California · Food and Agricultural Code - FAC

FAC §35756: This division, and the regulations of the director are not a limitation on the power of a municipality or county, by ordinance or regulation, to establish compulsory pasteurization of market milk or r

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This statute preserves the authority of municipalities and counties to enact ordinances or regulations requiring pasteurization of market milk through their own local rules.

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This division, and the regulations of the director are not a limitation on the power of a municipality or county, by ordinance or regulation, to establish compulsory pasteurization of market milk or reasonable higher standards for milk fat and solids-not-fat than those which are established in this division, but such standards shall apply only to market milk after standardization by a milk distributor.

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