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Food & Agr. Code, § 38881 · Article 38. Lactose Reduced Milk, Reduced-Fat Lactose Reduced Milk, Lactose Reduced Lowfat or Light Milk, and Lactose Reduced Nonfat, Skim, or Fat-Free Milk

Food & Agr. Code, § 38881

Verbatim from the official edition

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

Lactose reduced milk, reduced-fat lactose reduced milk, lactose reduced lowfat or light (lite) milk, and lactose reduced nonfat, skim, or fat-free milk are market milk products resulting from the treatment of milk, reduced-fat milk, lowfat or light (lite) milk, or nonfat, skim, or fat-free milk by the addition of safe and suitable enzymes to convert sufficient amounts of the lactose to glucose or galactose so that the remaining lactose is less than 30 percent of the lactose in milk, reduced-fat milk, lowfat or light (lite) milk, or nonfat, skim, or fat-free milk.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 329, Sec. 37. Effective August 21, 1997.

Source of truth

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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=38881.
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