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MT Code § 81-22-108 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 22. Manufactured Dairy Products|Part 1. Administration|81-22-108. Antimonopoly statutes applicable

  81-22-108. Antimonopoly statutes applicable. The provisions of Title 30, chapter 14, part 2, relating to monopoly in the purchase or sale of products in general use are hereby expressly made applicable to all persons engaged in the business of buying milk, cream, or butterfat for the purpose of manufacture and those who shall violate any of the provisions of said sections. All milk, cream, butterfat, manufactured dairy products, or products made in the semblance or imitation of manufactured dairy products are hereby declared to be commodities and products in general use within the meaning of the sections aforesaid.   History: En. Sec. 43, Ch. 413, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 3-24-130.
MT Code § 81-22-201 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 22. Manufactured Dairy Products|Part 2. Licensing Provisions|81-22-201. License required to operate manufactured dairy products plant

  81-22-201. License required to operate manufactured dairy products plant. (1) It is unlawful for any person to operate a manufactured dairy products plant, concentrated, condensed, or evaporated milk and/or cream plant, milk and cream buying station, creamery, dairy producing milk for manufacturing purposes, water ice manufacturing plant, cheese plant including cottage cheese, and cream cheese, sour cream, yogurt, or frozen dessert manufacturing plant without first obtaining a license from the department.  (2) Any manufactured dairy products plant or dairy which undergoes a change of ownership must be considered a new plant or dairy for relicensing purposes, provided that changes of ownership may not be construed to include changes of stockholders.   (3) A small dairy selling milk or cream as homemade food or a homemade food product pursuant to Title 50, chapter 49, part 2, is exempt from the licensing requirements of this section.   History: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 413, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 3-24-107; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 320, L. 2021.
MT Code § 81-22-202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 22. Manufactured Dairy Products|Part 2. Licensing Provisions|81-22-202. Licensing of persons engaged in production of milk

  81-22-202. Licensing of persons engaged in production of milk. (1) The department may license persons engaged in the production of milk for manufacturing purposes and license persons who manufacture dairy products or products made in their semblance or imitation when the products are made in a manufactured dairy products plant.   (2) The department may examine and license weighers, graders, samplers, and milk and cream testers in order to establish the qualifications of these persons to perform those operations or tests for which the licenses are issued.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 413, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 3-2490.
MT Code § 81-22-204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 22. Manufactured Dairy Products|Part 2. Licensing Provisions|81-22-204. License required for milk or cream route

  81-22-204. License required for milk or cream route. It is unlawful for a person to engage in hauling milk or cream on an established milk or cream route for a manufactured dairy products plant, milk plant, or milk or cream station without first procuring a license from the department. The department shall establish a fee for the license.   History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 413, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 3-24-100; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 14, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 444, L. 1983.
MT Code § 81-22-205 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 22. Manufactured Dairy Products|Part 2. Licensing Provisions|81-22-205. Examination and licensing of persons engaged in testing

  81-22-205. Examination and licensing of persons engaged in testing. (1) A person may not operate a butterfat, protein, solids, or other component content test where milk or cream is bought and paid for on the basis of these values without first passing an appropriate examination and obtaining the license required by the department. A person desiring to operate these tests shall apply to the department for permission to take the butterfat, protein, solids, or other component content test operator's examination. The examination must be given to the applicant by the department. On passing the examination to the satisfaction of the department, the applicant must be issued a license authorizing the applicant to conduct these tests in this state. The department shall establish a fee to be paid for each license and for each renewal.   (2) Milk and cream tester's licenses may be revoked, suspended, or denied when testing is not conducted under official test procedures or under department rules. If the tester regularly or habitually reports results below the actual values of the butterfat, protein, solids, or other compound component values, the licensee is subject to the penalties provided in this chapter. A person who alters the results of an official test is subject to the penalties provided in this chapter.   History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 413, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 3-24-102; amd. Sec. 27, Ch. 444, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2704, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-22-206 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 22. Manufactured Dairy Products|Part 2. Licensing Provisions|81-22-206. Licensing of graders, weighers, and samplers

  81-22-206. Licensing of graders, weighers, and samplers. It is unlawful for a person to grade, weigh, or sample milk or cream to be used for processing into grade A milk and cream or used in manufactured dairy products without first procuring a license as a grader, weigher, and sampler from the department and passing the examination required by the department.   History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 413, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 3-24-105(2).
MT Code § 81-22-207 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 22. Manufactured Dairy Products|Part 2. Licensing Provisions|81-22-207. License -- issuance and penalty

