Article 4. Designation And Assignment of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 15. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 4.

If a producer produces market milk within the jurisdiction of an approved milk inspection service, the director, after an investigation and consultation with the health officer of each county which is involved, shall do all of the following:
  (a) Designate and assign the county approved milk inspection service which shall conduct the dairy farm inspection.
  (b) Define the district or area in which each county shall conduct the dairy farm inspection.

The director, in making the designation and assignment, shall take into consideration, in addition to other matters which are considered, the geographical convenience of each county approved milk inspection service which renders such inspection, and the percentage of market milk and related products which are sold or delivered within each.

No more than one approved milk inspection service may be designated by the director for any single dairy farm which produces market milk.

Any producer or approved milk inspection service may file with the director a written protest regarding any designation which is made pursuant to Section 33141. A petition, signed by 51 percent or more of producers of any grade of milk within the jurisdiction of any approved milk inspection service, may request the termination of the county approved milk inspection service and that instead an inspection service be established by the director. The written protest or petition shall state all the reasons for the protest or petition.

The director may, within 30 days after the receipt of the protest and shall, within 30 days after receipt of a petition, and after at least five days' written notice to any approved milk inspection service which is concerned, announce a date upon which a hearing on the protest or petition will be held.

The director upon his own motion, after giving at least 10 days written notice to any approved milk inspection service which is concerned, may hold a hearing on any designation which is made pursuant to Section 33141 if it appears that a change in such designation may result in greater uniformity in inspection areas and eliminate duplication of effort and traveling.

After the hearing, the director may revoke, amend, or retain such designation, designate another approved milk inspection service to perform the inspection as provided in this article, or establish and conduct an inspection service unless the funds which are derived under Article 9 (commencing with Section 33291) of this chapter are inadequate to maintain a milk inspection service established by the director.

Upon the approval in writing of a milk inspection service by the director, the approved milk inspection service shall do all of the following:
  (a) Grade market milk as produced or sold under its jurisdiction.
  (b) Require the use of the respective grade designations as prescribed in this division.
  (c) Enforce this division in accordance with the regulations which are adopted by the director that pertain to market milk.