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RI Gen L § 21-1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-1 - Frozen Food Products|Section 21-1-1 - Short title.

§ 21-1-1. Short title.This chapter shall be entitled and may be cited as the "Rhode Island Frozen Food Products Act".History of Section.P.L. 1963, ch. 164, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-1 - Frozen Food Products|Section 21-1-2 - Definitions.

§ 21-1-2. Definitions.(a) Unless the context otherwise requires, the words and phrases defined in this section are used in this chapter in the sense given them in the following definitions:(1) "Director" means the director of health.(2) "Frozen food" means and includes any article used for food or drink for man or other animals which has been: (i) processed, (ii) preserved, and/or (iii) packaged, and (iv) is destined for sale in a frozen state.(b) Where the term "and/or" is used, either word shall apply as the context requires.History of Section.P.L. 1963, ch. 164, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-1 - Frozen Food Products|Section 21-1-3 - Transportation and storage.

§ 21-1-3. Transportation and storage.No person engaged in the business of transporting, storing, or selling frozen food shall transport, store, and/or expose for sale that food within the state unless it is transported, stored, and/or exposed for sale under refrigeration which shall ensure good keeping qualities under temperatures and holding conditions approved by the director.History of Section.P.L. 1963, ch. 164, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-1-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-1 - Frozen Food Products|Section 21-1-4 - Rules and regulations.

§ 21-1-4. Rules and regulations.The director shall, after a public hearing following due notice to interested parties, promulgate rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this chapter for the storing and transportation of frozen food, including temperature control, sanitation, and other matters, in accordance with recognized standards necessary for the protection of public health and the preservation of frozen food in wholesome condition.History of Section.P.L. 1963, ch. 164, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-1-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-1 - Frozen Food Products|Section 21-1-5 - Enforcement.

§ 21-1-5. Enforcement.The director is authorized and directed to administer and supervise the enforcement of this chapter; to provide for any inspections and investigations, that may be necessary to:(1) Disclose violations;(2) Receive and provide for the investigation of complaints; and(3) Provide for the institution and prosecution of civil or criminal actions or both.History of Section.P.L. 1963, ch. 164, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-1-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-1 - Frozen Food Products|Section 21-1-6 - Complaints for violations.

§ 21-1-6. Complaints for violations.Complaints for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter may be made by the director or by any duly authorized agent of the director, or by any other person, and if made by the director or an agent, surety for costs on any complaint shall not be required, nor costs collected in case of failure to sustain the complaint.History of Section.P.L. 1963, ch. 164, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-1-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-1 - Frozen Food Products|Section 21-1-7 - Notice and hearing on violations.

§ 21-1-7. Notice and hearing on violations.Before any criminal proceeding is commenced for a violation of this chapter, the person against whom the proceeding is contemplated shall be given appropriate notice and an opportunity to present his or her views before the director or his or her designated agent, either orally or in writing, in person, or by attorney, with regard to the contemplated proceedings.History of Section.P.L. 1963, ch. 164, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-1-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-1 - Frozen Food Products|Section 21-1-8 - Notice of minor violations - Warnings.

§ 21-1-8. Notice of minor violations — Warnings.Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the director to report for the institution of proceedings under this chapter, minor violations of this chapter, whenever the director believes that the public interest will be adequately served in the circumstances by a suitable written notice or warning.History of Section.P.L. 1963, ch. 164, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-1-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-1 - Frozen Food Products|Section 21-1-9 - Injunctions authorized.

§ 21-1-9. Injunctions authorized.In addition to the remedies provided in § 21-1-10 the director is authorized to apply to the superior court for, and that court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and for cause shown to grant, a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of this chapter, irrespective of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law.History of Section.P.L. 1963, ch. 164, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-1-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-1 - Frozen Food Products|Section 21-1-10 - Violations of chapter - Penalty.

§ 21-1-10. Violations of chapter — Penalty.Any person that violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or of the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, and any principal, proprietor, agent, servant, or employee, who directs or knowingly permits the violation or who aids or assists in the violation, shall upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100); but if a violation is committed after a conviction of the person under this section has become final, the person shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each succeeding offense. Each violation shall be considered a separate offense.History of Section.P.L. 1963, ch. 164, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-1-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-1 - Frozen Food Products|Section 21-1-11 - Applicability to retail sales.

