DIVISION 15. MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ACT OF 1947 32501-39912›PART 3. MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS 36601-39912›CHAPTER 6. Products Resembling Milk Products 38901-38992›ARTICLE 6. Labels 38951-38956
§ 38953
California Food and Agricultural Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
An imitation milk product, the composition and physical characteristics of which closely resemble those of a milk product or a specified variety of a milk product may be labeled “imitation,” followed by the name of the milk product imitated; for example, “imitation milk,” “imitation coffee cream,” “imitation cheddar cheese.”
An imitation milk product, the composition and physical characteristics of which do not closely resemble those of a milk product or a defined variety of a milk product shall be labeled as “imitation” or “filled” or by any other term approved by the director, followed by a term which generally describes that category of milk product; for example, “imitation milk product,” “imitation cream product,” “imitation cheese product.”
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 787, Sec. 20.)
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