2005 California Food and Agricultural Code Sections 36801-36809 Article 1. General Provisions

36801.  Pasteurized cream that is sold or used for ice cream, frozen
dairy dessert, frozen dessert, or sherbet manufacture shall be
clean, sweet, and free from undesirable flavors and odors.  It shall
contain not more than 75,000 bacteria per milliliter, official plate
count.
36802.  Milk and any milk product that is used in the manufacture of
ice cream,  frozen dairy dessert, frozen dessert, or sherbet shall
be pasteurized.
36803.  Sweet butter that is used in ice cream, frozen dairy
dessert, and frozen dessert shall be unsalted butter made from sweet
cream that is free from undesirable flavor or odors.  It shall have a
rating of not less than 92 in accordance with the standards for
quality of creamery butter that are established in Article 2
(commencing with Section 37131) of Chapter 3.  Cream to which has
been added ripener or starter, or cream that has been neutralized, is
not sweet cream within the meaning of this section.
36804.  Every product which is defined in this chapter shall be
advertised and labeled in accordance with regulations which are
adopted by the director.
36805.  Ice cream,  frozen diary dessert, frozen dessert, sherbet,
or quiescently frozen confections when sold in package form shall be
labeled with the name, address, and zip code of the manufacturer, the
wholesale distributor, or the retailer.
   When the name and address is not that of the original milk
products processing plant, then there shall be stamped, printed, or
embossed upon the package, in a manner acceptable to the director,
the plant number of the manufacturer or packer.  Any such plant
identification shall be consistent with, and not be more restrictive
than, the National Uniform Coding System for packaging identification
of milk and milk products processing plants.
36806.  Ice cream mix, frozen dairy dessert mix, and frozen dessert
mix are unfrozen products that are used in the manufacture of ice
cream, frozen dairy dessert, or frozen dessert.  They shall comply
with all the requirements for ice cream, frozen dairy dessert, or
frozen dessert, respectively.
36807.  The director, by regulations, may authorize the use of
wholesome, edible dairy products, as permissible ingredients, in
frozen dairy products, in addition to those for which standards are
provided for under this code for such frozen dairy products.
36808.  Ice cream, frozen dairy dessert, frozen dessert, and sherbet
may contain safe and suitable nonmilk-derived ingredients as
specified in applicable provisions of the Code of Federal
Regulations.  If these nonmilk-derived ingredients are used, the
minimum quantity of food solids required in this chapter for ice
cream, frozen dairy dessert, frozen dessert, and sherbet shall be
maintained exclusively of these additives.
36809.  Federal nutritional labeling regulations apply to all frozen
dairy products, except nutritional labeling provided for any frozen
dairy product mix or any frozen dairy product dispensed by a soft
serve establishment, shall state, on the basis of weight, the serving
size upon which nutritional declarations are based.