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          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  
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                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 Deletes an outdated provision.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)

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           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

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