California Code
PART 3 - MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS
CHAPTER 5 - Miscellaneous Dairy Products

ARTICLE 1 - Milk Fat or Butter Fat

Section 38151. - 38151. As used in this article, “Reichert-Meissl number” means the...

Section 38152. - 38152. Milk fat or butterfat is the fat of milk....

ARTICLE 2 - Skim Milk, Nonfat Milk, or Fat-free Milk

Section 38181. - 38181. Skim milk, nonfat milk, or fat-free milk is the...

Section 38182. - 38182. Skim milk, nonfat milk, or fat-free milk shall conform...

Section 38183. - 38183. All fluid skim milk which is sold for human...

Section 38184. - 38184. Every container in which skim milk, nonfat milk, or...

Section 38185. - 38185. Every label which is required by this article shall...

Section 38186. - 38186. Every container of skim milk, nonfat milk, or fat-free...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Lowfat Milk or Light Milk

Section 38191. - 38191. Lowfat milk or light (lite) milk is a market...

Section 38192. - 38192. Except as otherwise provided in this article, lowfat milk...

ARTICLE 3 - Reduced-fat Milk

Section 38211. - 38211. Reduced-fat milk is a market milk product. It shall...

Section 38213. - 38213. Except as otherwise provided in this article, reduced-fat milk...

ARTICLE 3.5 - High Nutrient Lowfat Milk

Section 38221. - 38221. (a) High nutrient lowfat milk is a market milk...

Section 38222. - 38222. Except as otherwise provided in this article, high nutrient...

Section 38224. - 38224. High nutrient lowfat milk shall be labeled in accordance...

ARTICLE 4 - Evaporated Milk

Section 38231. - 38231. Evaporated milk is a food that complies with Section...

ARTICLE 5 - Evaporated Cream or Clotted Cream

Section 38241. - 38241. Evaporated cream or clotted cream is cream from which...

ARTICLE 5.5 - Evaporated Reduced-Fat Milk or Condensed Reduced-Fat Milk

Section 38251. - 38251. Evaporated reduced-fat milk or condensed reduced-fat milk is the...

Section 38252. - 38252. The following vitamin requirements shall be followed: (a) Vitamin...

Section 38253. - 38253. The following safe and suitable optional ingredients may be...

ARTICLE 6 - Evaporated Skimmed Milk

Section 38261. - 38261. Evaporated skimmed milk is a food that complies with...

ARTICLE 11 - Dry Whole Milk

Section 38361. - 38361. Dry whole milk is a food that complies with...

ARTICLE 12 - Extra Grade Edible Dry Whey, Dry Buttermilk, and Modified Dry Whey

Section 38391. - 38391. Extra grade edible dry whey is the product which...

Section 38392. - 38392. Extra grade edible dry whey and its reliquefied form...

Section 38393. - 38393. Extra grade edible dry whey shall contain not more...

Section 38394. - 38394. The alkalinity of ash which is contained in extra...

Section 38395. - 38395. Extra grade edible dry whey shall have a uniform...

Section 38396. - 38396. Each container of extra grade edible dry whey shall...

Section 38397. - 38397. Buttermilk for drying shall be fresh, sweet and from...

Section 38398. - 38398. Modified dry whey means the class of foods manufactured...

Section 38399. - 38399. Safe and suitable substances, as defined in Section 130.3...

Section 38400. - 38400. The maximum standard plate count for modified dry whey...

Section 38401. - 38401. Each container of modified dry whey shall be labeled...

ARTICLE 13 - Nonfat Dry Milk

Section 38421. - 38421. Nonfat dry milk is a food that complies with...

ARTICLE 14 - Milk Drink Mix

Section 38451. - 38451. Milk drink mix is a market milk product. It...

Section 38452. - 38452. Milk drink mix shall contain no milk or milk...

Section 38453. - 38453. Milk drink mix may contain sweetening and harmless flavoring...

Section 38454. - 38454. Milk drink mix shall be pasteurized and shall contain...

Section 38455. - 38455. Each manufacturer of milk drink mix shall, upon request...

ARTICLE 16 - Milk Drink

Section 38511. - 38511. Milk drink is the product which is made from...

Section 38512. - 38512. No milk or milk products, except market milk, market...

ARTICLE 17 - Milk, Reduced-Fat Milk, Lowfat Milk, or Light Milk, and Nonfat Milk, Skim Milk, or Fat-Free Milk with Lactobacillus Acidophilus Culture Added

Section 38522. - 38522. Milk with lactobacillus acidophilus culture added, reduced-fat milk with...

