61441-61443

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE
SECTION 61441-61443




61441.  Every distributor, person who sells at wholesale, or
manufacturer of milk, cream, or any dairy product shall maintain and
keep, for a period of three years from their initial recordation, or
for a period of three years from their expiration date, whichever
period is longer, all of the following records:
   (a) A record of all milk, cream, or dairy products received,
detailed as to location, names and addresses of suppliers, prices
paid, and deductions or charges made, and the use to which the milk
or cream was put.
   (b) A record of all milk, cream, or dairy products sold,
classified as to kind and grade of milk, cream, or dairy product,
showing where the milk, cream, and dairy products were sold, the
quantities sold, the amounts received for the sales, and the written
price schedules maintained by the distributor, person who sells at
wholesale, or manufacturer for all milk, cream, and dairy products
sold.
   (c) A record of the wastage or loss of milk or any dairy product.
   (d) A record of all costs of manufacturing, processing, handling,
sale, and delivery, including overhead costs.
   (e) A record of all property or financial transactions, other than
those for which records are maintained under subdivision (b),
between the distributor, person who sells at wholesale, or
manufacturer and wholesale customers.
   (f) Other records that the director may deem necessary for the
proper enforcement of this chapter.



61442.  The director shall have access to, and may enter at all
reasonable hours, any place where any dairy product is being
processed, bottled, stored, kept, or sold, or where the books,
papers, records, or documents pertaining to any transaction which
relates to any dairy product is kept. He may inspect and copy such
books, papers, records, or documents in any place within the state.



61442.1.  Within 60 days of the effective date of this section, each
manufacturing milk handler shall provide the director with a list of
the name, address, and date of every current contract between the
handler and manufacturing milk producers. Monthly thereafter, the
handler shall report to the director the same information on all
terminated, new, and amended contracts which has not been previously
reported. The director may assess a one hundred dollar ($100) penalty
against any manufacturing milk handler who fails to file the
required report for each report not filed.



61443.  Any record or report which is made to the director pursuant
to this article, or any contract required to be filed pursuant to
this chapter, is confidential and shall not be divulged, except if
necessary for the proper determination of any court proceeding or
hearing before the director.