ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [36801. - 36809.]

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC 1.

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Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 36801. Section 36801.

Pasteurized cream that is sold or used for ice cream, frozen dairy dessert, frozen dessert, or sherbet manufacture shall be clean, sweet, and free from undesirable flavors and odors. It shall contain not more than 75,000 bacteria per milliliter, official plate count.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 36802. Section 36802.

Milk and any milk product that is used in the manufacture of ice cream, frozen dairy dessert, frozen dessert, or sherbet shall be pasteurized.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 36803. Section 36803.

Sweet butter that is used in ice cream, frozen dairy dessert, and frozen dessert shall be unsalted butter made from sweet cream that is free from undesirable flavor or odors. It shall have a rating of not less than 92 in accordance with the standards for quality of creamery butter that are established in Article 2 (commencing with Section 37131) of Chapter 3. Cream to which has been added ripener or starter, or cream that has been neutralized, is not sweet cream within the meaning of this section.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 36804. Section 36804.

Every product which is defined in this chapter shall be advertised and labeled in accordance with regulations which are adopted by the director.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 36805. Section 36805.

(a) Ice cream, frozen dairy dessert, frozen dessert, sherbet, or quiescently frozen confections when sold in package form shall be labeled with the name, address, and ZIP Code of the manufacturer, the wholesale distributor, or the retailer. (b) If the name and address is not that of the original milk products processing plant, there shall be stamped, printed, or embossed upon the package, in a manner acceptable to the director, the plant number of the manufacturer or packer. This plant identification shall be consistent with, and not more restrictive than, the National Uniform Coding System for packaging identification of milk and milk products processing plants.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 36806. Section 36806.

Ice cream mix, frozen yogurt mix, frozen dairy dessert mix, and frozen dessert mix are unfrozen products that are used in the manufacture of ice cream, frozen yogurt, frozen dairy dessert, or frozen dessert. They shall have been pasteurized and comply with all the requirements for ice cream, frozen yogurt, frozen dairy dessert, or frozen dessert, respectively.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 36807. Section 36807.

The director, by regulations, may authorize the use of wholesome, edible dairy products, as permissible ingredients, in frozen dairy products, in addition to those for which standards are provided for under this code for such frozen dairy products.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 36808. Section 36808.

Ice cream, frozen dairy dessert, frozen dessert, and sherbet may contain safe and suitable nonmilk-derived ingredients as specified in applicable provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations. If these nonmilk-derived ingredients are used, the minimum quantity of food solids required in this chapter for ice cream, frozen dairy dessert, frozen dessert, and sherbet shall be maintained exclusively of these additives.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 36809. Section 36809.

Federal nutritional labeling regulations apply to all frozen dairy products, except nutritional labeling provided for any frozen dairy product mix or any frozen dairy product dispensed by a soft serve establishment, shall state, on the basis of weight, the serving size upon which nutritional declarations are based.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026