced-fat kefir shall contain not more than 2.1 percent milk fat. Lowfat kefir shall contain not more than 1.2 percent milk fat. Nonfat, skim, or fat-free kefir shall contain a maximum of twenty hundredths of 1 percent milk fat.

Kefir made from goat milk shall contain not less than 2.8 percent of milk fat.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 329, Sec. 32. Effective August 21, 1997.

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=38872.
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