Food and Agricultural Code section 38152

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.

Source: Section 38152, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=38152. (updated Jan. 1, 1967; accessed Sep. 15, 2025).

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Original Source: Section 38152, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=38152. (last accessed May 12, 2025).