It shall be unlawful for any person to establish,
maintain, conduct, or operate a dairy farm, milk plant, receiving station, or
transfer station processing milk or milk products, to establish and operate a
cleaning and sanitizing facility or milk tank truck, to haul or sample milk, or
to act as a certified pasteurizer sealer within this State, or to bring in and
distribute from out-of-state milk and milk products without first obtaining a
permit from the Department. (Section 5 of the Act)
a) The Department will grant and renew a
permit for persons who maintain, conduct, or operate a milk plant, receiving
station, transfer station, or cleaning and sanitizing facilities within the
State of Illinois upon completion of an inspection that establishes compliance
with the Act and this Part and upon payment of the fee required by Section 5.1
of the Act. Milk plants that maintain cleaning and sanitizing facilities on the
same site as the plant do not have to obtain a separate permit for those
facilities.
b) The Department will
grant and renew a permit for persons who bring into and distribute pasteurized
milk or milk products from another state that has administrative rules or
requirements that provide for clean, sanitary and safe handling and processing
of pasteurized milk and milk products to ensure protection equivalent to that
provided by this Part upon receipt of an inspection report that establishes
compliance with that state's administrative rules or requirements and upon
payment of the fee required by Section 5.1 of the Act.
c) A permit will be granted to a milk
hauler-sampler when the following conditions are met:
1) An inspection establishes that the milk
hauler-sampler's equipment is in compliance with the provisions of the Act and
this Part;
2) The milk
hauler-sampler has successfully completed an examination administered by the
Department; and
3) The milk
hauler-sampler has paid the fee required by Section 5.1 of the Act.
d) A renewal permit will be
granted to a milk hauler-sampler when an inspection establishes that the milk
hauler-sampler's equipment and sampling procedures are in compliance with the
provisions of the Act and this Part and upon payment of the fee required by
Section 5.1 of the Act.
e) Dairy
Farm Permits
1) A dairy farm permit is
necessary when a farm does not presently hold a permit, when a change of
ownership occurs and only the farm owner's name was on the permit, or when a
change of tenant occurs and only the former tenant's name was on the
permit.
2) A dairy farm permit will
be granted to a dairy farm upon the completion of an inspection that
establishes compliance with the Act and this Part. The inspection includes
procedures for the establishment of a quality record. The quality record is
established by the results of four samples taken at a rate of not more than two
per week and on separate days within a three-week period.
3) Beginning July 1, 2016, a dairy farm with
a dairy farm permit may sell or offer for sale for human consumption raw milk
on the premises of the dairy farm in accordance with Section
775.55.
4) Beginning July 1, 2016, it is unlawful for
any person who does not possess a dairy farm permit in accordance with Section
775.50 or a raw milk permit in
accordance with Section
775.55 to produce, process,
sell, offer for sale or distribute raw milk for human consumption.
5) Beginning July 1, 2016, a dairy farm
producing raw milk for consumption only by family members living on the dairy
farm shall be exempt from Section
775.55.
f) Certified Pasteurizer Sealer Permits will
be issued in accordance with Section
775.115.