Section 38523. - 38523. The manufacture, labeling, and sale of acidophilus milk and...

ARTICLE 18 - Modified Milk

Section 38531. - 38531. Modified milk is market milk, evaporated milk, or powdered...

ARTICLE 19 - Cultured Milks

Section 38541. - 38541. Cultured milks are foods that comply with Section 131.112...

Section 38542. - 38542. Every container in which buttermilk is sold shall be...

ARTICLE 21 - Pasteurized Concentrated Milk

Section 38601. - 38601. Pasteurized concentrated milk is market milk which has been...

Section 38602. - 38602. Pasteurized concentrated milk shall be packaged in containers other...

ARTICLE 22 - Concentrated Skim Milk

Section 38631. - 38631. Concentrated skim milk is skim milk which is derived...

Section 38632. - 38632. Concentrated skim milk shall contain not less than 24...

Section 38633. - 38633. When concentrated skim milk is made entirely from grade...

ARTICLE 23 - Flavored Milk

Section 38651. - 38651. Flavored milk is market milk to which has been...

Section 38652. - 38652. (a) Flavored milk is pasteurized, homogenized milk which meets...

Section 38653. - 38653. Flavored lowfat milk shall contain not more than 1.2...

Section 38654. - 38654. Flavored nonfat skim or fat-free milk shall contain not...

Section 38655. - 38655. Flavored high nutrient lowfat milk shall contain not more...

ARTICLE 25 - Sour Cream

Section 38671. - 38671. Sour cream is a food that complies with Section...

ARTICLE 26 - Sour Cream Dressing

Section 38701. - 38701. Sour cream dressing is a product which is made...

Section 38702. - 38702. Sour cream dressing shall be labeled with the term...

Section 38703. - 38703. At the time of sale to consumers, sour cream...

ARTICLE 27 - Yogurt

Section 38731. - 38731. Yogurt is a food that complies with Section 131.200...

Section 38732. - 38732. Whipped topping made from nonfat yogurt shall comply with...

ARTICLE 29 - Light Cream, Heavy Cream, Whipping Creams, and Whipped Cream

Section 38761. - 38761. For the purposes of this article light cream, light...

Section 38762. - 38762. Light cream, coffee cream, or table cream is a...

Section 38763. - 38763. Light whipping cream or whipping cream is a food...

Section 38764. - 38764. Heavy cream or heavy whipping cream is a food...

Section 38765. - 38765. Whipped cream is a food that complies with Section...

ARTICLE 31 - Eggnog

Section 38791. - 38791. Eggnog is a food that complies with Section 131.170...

ARTICLE 35 - Milk Products Made by Acidified Processes

Section 38861. - 38861. Acidified milk products are foods that comply with Section...

ARTICLE 36 - Kefir Milk A Cultured Milk

Section 38871. - 38871. Market milk or market milk combined with nonfat milk...

Section 38872. - 38872. Kefir shall contain not less than 3.5 percent milk...

Section 38873. - 38873. When offered for sale, kefir, reduced-fat kefir, lowfat or...

Section 38874. - 38874. Kefir, reduced-fat kefir, lowfat or light (lite) kefir, or...

ARTICLE 37 - Fruit Kefir A Cultured Milk

Section 38875. - 38875. Fruit kefir is kefir, reduced-fat kefir, lowfat or light...

Section 38876. - 38876. When fruit is added to kefir, reduced-fat kefir, lowfat...

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

Section 38881. - 38881. Lactose reduced milk, reduced-fat lactose reduced milk, lactose reduced...

ARTICLE 39 - Fromage Frais or Soft Fresh Cheese

Section 38885. - 38885. Nonfat market milk, with or without added market milk...

Section 38886. - 38886. Fromage frais or soft fresh cheese shall have at...

Section 38887. - 38887. Fromage frais or soft fresh cheese, without the addition...

Section 38888. - 38888. When offered for sale, fromage frais or soft fresh...

ARTICLE 40 - Bulky Flavored Fromage Frais or Bulky Flavored Soft Fresh Cheese

Section 38891. - 38891. Bulky flavored fromage frais or bulky flavored soft fresh...

Section 38892. - 38892. When bulky flavor is added to fromage frais or...

ARTICLE 41 - Lactose Reduced Dairy Products

Section 38895.1. - 38895.1. Safe and suitable enzymes, as approved by the director,...

Section 38895.2. - 38895.2. “Lactose reduced” may be included in the nomenclature of...