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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 288.492

  • Director: means the director of the Michigan department of agriculture or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 288.473
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Milk: means the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of 1 or more healthy cows, goats, sheep, or other dairy animals. See Michigan Laws 288.474
  • Milk tank truck: means both a bulk milk pickup tanker and a milk transport tank. See Michigan Laws 288.475
     The director, after proper identification, is authorized and has the power to enter all dairy farms, milk plants, single service manufacturing facilities, milk tank truck cleaning facilities, receiving stations, transfer stations, distribution facilities, vehicles used to transport milk and milk products, and single service manufacturers under its jurisdiction for the purpose of inspecting, sampling, and investigating conditions relating to the enforcement of this act.