  81-22-207. License -- issuance and penalty. (1) All licenses issued under this part are issued as a matter of privilege, rather than as a matter of right, and only after proper qualifications under the rules of the board.   (2) All licenses issued under this part are valid, unless suspended or revoked for cause, from the date of issue through December 31 of the year in which issued. All licenses must be renewed by January 31 following the date of the license expiration on payment of the required fee.   (3) All licenses issued under this part must be posted in conspicuous view at the place of business.   (4) Licenses issued under this part are not transferable from place to place or person to person.   (5) Penalties of $5 per month or fraction of a month from January 31 of each year may be imposed by the department for a failure to apply for a license under this part. Regulatory action may not be taken against a dairy producer licensed under this part until 2 years following the adoption of rules under this chapter.   History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 413, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 3-24-101; amd. Sec. 2705, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-22-208 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 22. Manufactured Dairy Products|Part 2. Licensing Provisions|81-22-208. Licenses and schedule of license fees

  81-22-208. Licenses and schedule of license fees. (1) Licenses and license fees required under this part must be established by the department for the following facilities and activities:   (a) a manufactured dairy products plant. However, a plant license is not required of a retail food establishment licensed as provided in Title 50, chapter 50, and a license is not required to manufacture nondairy products when only nondairy products are manufactured.   (b) a cream station. However, a license is not required if the cream station is owned and operated by a licensed plant, but the milk and cream, equipment, premises, and means of transporting milk or cream are subject to official inspection.   (c) a dairy producing milk for manufacturing purposes. However, a dairy license is not required if the dairy farm is licensed by the department to produce and sell milk or cream in the form in which it is originally produced as required by 81-21-102.   (d) a grader-weigher-sampler, tester, and hauler. However, a separate grader-weigher-sampler, tester, and hauler license is required whether a person performing these activities owns and operates the plant, is employed by the plant, or is self-employed.   (2) (a) A license is valid on the date issued and expires on December 31 of that year unless suspended or revoked by the department. A license must be renewed by the first January 31 following the expiration date. A license renewal application form may be supplied by the department. The license renewal application form when returned to the department must be accompanied by the correct license fee.   (b) A license must be posted in conspicuous view at the place of business.   (c) A license is not transferable from place to place or from person to person.   (3) A penalty fee in an amount established by rule by the department may be imposed on a person who fails to apply for renewal of a license if under this part that person is required to be licensed.   (4) All license fees collected under this section must be deposited in the general fund.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 451, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 3-24-112.1; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 444, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 352, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 552, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 30, Ch. 239, L. 2015.
MT Code § 81-22-209 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 22. Manufactured Dairy Products|Part 2. Licensing Provisions|81-22-209. License requirements applicable

  81-22-209. License requirements applicable. The licenses required under this part apply only to those licenses issued by the department. This part does not repeal or abrogate the authority of or the issuance of licenses by the department of public health and human services.   History: En. Sec. 42, Ch. 413, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 36, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 3-24-129; amd. Sec. 353, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 553, Ch. 546, L. 1995.
MT Code § 81-22-301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 22. Manufactured Dairy Products|Part 3. Inspection|81-22-301. Tests and analyses -- admissibility as evidence

  81-22-301. Tests and analyses -- admissibility as evidence. (1) The department may require a chemist, biologist, microbiologist, serologist, or other qualified employee of the department of public health or other laboratory approved by the department to test or analyze samples of milk, cream, manufactured dairy products, or products made in the semblance or imitation of these products.   (2) (a) The following tests or analyses may be used:   (i) an appropriate test method listed in Standard Methods for the Examination of Dairy Products, current edition--American Public Health Association, Inc., or in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste Water, current edition--American Public Health Association, Inc.;   (ii) the methods in the Official Methods of Analysis of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists, current edition as published by the association of official analytical chemists; or   (iii) any other appropriate tests approved by the department.   (b) The results of these tests or analyses are admissible as prima facie evidence of the facts disclosed in a court, hearing, or proceeding arising under this chapter when the tests or analyses are identified by the sample numbers and verified by the department representative and analyst handling them. These tests and analyses must be designated and referred to as "official tests".   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 413, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 310, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 12, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 3-2498; amd. Sec. 354, Ch. 418, L. 1995.
MT Code § 81-22-302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 22. Manufactured Dairy Products|Part 3. Inspection|81-22-302. Taking and preservation of samples

