ARTICLE 3. Dairy Farm Sanitation [33511. - 33530.]

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC 3.
in effect

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 33512. Section 33512.

An open cesspool, pigpen, stagnant water, accumulation of manure or other filth shall not be permitted within 100 feet of the milk house or room, or within 50 feet of any milking barn, stanchions, or other place where milking is done.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 33513. Section 33513.

Human excreta or other human wastes shall be properly disposed of by the use of flush toilets and septic tanks, approved pits, or chemical toilets. Such toilets shall be conveniently located and properly constructed, operated, and maintained, so that the waste is inaccessible to flies and does not pollute the surface soil or contaminate any water supply. No approved pit or chemical toilet, however, shall be permitted within 100 feet of the milk house or room or within 50 feet of any milking barn, stanchions, or other place where milking is done.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 33514. Section 33514.

The buildings, yards, or enclosures shall not be filthy or insanitary, nor shall any part of such yards or enclosures, except pastures, be made the depositories of manure in heaps or otherwise, where it is allowed to ferment and decay.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 33515. Section 33515.

The water supply for the milk house or room and dairy barn shall be properly located, constructed, and operated, easily accessible, adequate, protected against contamination, and of safe and sanitary quality. The bacterial quality shall conform to the standards of the State Board of Health for public supplies of drinking water.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 33516. Section 33516.

The water supply for drinking by livestock shall not be stagnant, polluted with manure, urine drainage, decaying vegetable or animal matter, or pathogenic bacteria of any source.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 33517. Section 33517.

No person who is connected with or employed on a dairy farm and liable to come in contact with the milk or cream of the dairy farm or the dairy farm operations shall be afflicted with any communicable disease or in a condition to disseminate the germs of any communicable disease.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 33518. Section 33518.

A suitable milkhouse or room, which is properly screened to exclude flies or insects shall be provided and maintained for the separating, cooling, mixing, canning, and keeping, or otherwise caring for, the milk and cream. The milkhouse or room shall contain a two-compartment wash sink. The milkhouse or room shall not be used for any other purpose. It shall not be located in, or be a part of, any building in which fowls or animals, except milking cows, are housed, or be a part of any room where milking cows are held, or a part of, or communicate with, any room or place which is used by any person for sleeping or living accommodations.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 33519. Section 33519.

The pails, cans, bottles, or other containers for milk or its products, or the strainers, coolers or other utensils, appliances, apparatus, or equipment which come in contact with the milk or its products shall be thoroughly washed and afterwards sterilized each time they are used by one of the following methods: (a) Exposure to water vapor at a temperature of not less than 170 degrees Fahrenheit for a period of at least 15 minutes or at a temperature of not less than 200 degrees Fahrenheit for a period of at least five minutes in a steam cabinet equipped with an indicating thermometer which is located in the coldest zone. (b) Exposure to an enclosed jet of steam for not less than one minute. (c) Complete immersion in hot water at a temperature of not less than 170 degrees Fahrenheit for a period of at least five minutes. (d) Exposure to a flow of hot water of a temperature of not less than 170 degrees Fahrenheit, as determined at an outlet, for a period of at least five minutes. (e) Exposure to hot air at a temperature of not less than 180 degrees Fahrenheit for a period of at least 20 minutes in an oven or hot air cabinet which is equipped with an indicating thermometer located in the coldest zone. (f) A chemical or other sterilization process which has been approved by the director and which is used in the manner which is established by regulation of the director.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 33520. Section 33520.

Multiuse containers, equipment and utensils used in the handling, storage and transportation of milk shall be made of smooth, nonabsorbent, corrosion-resistant, nontoxic materials and shall be so constructed as to be easily cleanable. All containers, equipment, and utensils shall be in good repair. All milk pails used for handmilking and stripping shall be seamless and of the hooded type having an opening not exceeding one-third of the area of an open pail of the same size. All can lids shall cover the pouring lip so as to protect such lip from contamination.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 33525. Section 33525.

The person or wearing apparel of the dairyman, his employees, or other persons who handle the milk or its products and containers or equipment of the milk or its products shall not be soiled and shall be washed with reasonable frequency.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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