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RI Gen L § 21-2-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-20 - Special inspections.

§ 21-2-20. Special inspections.In the event that any operator of a milk plant or distributor shall desire to obtain milk to be sold in the state of Rhode Island from any location outside the state, and inspectors for that location have not been certified or approved by the director, and it shall be necessary in order to make the milk conform to the requirements of this statute and the regulations promulgated to provide specially for the necessary inspections pertaining to it, the director may in the alternative either: (1) approve and certify an inspector specially for the purpose; or (2) send an inspector from the director's own department for the purposes of making the inspections. In either event the milk haulers, the operator of milk plants, or distributors, as the case may be, requesting the inspection and the issuance of any permits involved, shall pay to the director all of the reasonable expenses and the salary pro rata of the inspectors not only of the inspection in the first instance incident to the issuance of permits, but for all subsequent inspections required by the director in the premises, the expenses to be allocated proportionately, according to volume, among the permittees requesting the inspections, if more than one.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-2-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-21 - Inspectors and assistants.

§ 21-2-21. Inspectors and assistants.The director shall employ any inspectors and assistants in enforcing the provisions of this chapter as he or she shall deem necessary and may delegate to them any powers possessed by him or her under the provisions of this chapter except those conferred upon him or her by §§ 21-2-11, 21-2-23, and 21-2-29 and which he or she is not in those sections specifically authorized to delegate.History of Section.P.L. 1931, ch. 1777, § 14; G.L. 1938, ch. 217, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 21-2-15; G.L. 1956, § 21-2-21, P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-2-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-22 - Inspection of animals and milk.

§ 21-2-22. Inspection of animals and milk.(a) Responsibility for the inspection of herds and animals of milk producers within the state of Rhode Island shall be imposed upon the director of environmental management who shall enforce compliance on the part of Rhode Island producers with the provisions of, and as provided in chapters 4, 5, 6, and 7 of title 4. With respect to the herds of producers of milk sold or destined for sale in the state of Rhode Island whose herds or establishments are located outside the state, it shall be the duty of the director of environmental management, either personally or through the director's subordinates or veterinarians or technicians approved by the director, to make inspection of the herds and animals, wherever located, to assure himself or herself that they comply in all respects with the same requirements pertaining to the herds and animals of Rhode Island producers under the provisions of chapters 4, 5, 6, and 7 of title 4, or in the event that the director is satisfied as to the competence and reliability of an entire inspection service or of individual inspectors of cattle available in the state where the herds or establishments of the out-of-state producers are located, he or she may approve the service or the inspectors, as the case may be, and solicit and accept the certification of those inspectors to the health of the herds and animals of out-of-state producers furnishing milk to out-of-state milk plant permittees and compliance with the standards provided for Rhode Island producers; provided, that in the case of any producer outside of the state of Rhode Island who desires certification for the production of grade A milk, all inspections for animal disease and compliance with the provisions of chapters 4, 5, 6, and 7 of title 4, and for compliance with the requirements for grade A producers provided in § 21-2-6(b) — (d), shall be made by the director of health himself or herself, his or her own subordinates, or by veterinarians or technicians approved by him or her. It shall be the duty of the director of health to procure any necessary information with respect to the herds of producers located outside the state of Rhode Island, milk from which is processed or sold in Rhode Island, required to ensure that the herds substantially comply with the same requirements as in the case of Rhode Island producers imposed upon them by the provisions of chapters 4, 5, 6, and 7 of title 4.(b) The director of the department of environmental management shall provide all information and reports necessary to the director of department of health for the enforcement of chapter 6.1 of title 4 and this chapter.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. 1982, ch. 78, § 6.
RI Gen L § 21-2-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-23 - Director empowered to make regulations.

