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HomeFood and Agricultural CodeDiv. 21Pt. 3Ch. 2Art. 3§ 61871 Cooperative Milk Producer Transactions

§ 61871 Cooperative Milk Producer Transactions

Food and Agricultural Code·California
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§ 61871 Cooperative Milk Producer Transactions

Key Takeaways

  • •A nonprofit group that helps farmers sell their milk is treated like a farmer in milk sales.
  • •This group can collect, sell, or handle milk for its members and even non-members.
  • •The group can get paid for the milk and must share the money fairly with the farmers.
  • •This rule applies to all milk products, like raw milk or packaged milk.

Example

A group of dairy farmers joins a nonprofit cooperative to sell their milk together.

The cooperative can collect milk from the farmers, sell it to stores or other buyers, and then pay the farmers their share of the money. The law treats the cooperative like a farmer in these deals.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 61871 Cooperative Milk Producer Transactions

For the purposes of this chapter, a nonprofit cooperative association organized and existing under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 54001) of Division 20, that acts for producers, including members and any nonmembers of the association, to whom it accounts on a patronage basis, is a producer in any of the following transactions: (a) Any transaction which involves its receipt or handling of bulk market milk produced or delivered by such producers. (b) Any transaction which involves the sale or delivery of bulk market milk to any producer, handler, or manufacturer, or other nonprofit cooperative association of producers. (c) The receipt by it of payment for bulk market milk, packaged market milk, or any other product of market milk produced or delivered by such producers. (d) Any transaction in connection with accounting to such producers for the proceeds derived from the sale or marketing of bulk market milk, packaged market milk, or any other product of market milk produced or delivered by such producers. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1192.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

producerassociationtransactionconnection

Related Statutes

  • § 61872 Nonprofit Cooperative Milk Handlers
  • § 61331 Cooperative Dairy Producer Transactions
  • § 24713 Poultry Producer Retail Exemption
  • § 54404 Producer Trade Complaint Enforcement
  • § 59509 Producer Trade Channel Definition

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 61871.
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