(a)
The Legislature intends that the director administer this article to accommodate, in a timely fashion, safe and wholesome milk products.
(b)
This article applies to products resembling milk products that are processed and sold pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 38901) and all milk and dairy products processed and sold pursuant to this division. This article does not apply to any of the following:
(1)
Combination milk and food products processed and sold pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 36661).
(2)
Special varieties of cheese processed and sold pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to Section 37402.
(c)
For purposes of this article, “new milk product” or “new product resembling a milk product” means a product for which no state statutory or administrative regulation standard of identity exists, and may include a product that is classified by the United States Food and Drug Administration as nonstandard.