§ 21-2-23. Director empowered to make regulations.(a) The director of health is authorized to promulgate any regulations that are necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this chapter, which shall include, but not be limited to, providing for: (1) standards of identity, labeling requirements, maintaining standards for milk and milk products sold or offered for sale in final package forms; (2) standards for the production, transportation, receiving, handling, storage, processing, distributions, and sale of raw milk for pasteurization and products of raw milk, including all pertinent sanitary standards and uniform minimum requirement for inspection of dairy farms, milk plants and receiving stations; and may in like manner amend, modify or repeal those rules and regulations which shall be consistent with the provisions of the Grade "A" Pasteurized Milk Ordinance 1978 recommendations of the U.S. Public Health Service/Food and Drug Administration, 1983 Revisions, which shall become upon the passage of this act the rules and regulations under this chapter in accordance with § 21-2-2(10).(b) The adoption and amendment of regulations in the future shall be in accordance with chapter 35 of title 42; provided, that amendments to the Grade "A" Pasteurized Milk Ordinance adopted by the interstate milk shippers conference shall become a part of the regulations under this chapter. Provided, that a person adversely affected by any regulation may, within thirty (30) days, file with the director, in writing, those objections to a regulation automatically adopted which stays the effect of the regulation. If no substantial objections are received and no hearing is requested within thirty (30) days after publication of a notice of the adoption of a regulation, it shall be effective as of the date it was adopted by the interstate milk shippers conference. When automatic adoption is stayed by a timely objection, the director, after notice, shall conduct a public hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 35 of title 42. The director of health is authorized to adopt any other regulations for milk and other related products that he or she deems necessary in accordance with authority granted under this chapter, chapters 27 and 31 of this title and § 23-1-18(5).(c) The director shall publish a notice of the adoption in a newspaper having general circulation throughout the state.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 132, § 2.
RI Gen L § 21-2-24 - 21-2-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-24 - 21-2-28 - Repealed.

§ 21-2-24 — 21-2-28. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 21-2-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-29 - Standards to be maintained.

§ 21-2-29. Standards to be maintained.All milk and milk products as defined in this chapter which are to be shipped, brought, carried, or transported into Rhode Island for sale, distribution, use, or processing in this state, shall come from animals that are of a substantially equal or higher health status as applied to brucellosis, tuberculosis, or other diseases as those animals located within Rhode Island from which milk is produced for sale, distribution, use, or processing.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-2-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-30 - Information to be furnished to director.

§ 21-2-30. Information to be furnished to director.Every person engaged in the business of producing, handling, transporting, processing, packaging, selling, or distributing milk in Rhode Island shall upon request furnish the director, whenever requested by the director, the following information: (1) full name and place of business; (2) number of quarts of milk handled weekly by him or her or it; and (3) the names and addresses of all producers, milk haulers or milk plants supplying milk to him or her. Every milk plant holding a Rhode Island milk plant permit shall report coincidentally with and by means of a copy of any report which he or she makes, or is required to make, to the federal milk marketing administrator whenever he or she shall have added or dropped a milk producer.History of Section.P.L. 1931, ch. 1777, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 217, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 21-2-9; G.L. 1956, § 21-2-30, P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-2-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-31 - Labeling of containers of milk and milk products.

§ 21-2-31. Labeling of containers of milk and milk products.(a) All containers in or from which milk or milk products are sold or offered for sale shall bear a label in accordance with regulations adopted under this chapter.(b) All labels or marks shall be displayed in the manner and include any matters as shall be prescribed by the rules and regulations of the director; provided, nothing contained in this section shall be construed to empower the director to disapprove of or to change any dealer from using the common name of his or her firm, or of any registered trademark, brand, or trade name customarily used by him or her in the identification of any or all of his or her products.(c) Samples of all labels or marks to be used on containers of milk or milk products shall be submitted for approval as to color, size of lettering, and matter. No misleading mark or words shall be placed on any container of milk or milk products. The cap or cover of all containers of milk or milk products must cover the pouring lip to at least its largest diameter.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 203, § 23; P.L. 1926, ch. 820, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 216, § 23; P.L. 1954, ch. 3311, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 21-5-16; P.L. 1959, ch. 184, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 21-2-31; P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1; P.L. 1963, ch. 91, § 4; P.L. 1984, ch. 132, § 3.
RI Gen L § 21-2-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-32 - Labeling as to breed of cows.

