Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 61931. Section 61931.
Market milk may be classified for the purposes of this chapter as provided in this article.
ARTICLE 5. Classes of Market Milk [61931. - 61937.]
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC 5.
in effectCal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 61932. Section 61932.
Class 1 comprises:
(a)
Any market milk, market skim milk, half-and-half, or concentrated milk that is supplied to consumers in the fluid state, with the exception of the following:
(1)
(A)
Any UHT market milk product, as defined in Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 39701) of Part 3 of Division 15, that is sold for use outside the state.
(B)
Any market milk products that are ultrapasteurized and sold for use outside the 48 contiguous states in the United States.
(2)
Any market half-and-half that is ultrapasteurized and packaged in hermetically sealed containers.
(3)
Any market half-and-half that is packaged in presterilized containers under aseptic conditions to meet the marketing requirements for these products in states other than this state. However, this paragraph does not authorize the sale within this state of any milk product as a UHT product unless the product meets the standards and requirements for UHT products specified in Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 39701) of Part 3 of Division 15.
(b)
Any market milk, market skim milk, or market cream that is used in any other milk product, or products resembling milk products, in which the use of market milk, or any components or derivatives of market milk, is required by, or pursuant to, this code, except any product defined in Section 61933 as class 2.
(c)
Any market milk, market skim milk, market cream, market milk fat, or market milk solids-not-fat that is used in the standardizing or fortifying of any milk product that is defined in this section as class 1.
(d)
Any market milk, market skim milk, or market cream that is used in any product not otherwise classified, which is required by any regulations adopted by the director pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 36631) of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Division 15 to be made from market milk or any components or derivatives of market milk.
(e)
Any market milk, market skim milk, market cream, market milk fat, or market milk solids-not-fat used in any filled product or imitation milk product, when the product imitated or resembled, is defined in this section as class 1.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 61933. Section 61933.
Class 2 comprises any market milk, market skim milk, or market cream used in the manufacture of market cream, homogenized market cream, sour cream, sour cream dressing, sour half-and-half or light sour cream, uncreamed, creamed, or partially creamed cottage cheese, soft fresh cheese (fromage frais), buttermilk, kefir, and yogurt. Class 2 also comprises any market milk, market skim milk, or market cream used in the manufacture of any product for which a definition and standard is prescribed in Division 15 (commencing with Section 32501), except any product that is included in class 1, class 3, class 4a, or class 4b.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 61934. Section 61934.
Class 3 comprises all market milk, market skim milk, or market cream used in the manufacture of frozen dairy products.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 61935. Section 61935.
(a)
Class 4a comprises all market milk, market skim milk, or market cream used in the manufacture of butter, dried milk, dried skim milk, nonfat dry milk solids, defatted milk solids, dried buttermilk, and all market milk, market skim milk, or market cream which is supplied to consumers as condensed milk, condensed skim milk, evaporated skim milk, evaporated cream or clotted cream, or evaporated milk, and any milk products which are UHT products, as defined in Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 39701) of Part 3 of Division 15, or ultrapasteurized, and sold for use outside of the 48 contiguous states in the United States, or yogurt, soft fresh cheese (fromage frais), uncreamed, creamed, or partially creamed cottage cheese, sour cream, sour half-and-half, or light sour cream which is sold for use outside the boundaries of the United States, or any product for which no definition and standards are prescribed in Division 15 (commencing with Section 32501), except the products defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 61932.
(b)
Class 4b comprises all market milk, market skim milk, or market cream used in the manufacture of cheese other than cottage cheese.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 61936. Section 61936.
If the director establishes a temporary definition and standards for any new milk product pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 36631), Chapter 1, Part 3 of Division 15, he shall assign such new product to that class under this article which includes the most nearly comparable product as determined by the director.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 61937. Section 61937.
Market milk, market skim milk, or market cream, utilized in bulk by handlers as condensed milk, condensed skim milk, evaporated skim milk, evaporated cream or clotted cream, or evaporated milk, shall be assigned by the director to the classification of ultimate usage of such market milk, market skim milk, or market cream.
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