California Code of Regulations
Title 3 - Food and Agriculture
Division 2 - Animal Industry
Chapter 1 - Dairies
Article 9 - Products Resembling Milk Products
Section 469 - Healthfulness and Purity

(a) All ingredients of imitation milk products and filled products, except for flavorings, shall be pasteurized in accordance with the provisions of sections 34001 and 35168 of the Food and Agricultural Code.

(b) Every trade product, except those which are acidified, having a fat or oil content of not more than 10 percent, shall have a Standard Plate Count of not more than 15,000 per milliliter if fluid, or per gram if semi-solid or solid, at the time of delivery to the consumer.

(c) Every trade product, except those which are acidified, having a fat or oil content in excess of 10 percent, shall have a Standard Plate Count of not more than 30,000 per milliliter if fluid, or per gram if semi-solid or solid, at the time of delivery to the consumer.

(d) Every trade product, including those which are acidified, regardless of whether the acidity is increased by bacterial culturing or by the addition of a food grade acid, shall have a coliform count of not more than 10 per milliliter if fluid, or per gram if semi-solid or solid, at any time the product is within the control of the processor.

(e) Every trade product which is sold in the frozen state shall have a Standard Plate Count of not more than 75,000 per gram at the time of delivery to the consumer.

(f) Procedures for the collection of samples provided for pursuant to section 32731 and analytical procedures shall be in substantial compliance with Standard Methods for the Examination of Dairy Products of the American Public Health Association and the Official Methods of Analyses of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists.