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6 V.S.A. § 2815
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 153 - Standards and Purity|§ 2815. Records and reports

§ 2815. Records and reports|(a) Each handler shall record and preserve for one year all purchases and sales by weight or volume, butterfat or solids tests, or any other tests that are used as a basis for payment or determination of quality for dairy products delivered by a producer. The record shall show the name and number of the producer, the period covered by the test, and the date the test was made. This record shall be signed by the licensed technician performing the tests and shall be available for examination by the Secretary at all times.(b) The handler shall immediately furnish each producer for each delivery a statement showing the weight or volume of dairy product, the producer's name and number, the handler's name, the date, and other information required by the Secretary.(c) Each payment to each producer shall be accompanied by a statement showing the period covered, the producer's name and number, unit price, weight or volume for the period covered, the results of all tests used as a basis for payment, a detailed statement of all deductions, and other appropriate information.(d) The Secretary shall upon request make available to the persons directly involved, the results of all tests made by him or her to check the accuracy of tests performed by the milk handler. (1965, No. 175, § 13; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
6 V.S.A. § 2816
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 153 - Standards and Purity|§ 2816. Preliminary incubation testing; rejection of supply

§ 2816. Preliminary incubation testing; rejection of supply|A handler shall not reject the milk supply of a producer based solely on a preliminary incubation count. (Added 2009, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 2011.)
6 V.S.A. § 2851
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 155 - Frozen Desserts|§ 2851. Definitions

§ 2851. Definitions|(a) "Frozen desserts" means all ice cream, frozen custards, ice milks, fruit sherbets, water ices, quiescently frozen confections, and frozen whipped creams and other like products defined by regulations made under this chapter.(b) "Frozen dessert mix" means any unfrozen mixture to be used in the manufacture of frozen desserts or milk shakes offered for sale or resale. (1965, No. 175, § 69.)
6 V.S.A. § 2852
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 155 - Frozen Desserts|§ 2852. Regulations

§ 2852. Regulations|The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets may make regulations establishing, for frozen desserts and frozen dessert mixes, reasonable standards as to identity, quality, and fill of container. The Secretary may make regulations setting bacteriological standards and governing the sanitary requirements relative to the manufacture, distribution, and sale of all such food products. No regulations may be made without due notice and public hearing. (1965, No. 175, § 71; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
6 V.S.A. § 2853
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 155 - Frozen Desserts|§ 2853. Minimum standards

§ 2853. Minimum standards|The minimum standards of strength, quality, purity, and identity as to certain frozen dairy products shall be as stated by this chapter. However, the provisions of this chapter as relate to type or content of sweetening agent shall not apply to frozen dairy products manufactured for sale to diabetic persons. The Secretary shall regulate the labeling of frozen dairy products manufactured for sale to diabetic persons. (1965, No. 175, § 68; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
6 V.S.A. § 2854
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 155 - Frozen Desserts|§ 2854. Conformity to standards

§ 2854. Conformity to standards|Any food which is purported to be, or made in the likeness of, a frozen dessert, or mix thereof, for which a standard has been prescribed under this chapter shall not be sold or offered for sale unless under regulations established by the Secretary:  (1) It conforms to the definition and standard of identity, quality, and fill of containers for frozen dessert; and (2) Its label bears the name of the food specified in the definition and standard, and insofar as may be required by such regulations, the common names of optional ingredients present in such foods; and (3) It was manufactured, distributed, and sold in conformity to all sanitary requirements established; and (4) It conforms to the bacteriological standards established by the Secretary for frozen desserts or for the ingredients from which these are made. (1965, No. 175, § 70; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
6 V.S.A. § 2855
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 155 - Frozen Desserts|§ 2855. Licenses

§ 2855. Licenses|No person shall manufacture for sale frozen desserts unless that person first secures a license from the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets. Applications shall be made on forms furnished by the Secretary and be accompanied by a fee of $75.00. All licenses shall terminate on December 31 of each year. Frozen dessert licenses may be revoked or suspended for cause following due notice and hearing. (Added 1965, No. 175, § 72; amended 1975, No. 220 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; 1989, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2011, No. 33, § 11; 2015, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 17.)
6 V.S.A. § 2856
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 155 - Frozen Desserts|§ 2856. Exemptions

§ 2856. Exemptions|A person who holds a valid milk handler's license shall be exempt from all licensing provisions of this chapter. (Added 2011, No. 39, § 5, eff. May 19, 2011.)
6 V.S.A. § 2881
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 157 - Bonds|§ 2881. Conditions and amount; failure to file

