2007 California Food and Agricultural Code Article 1. Short Title And Definitions

CA Codes (fac:64001-64017)

64001.  This chapter shall be known as the Dairy Council of
California Law.


64002.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in
this article govern the construction of this chapter.



64003.  "Council" means the Dairy Council of California.



64004.  "Cream" means that portion of milk, rich in milk fat, which
rises to the surface of milk on standing, or is separated from it by
centrifugal force.


64005.  "Dairy products" includes milk and any derivative of milk
which is in natural, processed, or manufactured form, or which
constitutes a part of another article, commodity, or product.



64006.  "Fiscal year" means the period from July 1 in any one year
to and including June 30th of the following year.



64007.  "Handler" means any person that, as owner, agent, or broker,
purchases, or otherwise acquires from a producer, producer-handler,
or another handler, possession or control of milk, skim milk, or
cream, in the form of unprocessed milk, skim milk, or cream, or in
any other unprocessed form, for the purpose of processing it.




64008.  "Manufacturing milk" means milk which is included within
that term as defined by Section 32509.



64009.  "Market milk" means milk which is included within that term
as defined by Section 32510.



64010.  "Milk" means the lacteal secretion which is obtained from
the udders of cows.



64010.1.  "Class 1 milk" means market milk, market skim milk, and
market cream that is supplied to consumers or used for the purposes
specified in Section 61932.



64010.2.  "All other usages" means usages other than class 1 for
milk, including manufacturing grade milk received by handlers.



64011.  "Milk fat" means the fat of milk.



64012.  "Or" and "and," may be construed as interchangeable, as the
context may require.



64013.  "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, trust, association, cooperative
association, and any other business unit or organization.



64014.  "Processing" means separating, standardizing, pasteurizing,
sterilizing, evaporating, condensing, canning, bottling, packaging,
or otherwise preparing milk fat in milk, cream, or skim milk for
market, or of using it to manufacture or produce any dairy product.
"Processing" does not, however, include separating by a producer, on
the dairy where the milk is produced nor shall milk so separated be
deemed to have been processed.  Placing bulk milk, cream, or skim
milk in cans for transportation to a handler from the dairy is not
canning as that term is used in this section.



64015.  "Producer" means any person that produces milk fat and sells
it, or delivers possession or control of it, to a handler, in the
form of unprocessed milk or cream, or in any other unprocessed form.



64016.  "Producer-handler" means any person that produces milk fat
and uses such production, or any part of it, for processing.  For the
purposes of this chapter, except as hereinafter otherwise provided,
a producer-handler is a producer in any transaction which involves
the delivery of unprocessed milk fat produced by him to another
handler, and is a handler with respect to milk fat produced by him or
received from another producer, and processed by such
producer-handler.


64017.  "Skim milk" is milk from which a substantial part of the
milk fat has been removed.