Cal. Food and Agricultural Code § 35016

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any hotel, restaurant, food facility, boardinghouse, hospital, or other concern or agency that manufactures a product of milk for the use of, or purchase by, any patron, guest, patient, or employee shall obtain a milk products plant license. (b) (1) A hotel, restaurant, food facility, boardinghouse, hospital, or other concern or agency that manufactures hard frozen or semifrozen dairy products, or hard frozen or semifrozen nondairy desserts, for the use of, or purchase by, any patron, guest, patient, or employee shall obtain a limited frozen manufacturing permit from the secretary. (2) The permit may be issued only after the secretary determines that the facility is suitable for manufacturing those products. (3) A permit issued pursuant to this subdivision may be renewed annually, if the facility is found by the secretary, based on an onsite evaluation, to be in compliance with the conditions specified in subdivision (c). (c) A hotel, restaurant, food facility, boardinghouse, hospital, or other concern or agency issued a limited frozen manufacturing permit pursuant to this section shall meet all of the following standards: (1) The hard frozen and semifrozen products manufactured shall only be sold directly to purchasers on the premises of the permitted facility for the purpose of consumption. A hard frozen or semifrozen product manufactured pursuant to the limited frozen manufacturing permit shall not be sold for wholesale or resale. (2) All dairy ingredients used in the manufacture of hard frozen and semifrozen products shall have been prepasteurized at a licensed milk products plant. The receiving, processing, use, or handling of raw dairy ingredients is not permitted in a facility issued a limited frozen manufacturing permit. (3) Adequate facilities, consistent with recognized good manufacturing practices for the manufacture of hard frozen and semifrozen dairy products, as determined by the secretary, shall be provided as a condition of the limited frozen manufacturing permit. The facilities shall include, but not be limited to, adequate utensil and container washing, sanitization and storage, and sufficient sanitary work areas, including handwashing facilities, dedicated to the manufacture of hard frozen and semifrozen dairy products or hard frozen and semifrozen nondairy desserts. Sanitation standards consistent with good manufacturing and handling practices for retail food establishments in conformance with Part 117 (commencing with Section 117.1) of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations shall be utilized by the secretary as a condition for issuance and renewal of the limited frozen manufacturing permit. (4) The hotel, restaurant, boardinghouse, hospital, or other concern or agency shall not manufacture more than 7,500 gallons of hard frozen or semifrozen dairy products and hard frozen and semifrozen nondairy desserts during any year. Records documenting the volume of production of these hard frozen and semifrozen products manufactured during the preceding 12-month period shall be maintained at a facility issued a limited frozen manufacturing permit and shall be available for inspection by the secretary. (5) Hard frozen dairy products or nondairy frozen desserts manufactured at a facility issued a limited frozen manufacturing permit may be packaged exclusively for sale on the premises to patrons and guests. Packaging of frozen or semifrozen products for purposes of wholesale, resale, or for sale off the premises of the facility is prohibited. All packaged products shall be labeled with the manufacturer’s name, address, and limited frozen manufacturing permit number and comply with all applicable food labeling provisions of state and federal law.