Food and Agricultural Code section 34592

Market milk which is served by any school, hospital, hotel, boardinghouse, restaurant, soda fountain, lunch counter, or other places where food or drink is served to the public, shall be served in the individual service bottle or container which has been filled and capped or sealed in a milk room, properly designed and equipped as approved by the director, the cap or seal of which shall not be removed except in the presence of the consumer or patron. This section does not:

(a)

Apply to market cream or half-and-half.

(b)

Prohibit the serving of homogenized market milk from a milk dispensing device which has been approved for such use by the director pursuant to Section 34594.

(c)

Apply to any private boarding school which is licensed pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code which is also a private full-time day school within the meaning of Section 48222 of the Education Code.

(d)

Apply to any fraternity, sorority, dormitory or eating club, the existence of which is authorized or approved by the board of trustees or other governing agency of a college or university.

(e)

Apply to any children’s center, day care program, or preschool program, as such terms are used in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 8200) of Part 6 of the Education Code.

Source: Section 34592, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=34592.­ (accessed May 12, 2025).

Last Updated

May 12, 2025

§ 34592’s source at ca​.gov