Section 38902 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 15. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 1.
38902
. The Legislature further finds and declares all of the
following:
(a) There is an increasing advent into the marketplace of food
products which in appearance, taste and other physical
characteristics resemble milk products, which are frequently mistaken
by consumers for milk and milk products, which are used for the same
or similar purposes as milk and milk products, which are frequently
manufactured, transported and sold in the same places as milk and
milk products, which are frequently packaged in the same types, sizes
and shapes of containers as milk and milk products, which are
suitable media for the growth and multiplication of micro-organisms;
but which food products contain fats and oils other than milk fat in
combination with milk products or contain no milk products.
(b) It is necessary in order to prevent and avoid false,
misleading and deceptive marketing of such products resembling milk
products, and in order to prevent deception and confusion among
consumers, and in order to protect public health, that this chapter
be enacted, and that the director from time to time promulgate
regulations governing the labeling, identification and sanitary
production of all such products.