Article 5. Product Registration of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 15. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 5.
Any person engaged in the manufacture of products resembling
milk products, shall register the products with the department as
provided by this article.
Application for a registered product shall be in the form
which shall be prescribed by the department and shall include the
ingredients of the product, and the proposed label or labels for the
product. The director shall grant such application if he determines
that the product will comply or has complied with the provisions of
this chapter.
The application shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty-five
dollars ($25). The information required by Section 38942 shall be
kept current and amended whenever any change is made.
Each registration which has been approved expires on
December 31st of the second year after it was approved and may be
renewed for two years by payment of a renewal fee of ten dollars
($10). The renewal shall be made on forms which are supplied by the
director.
No product resembling milk products shall be sold unless it
has an active registration on file with the department.
If renewal of any registration is not made within 60 days
after expiration of the registration, the registration becomes null
and void.
In addition to any other penalty, the department may revoke
or suspend the registration of any product resembling milk products
for any violation of this chapter or the regulations adopted pursuant
to this chapter.
All product registration made pursuant to this article shall
be confidential. No information contained in the application for any
such registration, or in the registration, shall be divulged by the
director except if necessary for the proper determination of any
court proceedings or hearing before the director.