§ 2881. Conditions and amount; failure to file|(a) Except as provided in section 2882 of this title, no handler shall purchase milk from a Vermont producer or milk cooperative, either directly or through a marketing service owned by one or more cooperatives, and the Secretary shall not issue a handler's license, unless the handler furnishes the Secretary a good and sufficient surety bond, executed by a surety company duly authorized to transact business in this State in an amount equal to 50 percent for all species other than cattle, and 100 percent for cattle, of the maximum amount due all milk producers in the State who sold milk to the handler for a 41-day period during the previous 12 months. The Secretary may accept, in lieu of such bond, a guaranteed irrevocable letter of credit. The bonds shall be taken for the benefit of Vermont milk producers and milk cooperatives in this State. At any time in his or her discretion, the Secretary may require such handlers to file detailed statements of the business transacted by them in this State, and at any time may require them to give such additional bonds as he or she deems necessary. If the handler refuses or neglects to file the detailed statements or to give bonds required by the Secretary, the Secretary may suspend the license of the handler until he or she complies with the Secretary's orders. The Secretary shall report to the Attorney General the name of any handler doing business in this State without a license, or after suspension of its license by the Secretary, and the Attorney General shall forthwith bring injunction proceedings against the handler. Renewals of bonds specified in this section shall be furnished the Secretary 60 days before the effective date of the bond. If the handler fails to file the bonds as required, the Secretary shall forthwith publish the name of the handler in four newspapers of general circulation in the State for a period of three consecutive days and notify, by registered mail, producers supplying such handler.(b) A milk cooperative that sells milk from a Vermont producer either directly or through a marketing service owned by one or more cooperatives shall file a monthly detailed report that states where the milk from each bulk tank unit served is sold and shall specify the volume of milk that is sold by Vermont cooperative members and independent producers who market their milk through a milk cooperative either directly or through a marketing service owned by one or more cooperatives. (Added 1965, No. 175, § 19; amended 1981, No. 198 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. April 22, 1982; 1993, No. 109 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2009, No. 48, § 6, eff. May 28, 2009; 2011, No. 39, § 6, eff. May 19, 2011.)
6 V.S.A. § 2882
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 157 - Bonds|§ 2882. Exemptions from filing bond

§ 2882. Exemptions from filing bond|(a) A milk cooperative or a nonprofit cooperative association organized under Vermont law or similar laws in other states shall not be required to furnish surety as provided in section 2881 of this title for payments made to a milk cooperative or to a producer who is a member of a milk cooperative.(b) A handler who does not purchase milk from Vermont producers or milk cooperatives either directly or through a marketing service owned by one or more cooperatives shall not be required to furnish surety as provided under section 2881 of this title.(c) A handler who pays for milk in advance or at the time of delivery shall not be required to furnish surety as provided under section 2881 of this title. Every producer, or milk cooperative either directly or through a marketing service owned by the cooperatives, selling milk to handlers who pay for milk in advance or at the time of delivery shall, on July 1 of each year, notify the Secretary in writing of the identity of each handler and shall promptly notify the Secretary in writing of any changes to the most recent notification.(d) A handler who purchases fewer than 150,000 pounds of milk per month from a milk cooperative, either directly or through a marketing service owned by one or more cooperatives, shall not be required to furnish surety as provided under section 2881 of this title. (Added 1965, No. 175, § 25; amended 2009, No. 48, § 6, eff. May 28, 2009; 2011, No. 39, § 6, eff. May 19, 2011.)
6 V.S.A. § 2883
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 157 - Bonds|§ 2883. Nonpayment; forfeiture of bond

§ 2883. Nonpayment; forfeiture of bond|When for a period of five days after the date required for payment of any amount due any of his or her producers, the handler fails to pay the amount due for products delivered or furnished by them for the preceding pay period, the handler, by reason of such nonpayment, shall be in default as to all producers whose accounts shall then remain unpaid, and the bond or other security provided for in section 2881 of this title shall be forfeited to the extent of all sums then due from such handler to its several producers in this State and, by virtue of such default, the conditions of the bond or other securities shall be deemed to be broken. (1965, No. 175, § 22.)
6 V.S.A. § 2884
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 157 - Bonds|§ 2884. Proceedings for recovery on bond

§ 2884. Proceedings for recovery on bond|When the condition of a bond or other security is breached, if a producer or milk cooperative applies to a handler for payment of products furnished to that handler whose account remains unpaid as provided in section 2883 of this title, the Secretary shall institute appropriate proceedings thereon in his name as trustee for the benefit of all the producers or milk cooperatives in this State supplying the handler and to whom such handler may be indebted at the time the proceedings are instituted. The proceedings may be commenced in any county in this State where a producer of the handler resides. (Added 1965, No. 175, § 24; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2011, No. 39, § 6, eff. May 19, 2011.)
6 V.S.A. § 2901
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 159 - Producer's Lien|§ 2901. Creation of lien

§ 2901. Creation of lien|The liability of a handler to a producer for the unpaid purchase price of dairy products purchased shall be a first lien on the real and personal property of a handler and shall have priority over any other claim or lien against the handler, except:  (1) Taxes assessed against such property of the handler by the municipality in which the property is located. (2) A duly recorded mortgage, deed, or other conveyance to the extent that consideration therefor has been paid in good faith before the recording of a notice of such producer's lien as provided in section 2902 of this title. (1965, No. 175, § 26.)
6 V.S.A. § 2902
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 159 - Producer's Lien|§ 2902. Recording notice of lien

