2005 California Food and Agricultural Code Sections 35891-35893 Article 6. Grade A Market Milk

35891.  Grade A raw milk is market milk which conforms to all the
following minimum requirements:
   (a) The health of the cows and goats shall be determined at least
once in two months by an official representative of an approved milk
inspection service, or a milk inspection service which is established
by the director.
   (b) It shall be produced on dairy farms that score not less than
85 percent on the dairy farm scorecard.
   (c) It shall be cooled immediately after being drawn from the cow
or goat to 50 degrees Fahrenheit or less, and so maintained until
delivered to the consumer, at which time it shall contain not more
than 15,000 bacteria per milliliter.
35892.  All persons who come in contact with grade A raw milk shall
exercise scrupulous cleanliness and shall not be afflicted with any
communicable disease or be in a condition to disseminate the germs of
any communicable disease which is liable to be conveyed by milk.
The absence of such germs in all such persons may at the discretion
of an approved or established milk inspection service be determined
by bacteriological and physical examination in such manner as may be
prescribed by the director and by such person or laboratory which is
approved in writing by the department, conducted at the time of
employment and every six months thereafter in a manner which is
approved by the director.
35893.  Milk for grade A pasteurized milk is market milk which
conforms to all the following minimum requirements:
   (a) The health of the cows or goats shall be determined at least
once in six months by an official representative of an approved milk
inspection service, or a milk inspection service which is established
by the director.
   (b) The milk shall be cooled immediately after being drawn from
the cow or goat to 50 degrees Fahrenheit or less and maintained in
transit at not to exceed 52 degrees Fahrenheit.
   (c) It shall be produced on dairy farms that score not less than
85 percent on the dairy farm scorecard which is adopted by the
director.
   (d) Shall meet the standards of Section 35781 or the regulation
adopted pursuant thereto.