§ 21-1-11. Applicability to retail sales.Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply to the delivery of frozen food by a retailer to the purchaser.History of Section.P.L. 1963, ch. 164, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-1-12 - 21-1-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-1 - Frozen Food Products|Section 21-1-12 - 21-1-15 - Repealed.

§ 21-1-12 — 21-1-15. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 21-2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-1 - Short title.

§ 21-2-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known as "The Rhode Island Milk Sanitation Code".History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 189, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-3 - Definitions.

§ 21-2-3. Definitions.(a) "Cream" means the liquid milk product high in fat from milk, which may have been adjusted by adding to it: milk, concentrated milk, dry whole milk, skim milk, or nonfat dry milk.(b) "Director" means the director of the department of health, unless otherwise specified.(c) "Goat milk" is the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of healthy goats. The word "milk" is interpreted to include goat milk.(d) "Grade A" means milk, cream, and products of milk and cream, that comply with the applicable provisions of regulations established by the director.(e) "Milk" means the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by complete milking of one or more healthy cows. Milk that is in final package form for beverage use shall contain not less than eight and one-fourth percent (8.25%) milk solids not fat and not less than three and one-fourth percent (3.25%) milk fat. Milk may have been adjusted by separating part of the milk fat from it or by adding cream, concentrated milk, dry whole milk, skim milk, concentrated skim milk, or nonfat dry milk to it. The milk may be homogenized.(f) "Raw milk for pasteurization" means grade "A" milk for pasteurization and raw products of milk that comply with the sanitary standards for their production, transportation, receiving, handling, storage, processing, distribution, and sale as established by the director.(g) "Raw milk cheese" means any cheese manufactured from raw milk that meets United States food and drug administration (USFDA) standards for cheeses set forth in 21 C.F.R. 133 and has not undergone the process of pasteurization and that contains, as appropriate for the cheese, generally recognized as safe (GRAS) and suitable ingredients as defined in 21 C.F.R. 184.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 78, § 2; P.L. 1984, ch. 132, § 3; P.L. 1989, ch. 205, § 3; P.L. 2005, ch. 285, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 536, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-4 - Repealed.

§ 21-2-4. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 21-2-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-5 - Analysis of raw milk by private milk laboratories.

§ 21-2-5. Analysis of raw milk by private milk laboratories.(a) Each milk plant engaged in processing milk shall, at least once in each calendar month, either through its own agents or through its milk haulers, collect, preserve, and submit to a private milk laboratory for analysis a sample or samples of the milk of each producer supplying milk to the milk plant. The laboratory shall determine the bacterial counts of the sample, both as raw milk and after pasteurization in the laboratory, the determination to be made by the standard plate count method, as well as a determination for any harmful substances that the director may by regulation require, and shall keep a record of these findings for a period of not less than one year following the findings which shall be open to inspection by the director or any milk inspector. The laboratory shall make a report to the milk plant submitting the sample with respect to each determination.(b) The director may by regulation require any milk plant to submit samples of milk after pasteurization in the plant to a private laboratory for analysis for the purpose of ascertaining bacterial counts or the presence of harmful substances or organisms as the director may require, and the laboratory shall make its reports on its analysis available to the director in the same manner as with respect to samples of raw milk submitted by producers.(c) Regulations promulgated by the director pursuant to this section requiring sampling by a private milk laboratory shall not impose an unreasonable burden on milk plants. The director may in his or her discretion engage private laboratories to perform any additional tests that he or she may require in the event the expense of the tests constitutes an unreasonable burden on milk plants. The director may by regulation require producers of raw milk cheese to submit samples of unpasteurized milk for said analysis.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 132, § 3; P.L. 2005, ch. 285, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-2-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-6 - Grade A dairy farm permit holders.

§ 21-2-6. Grade A dairy farm permit holders.(a) All grade A dairy farms shall be inspected at least two (2) times each year by the department of health. If the grade A dairy farm is located outside of the state, the department may accept the inspection of some person or agency outside of the state of Rhode Island who has been qualified and approved by the director to make the inspection.(b) Every grade A dairy farm permit holder shall be equipped with a bulk storage and pickup tank with suitable and adequate cooling equipment, and no grade A raw milk for pasteurization from grade A dairy farms shall be picked up in cans.(c) No milk sold or shipped by a grade A dairy farm permit holder as grade A raw milk for pasteurization shall be commingled in any manner with milk or milk products of any other grade if it is to be sold as grade A pasteurized milk.(d) The director of health shall be responsible for the enforcement of this section.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 12; P.L. 1963, ch. 74, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 132, § 3; P.L. 1989, ch. 205, § 3.
RI Gen L § 21-2-7.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-7.1 - Rhode Island raw milk cheese.