  81-22-302. Taking and preservation of samples. (1) A person purchasing or sampling milk or cream for manufacture, sale, or shipment and paying for the milk or cream on the basis of the butterfat, protein, solids, or other compound components contained in the milk or cream as determined by official test, when receiving the milk or cream, shall take a sample of the milk or cream.   (2) All samples taken shall be plainly marked or labeled on the records of the purchaser or sampler to correspond with the name of the person from whom the purchase was made or sample obtained. The record of purchase shall also show the weight of the milk or cream, the results of the analysis, the date of sampling, and the amount paid. All milk and cream samples on which payment for butterfat, protein, solids, or other components is based shall be kept and suitably preserved by the purchaser for a minimum of 14 days following testing in the case of milk and for at least 2 days in the case of cream. These samples are subject to retest by the department.   (3) This section does not prohibit the weighing or measuring of milk in and sampling of milk from farm bulk milk tanks or the use of composite or single samples of milk according to rules adopted by the department or the test procedures prescribed in this chapter.   History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 413, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 3-2499.
MT Code § 81-22-303 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 22. Manufactured Dairy Products|Part 3. Inspection|81-22-303. Sampling and testing by department

  81-22-303. Sampling and testing by department. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the department has the authority to sample, test, or retest samples of milk or cream or their products at any dairy, at the premises of any supplier of milk or cream for manufacturing purposes, or at any manufactured dairy products plant, milk plant, or cream buying or receiving station.  (2) The department may not sample, test, or retest milk or cream sold as homemade food pursuant to Title 50, chapter 49, part 2.   History: En. Sec. 16, Ch. 413, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 3-24-103; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 320, L. 2021.
MT Code § 81-22-304 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 22. Manufactured Dairy Products|Part 3. Inspection|81-22-304. Department's right of entry into dairy or plants for inspection -- penalty

  81-22-304. Department's right of entry into dairy or plants for inspection -- penalty. (1) The department or its authorized agent has the right of entry during normal business hours, including Sundays and holidays, into a dairy supplying milk or cream for manufacturing purposes, manufactured dairy products plant, milk plant, cream receiving station, transportation facility, or any premises where dairy products, dairy manufactured products, or their substitutes or imitations are produced, manufactured, sold, offered for sale, or stored while in transit to inspect the dairy or plant, its facilities and products, or to obtain samples for testing or analysis. It is unlawful for a person to interfere with the department or its authorized agent in the performance of its duty to enter, inspect, or obtain samples.  (2) Violation of this section is a misdemeanor and subjects the offender to a fine of not less than $50 and not more than $500 or to imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 1 or more than 30 days or both such fine and imprisonment.   (3) The department's right of entry under this section does not apply to small dairies selling milk or cream as homemade food or a homemade food product pursuant to Title 50, chapter 49, part 2.   History: En. Sec. 27, Ch. 413, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 30, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 3-24-114; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 320, L. 2021.
MT Code § 81-22-305 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 22. Manufactured Dairy Products|Part 3. Inspection|81-22-305. Cooperative agreements with other agencies

  81-22-305. Cooperative agreements with other agencies. (1) The department may enter into cooperative working agreements with state, county, city, and town departments and their political or departmental subdivisions to facilitate the performance of its functions or duties.   (2) This section permits the department to establish cooperative working agreements with health departments, sanitarians, or health officers when special investigations, sampling, or analyses are considered advisable.   History: En. Sec. 28, Ch. 413, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 3-24-115.
MT Code § 81-22-401 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 22. Manufactured Dairy Products|Part 4. Sanitation, Quality, and Labeling Requirements|81-22-401. Grading of milk -- condemnation of unsafe milk

  81-22-401. Grading of milk -- condemnation of unsafe milk. Except for milk or cream sold as homemade food or a homemade food product pursuant to Title 50, chapter 49, part 2, milk or cream purchased for use in milk plants or for use in a manufactured dairy product in this state must be graded by licensed graders, weighers, and samplers. It is unlawful to sell, purchase, or use milk or cream for a food purpose if the milk or cream is found to be musty, adulterated, rancid, dirty, with marked undesirable odors or flavors, or to contain foreign objects, fragments, substances, or excessive bacteria. The milk or cream grader or the department shall condemn the milk or cream and may add to the milk or cream a nontoxic coloring substance or rennet and return it to or leave it with the producer with an explanation of the cause for rejection.  History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 413, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 3-24-104; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 320, L. 2021.
MT Code § 81-22-402 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 22. Manufactured Dairy Products|Part 4. Sanitation, Quality, and Labeling Requirements|81-22-402. Employment of grader, weigher, and sampler -- revocation of operator's license