§ 21-2-32. Labeling as to breed of cows.(a) The labels of milk containers may carry in addition to one of the above grade names, but set apart from those grade names, the name of the breed of cows producing the milk or the registered trade name or trademark for the breed; provided containers so labeled contain only milk produced from the breed named.(b) The label of milk product containers may carry in addition to one of the terms defined in § 21-2-31 which correctly describes the contents, but set apart from that term, the name of the breed of cows producing the milk from which the milk product was derived, or the registered trade name or trademark for the breed; provided that containers so labeled contain only a milk product derived from milk produced from the breed named.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 216, § 22, P.L. 1954, ch. 3311, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 21-5-17; P.L. 1959, ch. 181, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 21-2-32, as enacted by P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1; P.L. 1963, ch. 91, § 5.
RI Gen L § 21-2-33 - 21-2-42 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-33 - 21-2-42 - Repealed.

§ 21-2-33 — 21-2-42. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 21-2-43 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-43 - Enforcement of chapter.

§ 21-2-43. Enforcement of chapter.The director is authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1; P.L. 1968, ch. 158, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-2-44 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-44 - State statutory provisions and rules paramount to local.

§ 21-2-44. State statutory provisions and rules paramount to local.Whenever there is any provision of this chapter or any other statute defining a particular kind, type, or grade of milk or milk product or setting forth requirements as to the chemical or bacteriological components, standards, or requirements for that kind, type, or grade of milk or milk product, or specifying standards or methods for the processing, treatment, or packaging or labeling of the milk or milk product, or when the director shall have lawfully established a definition or requirements by regulation, the provisions of that chapter, statute, or regulation shall supersede any definition or requirements for it which may be contained in any city or town ordinance or in the regulations of any city or town office or department, whether made under a statute or an ordinance.History of Section.P.L. 1931, ch. 1777, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 217, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 21-2-16; G.L. 1956, § 21-2-44, P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 542, § 35.
RI Gen L § 21-2-45 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-45 - Standardization permitted.

§ 21-2-45. Standardization permitted.Milk may be standardized by the addition to it of milk, skimmed milk, or cream. The standardized milk shall meet the specifications set forth in this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-2-46 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-46 - Wholesale and contract sales.

§ 21-2-46. Wholesale and contract sales.Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the sale of milk, cream, skim milk, or milk products to any milk plant, either at wholesale or pursuant to contract, by weight and test and/or upon the basis of milk fat content and/or on the basis of bacterial counts or other sanitation requirements; provided, that in the case of milk or milk products of a particular description or grade, nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a sale of any milk or milk product which does not at least conform to the requirements of that description or grade.History of Section.G.L. 1923, ch. 203, § 39, P.L. 1928, ch. 1138, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 216, § 38; G.L. 1956, § 21-5-26; G.L. 1956, § 21-2-46, P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-2-47 - 21-2-50 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-47 - 21-2-50 - Repealed.

§ 21-2-47 — 21-2-50. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 21-2-51 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-51 - Access of enforcement officers.

§ 21-2-51. Access of enforcement officers.The director and the director's duly authorized milk inspectors, deputies, and assistants, or any of them, shall have access, at all reasonable hours, to all premises and places where milk or milk products are produced, handled, or processed or where the process of pasteurization is carried on, for the purpose of the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1931, ch. 1777, § 6; G.L. 1938, ch. 217, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 21-2-7; G.L. 1956, § 21-2-51, P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-2-52 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-52 - Appropriations and disbursements.

§ 21-2-52. Appropriations and disbursements.The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sums that it may deem necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter; and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of any sum appropriated, or so much of it as may be required, upon receipt by him or her of properly authenticated vouchers.History of Section.P.L. 1931, ch. 1777, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 217, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 21-2-18; G.L. 1956, § 21-2-52, P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-2-53 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-53 - Powers of superior court in equity.

