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Food and Agricultural Code § 38152

ARTICLE 1. Milk Fat or Butter Fat

Current as of September 28, 2026Food & Agr. Code, § 38152Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 9.

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.