§ 33762 Milk Quality Standards

Food and Agricultural Code·California

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•Milk or cream must be clean and fresh—no dirt, bad smells, or weird stuff mixed in.
•If milk is spoiled, rotten, or has gross stuff in it, factories can’t use it to make cheese, yogurt, or other dairy products.
•Foreign stuff (like chemicals or dirt) that makes milk unsafe or low-quality is not allowed.

Example

A dairy farm tries to sell milk that smells bad and has chunks in it.

The factory can’t take this milk because it’s spoiled and unclean. They have to throw it away instead of making yogurt with it.

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§ 33762 Milk Quality Standards

Milk or cream, or any product of milk or cream, shall not be received, by a milk products plant if such milk or cream, or product of milk or cream, comes within any of the following classes: (a) Is impure, tainted, unclean, adulterated, or unwholesome. (b) Has reached an advanced stage of fermentation. (c) Shows a state of putrefactive fermentation. (d) Contains foreign substances which are detrimental to the quality of the product manufactured from the milk or cream or the product of milk or cream. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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impure tainted unclean adulterated unwholesome advanced stage of fermentation putrefactive fermentation foreign substances

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 33762.

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