BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 1390| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONSENT Bill No: AB 1390 Author: Assembly Agriculture Committee Amended: 4/16/13 in Assembly Vote: 21 SENATE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE : 3-0, 06/18/13 AYES: Galgiani, Lieu, Wolk NO VOTE RECORDED: Cannella, Berryhill ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 5/9/13 (Consent) - See last page for vote SUBJECT : Milk products: pasteurization: goat milk SOURCE : Dairy Institute of California DIGEST : This bill allows licensed milk products plants to import pasteurized goat milk cheese curd from separate, off-site, licensed milk products plants or similar food facilities registered with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the purposes of goat milk cheese manufacturing. ANALYSIS : Existing law: 1. Requires that all milk, and milk products, be pasteurized at the plant where those products are processed and packaged. A. Exempts certain products, including licensed milk CONTINUED AB 1390 Page 2 products plants that are used exclusively for the preparation of ice cream, and products sold at soft-serve establishments, such as frozen yogurts and desserts. 2. Defines a milk product plant to mean any place which engages in the business of handling, receiving, manufacturing, freezing, processing, or packaging milk, or any product of milk, or engages in the business of manufacturing, freezing, or processing imitation ice cream or imitation ice milk, as specified. 3. Defines pasteurized, ultrapasteurized, and aseptically processed, as they relate to milk products. 4. Specifies milk products plant sanitation standards. This bill: 1. Allows pasteurized goat milk cheese curd produced at a licensed milk products plant to be transported to a separate, licensed, milk products plant for the purpose of goat cheese production. 2. Deletes an outdated provision. Background Goat milk production . According to the Senate Agriculture Committee analysis, the production of goat milk is seasonal due to the fact that goats are naturally seasonal breeders. Goats, like humans, produce milk only after parturition (childbirth, or in this instance, "kidding"). There are some methods to encourage goats to breed off-season in order to obtain a continual milk supply; however, the overall availability of goat milk products needed to make goat cheese is inconsistent, and at times, the demand for goat milk products exceeds the availability of local goat milk supply. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No SUPPORT : (Verified 6/18/13) Dairy Institute of California (source) CONTINUED AB 1390 Page 3 Cypress Grove Chevre ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office, this bill ensures that the law is being followed correctly by authorizing cheese plants to import goat milk cheese curd that has been pasteurized, ultrapasteurized, or aseptically processed from licensed goat milk products plants or similar plants that meet specified sanitation requirements and are registered as a food facility with the FDA in compliance with the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Therefore, by including pasteurized goat milk cheese curd as an exemption to on-site processing and packaging requirements, goat cheese manufacturers will have an increased supply of cheese curd while ensuring that safety and quality standards are met, as long as the originating source follows pasteurization requirements, as specified. ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 5/9/13 AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom, Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hernández, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Torres, Wagner, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez NO VOTE RECORDED: Donnelly, Holden, Logue, Waldron, Vacancy JL:k 6/18/13 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END **** CONTINUED