Milk Factors

Bard, Attorney General,

Receipt is acknowledged of your recent inquiry, wherein you request our opinion as to the legality of a certain purported agreement between milk dealers and milk producers, and whether the Milk Control Law or orders of the Milk Control Commission issued thereunder are applicable to said agreement.

The purported agreement may be summarized as follows : The milk dealer, described in the agreement as a “factor”, agrees to accept on consignment, for the purpose of processing and selling, any milk so consigned by producers. It is recited that the producer retains title to the…