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.

(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 9.)

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Terms Used In California Food and Agricultural Code 38152

  • Reichert-Meissl number: means the number of milliliters of decinormal alkali which are required to neutralize the acidity of the distillate from five grams of fat treated in the manner specified in the regulations adopted by the director. See California Food and Agricultural Code 38151