California Code
PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS
CHAPTER 1 - Marketing of Milk and Other Dairy Products

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 61301. - 61301. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 61302. - 61302. “Bulk milk” or “bulk cream” means milk or cream,...

Section 61303. - 61303. “Consumer” means any person that buys milk, cream, or...

Section 61304. - 61304. “Cream” has the meaning of that term as defined...

Section 61305. - 61305. “Dairy product” means any product classified as Class 1...

Section 61306. - 61306. (a) “Distributor” means any handler, as defined in Section...

Section 61306.5. - 61306.5. “Educational and research activities” means any effort to develop...

Section 61307. - 61307. “Manufacturing milk” has the meaning of that term as...

Section 61307.2. - 61307.2. “Manufacturing milk handler” means any person who, as owner,...

Section 61307.4. - 61307.4. “Manufacturing milk plant” means any place, structure, or building...

Section 61308. - 61308. “Manufacturer” means any person that is engaged in the...

Section 61309. - 61309. “Market milk” has the meaning of that term as...

Section 61310. - 61310. “Market cream” has the meaning of that term as...

Section 61311. - 61311. “Milk” has the meaning of that term as defined...

Section 61312. - 61312. “Packaged milk,” “packaged cream,” or “packaged dairy product” means...

Section 61313. - 61313. “Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability...

Section 61314. - 61314. “Producer” means any person that operates a dairy herd...

Section 61315. - 61315. “Producer-distributor” means any person that is both a producer...

Section 61316. - 61316. “Restricted use market milk” has the meaning of that...

Section 61317. - 61317. “Wholesale customer” means any person other than a distributor...

ARTICLE 2 - Nonprofit Cooperative Associations

Section 61331. - 61331. For the purposes of this chapter, a nonprofit cooperative...

Section 61332. - 61332. For the purposes of this chapter, a nonprofit cooperative...

Section 61333. - 61333. A nonprofit cooperative association accounts to producers on a...

ARTICLE 3 - General Provisions

Section 61341. - 61341. The director may adopt regulations for the proper administration...

Section 61342. - 61342. The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed...

Section 61343. - 61343. Any person and subject matter to which this chapter...

Section 61344. - 61344. This chapter shall be liberally construed. If any article,...

Section 61345. - 61345. (a) Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 61801), Chapter 2.5...

ARTICLE 4 - Unlawful Practices

Section 61381. - 61381. Any false or misleading advertising, as defined in Sections...

Section 61382. - 61382. Discrimination in price between distributors or between wholesale customers,...

Section 61383. - 61383. The sale or offer to sell or giving of...

Section 61384. - 61384. (a) The sale by any retailer, wholesale customer, manufacturer,...

Section 61385. - 61385. Any false statement or representation which is knowingly made,...

Section 61391. - 61391. Solicitation by, or collusion or joint participation between or...

ARTICLE 5 - Bonding and Payment for Manufacturing Milk

Section 61400. - 61400. It is recognized by the Legislature that unfair and...

Section 61404. - 61404. The bond provided for in this article is required...

Section 61405. - 61405. (a) Every manufacturing milk handler that operates only one...

Section 61405.1. - 61405.1. If any handler increases his or her purchases of...

Section 61406. - 61406. The bond required by Section 61405 shall be in...

Section 61407. - 61407. If a handler fails to pay any producer or...

Section 61407.1. - 61407.1. (a) After determining the claims of the producers pursuant...

Section 61407.2. - 61407.2. If the recovery upon the bond is not sufficient...

Section 61407.3. - 61407.3. Payments by a handler to a producer, for the...

Section 61407.4. - 61407.4. (a) The director may bring an action against a...

Section 61408. - 61408. If a manufacturing milk handler fails to pay any...

Section 61409. - 61409. The failure of any manufacturing milk handler that purchases...

Section 61410. - 61410. The failure of any manufacturing milk handler that purchases...

Section 61411. - 61411. Except as otherwise provided in Section 61411.2 or 61411.3,...

Section 61411.1. - 61411.1. The production of manufacturing milk in excess of amounts...

Section 61411.2. - 61411.2. Section 61411 does not apply to the purchase of...

Section 61411.3. - 61411.3. Section 61411 does not apply to manufacturing milk purchased...

Section 61411.4. - 61411.4. Any contract between a producer and a handler shall...

Section 61411.5. - 61411.5. If a notice has been issued by the director...

Section 61412. - 61412. (a) (1) Every milk handler who receives manufacturing milk...

Section 61413. - 61413. The director may fix the rates of assessments or...

Section 61414. - 61414. (a) Any assessment or fee or either of them...

Section 61415. - 61415. The failure of any handler to pay for manufacturing...

Section 61415.1. - 61415.1. (a) Handlers shall pay producers either by check or...

Section 61415.2. - 61415.2. (a) If a handler does not pay for manufacturing...

Section 61415.3. - 61415.3. If a handler fails to pay for manufacturing milk...

Section 61416. - 61416. The director may revoke or suspend any license of...

Section 61416.1. - 61416.1. The director, pursuant to the procedure in Chapter 5...

Section 61417. - 61417. In lieu of revoking or suspending a handler’s license...

Section 61418. - 61418. If the respondent does not comply with any conditional...

Section 61419. - 61419. (a) Whenever the director is satisfied, either by investigation...

ARTICLE 6 - Records

Section 61441. - 61441. Every distributor, person who sells at wholesale, or manufacturer...

Section 61442. - 61442. The director shall have access to, and may enter...

Section 61442.1. - 61442.1. Within 60 days of the effective date of this...

Section 61443. - 61443. Any record or report which is made to the...

ARTICLE 7 - Investigations and Hearings

Section 61471. - 61471. The director may, upon his or her own motion...

Section 61472. - 61472. If a hearing is called by the director, the...

Section 61473. - 61473. The hearing shall be held in the city or...

Section 61474. - 61474. The person complained of shall, at least three days...

Section 61475. - 61475. At the time and place which is appointed for...

Section 61476. - 61476. The director may do any of the following: (a)...

Section 61477. - 61477. Any party that disobeys any order or subpoena of...

Section 61478. - 61478. Any act of the director pursuant to any provision...

ARTICLE 8 - Manufacturing Milk Handler Licenses

Section 61490. - 61490. For the purposes of this article, each subsidiary manufacturing...

Section 61491. - 61491. “Manufacturing milk handler” means any person defined as a...

Section 61492. - 61492. It is unlawful for a manufacturing milk handler who...

Section 61493. - 61493. Application for the license provided by this article shall...

Section 61494. - 61494. One-half of the valid license renewals shall be issued...

ARTICLE 9 - Disposition and Use of Funds

Section 61531. - 61531. All money received by the director pursuant to this...

ARTICLE 10 - Actions and Penalties

Section 61571. - 61571. The violation of any provisions of this chapter is...

Section 61572. - 61572. Any person who violates this chapter, or any regulations...

Section 61573. - 61573. The director may bring an action to enjoin the...