Food and Agricultural Code section 37161

Butter is the product made by gathering the fat or fresh or ripened milk or cream into a mass, which also contains a small portion of other milk constituents.

Source: Section 37161, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=37161. (updated Jan. 1, 1967; accessed Nov. 10, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/food_and_agricultural_code_section_37161

Original Source: Section 37161, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=37161. (last accessed May 12, 2025).