§ 21-2-7.1. Rhode Island raw milk cheese.It shall be lawful to produce in this state for sale raw milk cheese, as defined in § 21-2-3, provided that for the facility for making of such raw milk cheese, an in-state processors permit is obtained pursuant to § 21-2-7. The fee for such permit shall be in accordance with the provisions of § 23-1-54 for permits issued pursuant to § 21-2-7(g)(1), and the facility where the cheese is made shall comply with applicable standards, administered by the director, for a food business, that are reasonable and appropriate for a facility of this type and nature.History of Section.P.L. 2016, ch. 536, § 2.
RI Gen L § 21-2-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-9 - Duration and renewal of permits.

§ 21-2-9. Duration and renewal of permits.(a) All permits issued by the director shall, unless renewed, expire at midnight of the last day of the twelfth month after the date of issue.(b) All permits may, except in the case of any permit revoked for cause after a hearing, as provided in this chapter, be renewable by the director upon the filing at least twenty (20) days before the expiration of the permit with the director of an application for renewal giving any information that the director shall, by written regulation, reasonably require.History of Section.P.L. 1931, ch. 1777, § 5; P.L. 1936, ch. 2355, § 1; P.L. 1937, ch. 2534, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 217, § 4; P.L. 1940, ch. 901, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 21-2-6; G.L. 1956, § 21-2-9; P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1; P.L. 1968, ch. 158, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 189, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-2-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-10 - Issuance of temporary permits.

§ 21-2-10. Issuance of temporary permits.In any case where a milk plant located outside of the state of Rhode Island shall make application in the first instance for a permit, the director may, in his or her absolute discretion, after taking any measures that he or she shall deem necessary to investigate the health of the animals furnishing milk to the plant, their facilities, and the facilities of the plant and/or the quality of milk of the applicant, as the circumstances shall require, issue a temporary permit which shall permit the milk plant to sell or process milk, as the case may be, for ultimate sale in the state of Rhode Island. No temporary permit shall extend for a period in excess of thirty (30) days.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-2-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-11 - Emergency powers.

§ 21-2-11. Emergency powers.(a) In the event of any serious disaster, such as conflagration, enemy attack, earthquake, flood, hurricane, tornado, drought, or other emergency, which shall result in an unusual nonseasonal shortage in the milk supply in the state of Rhode Island, the director shall have power, upon issuance of an order by him or her specifying the nature and extent of the emergency and without notice: (1) to suspend part or all of the regulations made under authority of this chapter; (2) to promulgate other or additional emergency regulations; and (3) to suspend part or all of the requirements of this chapter pertaining to inspection and the obtaining of permits by milk plants located outside the state of Rhode Island from which milk is derived for sale in the state of Rhode Island and pertaining to inspection of their milk producers and haulers.(b) In the case of any special emergency, the director may issue emergency permits for the importation of milk into the state of Rhode Island which has not been inspected at the source in accordance with this statute and the regulations pursuant to this chapter; provided, that the director shall be satisfied that any source of milk admitted by emergency permit shall not constitute a threat to the health of the people of Rhode Island, and provided that environmental conditions surrounding the production, transportation, and processing of the imported milk shall reasonably have been subject to inspection at its source under authority of law other than that of the state of Rhode Island.(c) The suspension and emergency regulations shall be for the duration of the emergency or forty (40) days, whichever period shall be shorter.(d) The director is empowered in the event of any contamination or threat of contamination of the milk supply alone to promulgate additional emergency regulations pertaining to the treatment and conditions of production, distribution, and sale of milk, the regulations to go into effect immediately without a hearing. The emergency regulations shall be in effect forty (40) days or the duration of the emergency, whichever period shall be shorter. The director shall promulgate the emergency regulations by filing a copy of the regulations in the secretary of state's office and having copies available for public inspection. As soon as practicable, the director shall give notice of the promulgation of the emergency regulations.History of Section.P.L. 1931, ch. 1777, §§ 2, 13; P.L. 1932, ch. 1865, §§ 1, 3; P.L. 1933, ch. 2037, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 217, §§ 2, 12; P.L. 1941, ch. 1043, § 5; G.L. 1956, §§ 21-2-4, 21-2-14; G.L. 1956, § 21-2-11; P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 132, § 3; P.L. 1985, ch. 150, § 36; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 45.
RI Gen L § 21-2-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-12 - Revocation of permits.

