California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2538

Introduced by Assembly Member Quirk

February 21, 2014

An act to amend Section 38761 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to dairy products.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2538, as introduced, Quirk. Dairy products: cream: bacteria and coliform bacteria limits.

Existing law defines light cream, light whipping cream, heavy cream, and whipped cream for purposes of regulation of dairy products and sets limits on the amount of bacteria per gram and coliform bacteria per gram that may be present in any of those cream products.

This bill would increase the allowable limits from 20,000 to 25,000 bacteria per gram and from 10 to 15 coliform bacteria per gram for those cream products.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 38761 of the Food and Agricultural Code
is amended to read:

38761.  

For begin delete the end delete purposes of this begin delete article end delete begin insert article, end insert light cream, light
whipping cream, heavy cream, and whipped cream are market
cream products and shall begin insert not end insert contain begin delete not end delete more than begin delete 20,000 end delete begin insert 25,000 end insert
bacteria per gram and not more than begin delete 10 end delete begin insert 15 end insert coliform bacteria per
gram.