California · Food and Agricultural Code - FAC

FAC §32901: It is unlawful for any person to sell, give away, deliver, or knowingly purchase or receive any milk, cream, product of milk or cream, imitation milk, imitation cream, product resembling a milk produc

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

It is unlawful to sell, give away, deliver, or knowingly purchase or receive milk or milk products that do not conform to established standards, or to mix milk with butter and sell it as milk or cream.

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It is unlawful for any person to sell, give away, deliver, or knowingly purchase or receive any milk, cream, product of milk or cream, imitation milk, imitation cream, product resembling a milk product, or any substitute for any milk product which does not conform to the standards which are established by this division. It is unlawful for any person to sell, give away, deliver, or knowingly purchase or receive as, or for, milk or cream any product which is prepared or manufactured by the mixing or blending of milk, skim milk, or any of the derivatives of milk or skim milk, with butter.

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