§ 21-2-12. Revocation of permits.In the event that any permittee shall be deemed by the director to have violated any of the provisions of this chapter, or of the regulations promulgated under this chapter, or of the terms of § 21-4.1-6, he or she may, in his or her discretion, initiate proceedings for the revocation of the permit of the permittee. The director shall give the permittee twenty (20) days' written notice of a hearing at which the permittee shall be given opportunity to show cause as to why his or her permit shall not be revoked. The director may, at the hearing, have the assistance of counsel in ruling upon evidence and in connection with the conduct of the hearing, or, in the alternative, the hearing may be conducted by a subordinate designated by the director for that purpose, who shall take a written record of the proceedings by a competent court stenographer, and the director may decide the issues arising at the hearing upon the basis of the written record. Any decision on the revocation of any permit shall be made by the director in writing by filing his or her written decision containing his or her findings of fact and conclusions in his or her office and serving a copy by registered or certified mail of his or her decision in the matter on the permittee.History of Section.P.L. 1931, ch. 1777, § 7; P.L. 1936, ch. 2355, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 217, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 21-2-8; G.L. 1956, § 21-2-12; P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 132, § 3; P.L. 1992, ch. 320, § 2.
RI Gen L § 21-2-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-13 - Appeals.

§ 21-2-13. Appeals.An appeal from any decision or order of the director may be taken by any aggrieved party to the superior court in the manner provided for in chapter 35 of title 42.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 132, § 2.
RI Gen L § 21-2-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-14 - Temporary permit suspension.

§ 21-2-14. Temporary permit suspension.Temporary permit suspensions shall take place in accordance with procedures set forth in the Grade "A" Pasteurized Milk Ordinance 1978 recommendations of the U.S. Public Health Serviceood and Drug Administration, and subsequent revisions.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 205, § 2.
RI Gen L § 21-2-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-15 - Repealed.

§ 21-2-15. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 21-2-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-16 - Embargo of sale or distribution of milk.

§ 21-2-16. Embargo of sale or distribution of milk.In the event that any milk inspector or the director shall at any time, upon inspection of any dairy farm of any Rhode Island milk producer or of the facilities or equipment of any hauler or of any milk processing plant or of the plant, store, or other premises of any distributor, or upon the examination, inspection, or analysis of any quantity of milk or milk product, or in the event that he or she shall receive a report of any unsatisfactory inspection as to the animals of any producer, become satisfied or has probable cause to believe that any supply or quantity of milk is adulterated or so misbranded as to be dangerous or fraudulent within the meaning of chapter 31 of this title, he or she may embargo the supply or quantity of milk in accordance with the procedures set forth in § 21-31-6.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 12, P.L. 1963, ch. 74, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 132, § 3.
RI Gen L § 21-2-17, 21-2-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-17, 21-2-18 - Repealed.

§ 21-2-17, 21-2-18. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 21-2-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-19 - Inspections and inspectors.

§ 21-2-19. Inspections and inspectors.The operations and facilities of all permittees located in the state of Rhode Island shall be inspected by the director or a milk inspector subordinate to the director at least twice each year. The operations and facilities of all permittees located outside the state of Rhode Island shall likewise be inspected by the director or a milk inspector subordinate to the director at least twice a year; provided, that in the event that the director shall be satisfied that the entire inspection service of another state shall be adequate and reliable to ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter on the part of producers, milk haulers, or permittees in another state, or in the event that he or she shall be satisfied as to the reliability of any one or more individual inspectors located in another state to ensure compliance, he or she may certify the service or the inspectors, as the case may be, to make the inspections of the operations and facilities of out-of-state permittees located in another state required under this section and required as a condition precedent to the issuance of permits in the first instance.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1.