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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
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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 Deletes an outdated provision.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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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, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway,
Cooley, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier,
Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray,
Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor,
Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi,
Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel
P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Stone,
Ting, Torres, Wagner, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams,
Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Donnelly, Holden, Logue, Waldron, Vacancy
JL:k 6/18/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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