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DIVISION 15. MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 32501-39912›PART 3. MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS 36601-39912›CHAPTER 5. Miscellaneous Dairy Products 38151-38895.2›ARTICLE 36. Kefir Milk—A Cultured Milk 38871-38874

§ 38872

California Food and Agricultural Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Kefir shall contain not less than 3.5 percent milk fat. Reduced-fat kefir shall contain not more than 2.1 percent milk fat. Lowfat kefir shall contain not more than 1.2 percent milk fat. Nonfat, skim, or fat-free kefir shall contain a maximum of twenty hundredths of 1 percent milk fat.

Kefir made from goat milk shall contain not less than 2.8 percent of milk fat.

(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 329, Sec. 32. Effective August 21, 1997.)

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