Section 35784.2.

CA Food & Agri Code § 35784.2 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, 6 percent milk is a standard of identity and shall contain not less than 6 percent of milk fat and not less than 8.7 percent of solids not fat at the time of delivery to the consumer.

(2) The minimum percentages of milk fat and solids not fat prescribed by this section may vary by an amount no greater than 0.1 of 1 percent, if the total combined percentages of milk fat and solids not fat equals or exceeds 14.7 percent at the time of delivery to the consumer.

(b) The secretary may establish milk standards for 6 percent milk sold in the state.

(c) Six percent milk shall meet all of the following:

(1) All the standards and requirements for market milk as specified in this division, except as provided for in subdivision (a).

(2) The applicable labeling requirements required pursuant to Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The name used on the label shall be “6 percent milk” or “6% milk.”

(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 301, Sec. 3. (AB 466) Effective January 1, 2020.)