Michigan Laws 288.531 – Bulk milk hauler/sampler; requirements for picking up milk; measurement; pickup record; information; copies; responsibility of driver for official samples
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 288.531
- Director: means the director of the Michigan department of agriculture or his or her designee. See Michigan Laws 288.473
- Farm tank: means the farm bulk milk tank, milk tank truck, or silo used for the storage or cooling, or both, of milk prior to pickup and transport from the farm. See Michigan Laws 288.473
- in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
- 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 buyer: means any producer, milk producer marketing organization, milk plant, receiving station, transfer station, or bulk milk hauler that either takes delivery of raw milk or raw milk product or manages the sale of the raw milk or raw milk product, or both. 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
- Producer: means a person that owns or operates a dairy farm and sells or distributes milk produced on that farm including a person that markets milk on behalf of a producer under a marketing agreement. See Michigan Laws 288.476
- Sanitary standards: means the dairy equipment construction standards or accepted dairy system operating practices formulated by 1 of the following:
(i) 3-A sanitary standards committees representing the International Association for Food Protection, the United States Public Health Service, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the dairy industry committee as approved by the director. See Michigan Laws 288.476
(1) A bulk milk hauler/sampler shall not take milk from a farm tank without first determining that the farmer has a valid permit. Milk shall be picked up from only an approved farm tank, constructed to sanitary standards with agitation and cooling except as approved in writing by the director on a case-by-case basis.
(2) A bulk milk hauler/sampler shall pick up only milk that appears to be normal and does not contain off odors or visible foreign material and that has been stored on the farm for no more than 72 hours, except that milk produced under the manufacturing milk law of 2001 may be stored as provided under that act. Goat milk may be stored up to 7 days in a farm tank if properly cooled. Sheep milk may be frozen for storage.
(3) A bulk milk hauler/sampler shall not record or report inaccurately a milk measurement taken in the farm tank. A measurement shall be made with a measuring gauge that is clean and wiped dry with a sanitary towel or by any other measuring method meeting the requirements of section 65(3).
(4) After measuring the milk in the farm tank, the bulk milk hauler/sampler shall promptly, accurately, and legibly record the following information on the pickup record:
(a) The gauge or stick reading.
(b) The converted gauge or stick reading in pounds.
(c) The date and time of pickup.
(d) The milk producer‘s name and permit number.
(e) The temperature of the milk from an accurate thermometer.
(f) The bulk milk hauler/sampler’s permit identification, which is the first and last name, or the hauler/sampler’s identification number printed on the license.
(g) The assigned “bulk tank unit” (BTU) number.
(5) A bulk milk hauler/sampler shall provide the original copy of the pickup record to the milk buyer and a duplicate copy, or other record acceptable to the director, to the producer.
(6) A milk tank truck driver engaged in direct farm pickup has direct responsibility for accompanying official samples.