  81-22-402. Employment of grader, weigher, and sampler -- revocation of operator's license. (1) Persons receiving or purchasing milk or cream and persons collecting milk or cream on milk or cream routes shall provide a licensed grader, weigher, and sampler at each receiving station or for each route.   (2) A person who knowingly employs an unlicensed person as a grader, weigher, and sampler or one whose license has been revoked or suspended is subject to revocation of that person's own license to operate a manufactured dairy products plant or cream or milk receiving station or to the penalties prescribed in this chapter.   History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 413, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 3-24-105(1), (3); amd. Sec. 2706, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-22-403 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 22. Manufactured Dairy Products|Part 4. Sanitation, Quality, and Labeling Requirements|81-22-403. Plans for construction, remodeling, or relocation of manufacturing plant

  81-22-403. Plans for construction, remodeling, or relocation of manufacturing plant. (1) Before the construction, extensive remodeling, or relocation of a dairy products manufacturing plant, detailed plans must be submitted to the department for review and approval before construction, remodeling, or relocation begins. The plans must show:   (a) size of rooms;   (b) type of building material;   (c) lighting and electrical system;   (d) ventilation;   (e) location of water supply;   (f) sewage disposal;   (g) materials to be used in floors, walls, and ceilings;   (h) location and type of floor drains;   (i) plumbing, plumbing fixtures, equipment; and   (j) the makes, models, and serial numbers of new or used equipment or machinery being added to or replacing existing equipment or machinery.   (2) Replacement equipment must be of the NSF or 3A standard approved types unless otherwise approved by the department. Construction and materials must conform to rules of the department and of building, electrical, and plumbing codes in effect in the area.   (3) Wastewater, sewage, and air pollutants must be disposed by means approved by the department of environmental quality, and evidence must be submitted that approval has been obtained from the department of environmental quality.   History: En. Sec. 23, Ch. 413, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 27, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 3-24-110; amd. Sec. 355, Ch. 418, L. 1995.
MT Code § 81-22-404 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 22. Manufactured Dairy Products|Part 4. Sanitation, Quality, and Labeling Requirements|81-22-404. Removal or destruction of products in case of potential health hazards

  81-22-404. Removal or destruction of products in case of potential health hazards. (1) When epidemiological evidence indicates or the likelihood exists that a dairy or manufactured dairy products plant is producing, manufacturing, storing, handling, or offering for sale milk or a manufactured dairy product that is adulterated or that may be detrimental to the health or safety of the consumer, the department may request the department of public health and human services to remove the product from the market or to hold, dispose of, destroy, or treat the product so that it no longer constitutes a potential health hazard.   (2) It is unlawful for a person to violate an order that requires the product's removal from the market or its retention, disposal, destruction, or treatment. Violation is punishable as a misdemeanor, and each violation is subject to a fine of not less than $25 or more than $250 or to imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 30 days, or both fine and imprisonment.   History: En. Sec. 26, Ch. 413, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 29, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 3-24-113; amd. Sec. 356, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 554, Ch. 546, L. 1995.
MT Code § 81-22-405 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 22. Manufactured Dairy Products|Part 4. Sanitation, Quality, and Labeling Requirements|81-22-405. Labeling of cheese containers

  81-22-405. Labeling of cheese containers. Except for a small dairy selling milk or cream as homemade food or a homemade food product pursuant to Title 50, chapter 49, part 2, it is unlawful and punishable as a misdemeanor for any person to offer for sale, expose for sale, or sell any cheese in any container or wrapper unless such container or wrapper bears a legible label or inscription indicating the net weight, type or style of cheese, and the manufacturer's or distributor's name and address or plant number.  History: En. Sec. 30, Ch. 413, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 3-24-117(part); amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 320, L. 2021.
MT Code § 81-22-406 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 22. Manufactured Dairy Products|Part 4. Sanitation, Quality, and Labeling Requirements|81-22-406. Products to be kept at safe temperature

  81-22-406. Products to be kept at safe temperature. All manufactured dairy products which are handled, displayed, transported, exposed for sale, offered for sale, or sold in Montana shall be considered perishable and potentially hazardous and shall be kept at safe temperature or below; provided, however, that:   (1) nothing in this requirement shall be construed as prohibiting higher temperatures which are necessary for curing, ripening, or aging of certain cheeses and cultured products; and   (2) this section does not apply to manufactured dairy products packaged in hermetically sealed containers or sterile manufactured dairy products which do not require refrigeration for their safekeeping.   History: En. Sec. 30, Ch. 413, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 3-24-117(part).