2 CSR 80-3.070 - The Grading of Milk and Milk Products
(1) Grades shall be based on the following
standards, the grading of milk products being identical with the grading of
milk, except that the bacterial count standards shall be doubled in the case of
cream. The grade of milk product shall be that of the lowest grade of milk
product used in its preparation.
(A) Grade "A"
raw milk is raw milk produced upon dairy farms conforming with all of the
following items of sanitation. The bacterial plate count of the milk shall not
exceed twenty thousand (20,000) per milliliter and not more than ten (10)
coliform per milliliter as determined in accordance with 2 CSR 803.001.
1. Cow health. All herds and additions shall
be tested and found free of tuberculosis before any milk is sold, and all herds
shall be retested at least every twelve (12) months thereafter until accredited
or certified by the United States Department of Agriculture as a
tuberculosis-free herd. The tests and retests shall be made and any reactors
disposed of, in accordance with the latest requirements approved by the United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA), for tuberculosis-free accredited
herds, in effect at the time of the adoption of these regulations. A
certificate identifying each animal signed by the veterinarian or attested to
by the state authority, and filed as directed by the state authority, shall be
evidence to the previously-mentioned test.
A.
All herds and additions shall be tested and found free of brucellosis before
any milk is sold, and all herds shall be retested at least every twelve (12)
months thereafter until accredited or certified by the United States Department
of Agriculture as a brucellosis-free herd. Tests and retests shall be made, and
any reactors disposed of in accordance with the latest requirements by the
USDA, in effect at the time of the adoption of these rules. A certificate
identifying each animal, signed by the veterinarian and the director of the
laboratory making the test and filed as directed by the state authority, shall
be evidence of the previous test.
B. Cows which show a complete induration of
one (1) quarter or extensive induration in one (1) or more quarters of the
udder, upon physical examination whether secreting abnormal milk or not, shall
be permanently excluded from the milking herd, provided that this shall not
apply in the case of quarter that is completely dry. Cows giving bloody,
stringy, or otherwise abnormal milk, but without entire or extensive induration
of the udder, shall be excluded from the herd until reexamination shows that
the milk has become normal.
C. For
other diseases, such tests and examinations as the state authority may require
after consultation with state livestock sanitary officials shall be made at
intervals and by methods prescribed by him/her, and any diseased animals or
reactors shall be disposed of as s/he may require.
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