Article 1. General Provisions of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 15. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 1.

This division does not prohibit the addition of vitamins and minerals to market milk or the sale of market milk to which any vitamins and minerals have been added if such milk is labeled to show the addition of the vitamins and minerals. A statement of the method and manner of adding vitamins and minerals shall be filed with and approved by the director, and, when offered for sale, such vitamin and mineral milk shall not be of a standard which is below the legal requirements of market milk. When added, vitamin D shall be present in such quantity that each quart of the milk contains 400 International Units thereof within limits of good manufacturing practice. When added, vitamin A shall be present in such quantity that each quart of the milk contains not less than 2,000 International Units thereof within limits of good manufacturing practice. The requirements of this section shall apply to all fluid market milk products.

This division does not prohibit the freezing and holding in cold storage of market cream or concentrated market cream, its subsequent standardization with market milk or skim milk produced from market milk, and its sale as market cream if the standardized product otherwise conforms to all the standards and requirements in this division for market cream. Payment procedure for market cream so frozen or stored shall be pursuant to Article 22 (commencing with Section 62441), Chapter 2, Part 3, Division 21 of this code.

This division does not prohibit the freezing and holding in cold storage of market goat milk and its subsequent sale as market milk if at the time of sale it meets all the standards and requirements which are specified in this division for market milk.

This division does not prohibit the sterilization of market goat milk by subjecting it to a temperature which is high enough to sterilize it, holding it in storage, and subsequently selling it as market milk if at the time of sale the market goat milk meets all standards and requirements which are specified in this division for market milk.

It is unlawful for any person to sell any market milk other than graded milk as provided in this division in any city or county or any combination of cities and counties in which a milk inspection service has been established, either by or with the approval of the director.

This division, and the regulations of the director are not a limitation on the power of a municipality or county, by ordinance or regulation, to establish compulsory pasteurization of market milk or reasonable higher standards for milk fat and solids-not-fat than those which are established in this division, but such standards shall apply only to market milk after standardization by a milk distributor.

The secretary, in compliance with Section 407 of this code and Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, may adopt regulations pertaining to temperature requirements for market milk delivered to consumers. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, these regulations may establish temperature requirements for market milk delivered to consumers that differ from any or all requirements provided for in this chapter. In adopting these regulations, the secretary shall take into consideration the preservation of high quality market milk for consumers, as well as avoidance of hardship and unreasonable expense for persons engaged in the processing, packaging, and distribution of market milk.