§ 21-2-53. Powers of superior court in equity.In addition to any other remedy set forth in this chapter for the enforcement of the provisions of the chapter or any rule, regulation, order, or decision of the director, the superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity, upon a bill of complaint filed by the director or his or her authorized agents, to restrain or enjoin any person, his or her agents, and servants, from committing any act prohibited by this chapter or prohibited by any lawful rule, regulation, order, or decision of the director. If it is established upon hearing that any person charged, himself or herself or by his or her agents and servants, has been or is committing any act declared to be unlawful by this chapter or is in violation of any rule, regulation, order, and decision of the director, the court shall enter a decree enjoining that person, corporation, or trustee from further commission of that act or actions. In case of violation of an injunction issued under this section, the court or any judge of the court shall summarily try and punish the person, or his or her agents and servants, or both, for contempt of court. The existence of other civil or criminal remedies shall be no defense to this proceeding. The director, or his or her authorized agents, shall not be required in that proceeding to give or post a bond when making an application for an injunction, a restraining order, preliminary injunction, or permanent injunction under this section. The court may issue an ex parte restraining order, until further hearing, upon a reasonable showing ex parte that the respondent has been guilty of a violation, and shall have power to enter preliminary injunctions and grant other relief, pendente lite, which may pertain to equity and justice in the premises. All proceedings under this section, and any appellate proceedings which may follow, shall in all respects follow the course of equity.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-2-54 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-54 - Prosecution of violations.

§ 21-2-54. Prosecution of violations.The director, or any duly authorized agent, may file a complaint in writing at the suit of the director as complainant in the district court within the district where any violation of the provisions of this chapter or of the lawful regulations of the director adopted pursuant to this chapter are alleged to have been committed. The director or a duly authorized agent shall be exempt from filing any bond or furnishing any surety for costs.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-2-55 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-55 - Penalties for violations.

§ 21-2-55. Penalties for violations.Persons convicted of violating any of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted in accordance pursuant to this chapter shall be punished by a term of imprisonment not exceeding three (3) months or by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for the first offense; by a term of imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months or by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200) for the second offense; and by a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) for a third or subsequent offense.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 132, § 2.
RI Gen L § 21-2-56 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-56 - Taking of samples in investigation of violations.

§ 21-2-56. Taking of samples in investigation of violations.No person, firm, or corporation, nor the employee of any person, firm, or corporation, shall be liable to prosecution under the provisions of this chapter if the prosecution is based upon samples of milk, unless samples of milk or cream upon which the prosecution is based are taken upon his or her premises or while in his or her possession or under his or her control by an inspector of milk or a collector of samples of milk of some city or town or an employee of the state department of health, and a sealed sample of it is given to him or her.History of Section.G.L. 1909, ch. 173, § 15, P.L. 1921, ch. 2070, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 203, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 216, § 15; P.L. 1941, ch. 1043, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3311, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 21-5-27; G.L. 1956, § 21-2-56, P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-2-57 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2 - Milk Sanitation Code|Section 21-2-57 - Severability.

§ 21-2-57. Severability.In the event that any provision of this chapter or the application of it to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect the provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 80, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-2.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2.1 - Farm Milk Holding Tanks|Section 21-2.1-1 - Calibration, testing, and sealing of farm milk holding tanks - Fees.

§ 21-2.1-1. Calibration, testing, and sealing of farm milk holding tanks — Fees.The capacity of every farm milk holding tank (when used as a measure) shall be calibrated, tested, and sealed by the director of labor and training. The fee for this calibration shall be five dollars ($5.00) plus a fee of one-half cent ($0.005) per gallon for its determined total capacity.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 150, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-2.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2.1 - Farm Milk Holding Tanks|Section 21-2.1-2 - Tampering with the gauging mechanism prohibited - Penalty for violation.

§ 21-2.1-2. Tampering with the gauging mechanism prohibited — Penalty for violation.It shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense for any person to tamper with or alter in any way the gauging mechanism of a farm milk holding tank.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 150, § 1.
RI Gen L § 21-2.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 21 - Food and Drugs|Chapter 21-2.1 - Farm Milk Holding Tanks|Section 21-2.1-3 - Frequency of calibration required.

§ 21-2.1-3. Frequency of calibration required.Every farm milk holding tank (when used as a measure) shall be recalibrated at least once every three (3) years. Following the calibration, testing, and sealing as set forth in § 21-2.1-1, the state sealer of weights and measures of the department of labor and training shall issue and deliver to the owner of the milk holding tank a gallonage chart and weight conversion chart applicable to that holding tank.History of Section.P.L. 1965, ch. 150, § 1.