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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 1. Milk Fat or Butter Fat 38151-38152

§ 38152

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

Milk fat or butterfat is the fat of milk. It shall have a Reichert-Meissl number not less than 24 and a specific gravity not less than 905/1000. In determining the specific gravity, milk fat at 40 degrees centigrade shall be compared with water at 40 degrees centigrade.

(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 9.)

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