§ 2902. Recording notice of lien|A producer's lien shall not continue for more than 60 days from the time when payment became due for the last of the dairy products sold unless a notice of the lien is filed in the case of real estate in the office of the town clerk of the town where the real estate is located and in the case of personal property in the office of the town clerk of the town where the handler resides, or, if the handler resides out of state, then in the town where the personal property is located. Within ten days thereafter a copy of the memorandum shall be filed by the producer with the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets, who may publish it as necessary to provide notice thereof to other producers of the handler. (1965, No. 175, § 27; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
6 V.S.A. § 2903
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 159 - Producer's Lien|§ 2903. Effect of lien

§ 2903. Effect of lien|Unless the handler has paid the claim upon which the lien is founded, he or she shall not, after receipt of written notice of a producer's lien, mortgage or otherwise convey any property upon which a producer's lien is claimed without disclosing in writing such lien to the vendee or mortgagee or stating the existence of it in the instrument conveying or mortgaging the property. If a handler fails so to disclose a producer's lien, he or she shall be liable to any person thereby injured in an action on this statute for the damages sustained. (1965, No. 175, § 28.)
6 V.S.A. § 2904
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 159 - Producer's Lien|§ 2904. Action to enforce lien

§ 2904. Action to enforce lien|Not less than 30 nor more than 90 days from the time of filing the notice of lien, the producer may commence an action to perfect his or her lien. The action shall be commenced by causing the real estate or other property against which the lien is claimed to be attached as upon mesne process. Any producer who has duly recorded a notice of lien against the property prior to the commencement of such action may join in the suit. All items perfected by the suit shall be paid pro rata if the property of the handler is not sufficient to pay them in full. (1965, No. 175, § 29.)
6 V.S.A. § 2905
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 159 - Producer's Lien|§ 2905. Foreclosure and sale

§ 2905. Foreclosure and sale|Within 90 days after the date of judgment in the suit to perfect the lien or liens, the plaintiff may cause a certified copy thereof to be recorded in the office of the clerk of the town in which the notice of lien was originally filed. Such judgment order shall state the period, not exceeding one year, in which the right of the defendant to redeem the property may be exercised, or, alternatively, shall provide for the time, place, manner, and notice of a sale of the property and application of the proceeds therefrom in payment of the producer's liens and the lawful claims of others in the property. (1965, No. 175, § 30.)
6 V.S.A. § 2921
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 161 - Vermont Milk Commission|§ 2921. Declaration of policy and purpose

§ 2921. Declaration of policy and purpose|(a) It is hereby declared by the General Assembly that dairy farming is of paramount importance in helping to maintain a strong economy and in preserving the State's remaining rural character; that dairy farming at present is in serious jeopardy because of the rapidly declining price of milk being paid to producers while corresponding costs of production remain the same or increase; that the federal milk marketing order minimum price for milk is now and may be in the future inadequate to cover the costs of milk production and provide for a reasonable economic return to dairy producers; that the entire distribution structure of the milk industry is threatened; and that Vermont should ensure that there is an adequate supply of milk for the consuming public both inside and outside Vermont. The General Assembly also reaffirms and restates its findings and statement of policy as set forth in section 2671 of this title. Due to the uncertainty in the federal market order structure and marked fluctuations in market order prices, the dairy industry of the State is imperiled, which is a menace to the health, welfare, and reasonable comfort of the inhabitants of the State.(b) The general purposes of this subchapter are to protect and promote the public welfare by insuring at all times an adequate supply of clean, pure milk and cream of proper quality to meet the needs of the inhabitants of this State and to ensure the continuing economic vitality of the dairy industry by stabilizing the price received by farmers for their milk at a level allowing them an equitable rate of return. These purposes are to be accomplished through regulation of the milk-marketing industry, and through control in general, consistent with constitutional limitations, of the price of all fluid dairy products sold or offered or exposed for sale to the inhabitants of this State and by Vermont farmers, to the end that the public health and economic welfare of the State shall not be menaced or jeopardized. (1965, No. 175, § 39; amended 1991, No. 17, § 2, eff. April 4, 1991.)
6 V.S.A. § 2922
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 161 - Vermont Milk Commission|§ 2922. Vermont Milk Commission; membership

§ 2922. Vermont Milk Commission; membership|There shall be a Vermont Milk Commission, to consist of nine members, one member of which shall be the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets. The Secretary shall be chair of the Commission and serve without compensation. A quorum shall be a majority of the Commission. The Commission shall act only by an affirmative vote of at least six members. The remaining Commission members shall serve for terms of three years, except for the legislative members who shall serve for the term of their election, and be chosen as follows:  (1) Each dairy farmer cooperative, and each proprietary handler purchasing milk from independent farmers, doing business in the State and registered with the Secretary of State's office shall submit the name of a Vermont dairy farmer with knowledge of the production and marketing of dairy products to the Vermont Dairy Industry Association. The Board of Directors of the Association shall submit the names of four of these persons to the Governor, who shall appoint two Commission members from the list submitted. The initial appointment of one of these members shall be for a term of two years. (2) Each milk handler doing business in the State and registered with the Secretary of State's office shall submit the name of one such handler with knowledge and experience in the marketing of dairy products to the Vermont Dairy Industry Association. The Board of Directors of the Association shall submit three names to the Governor, who shall choose one Commission member from the list provided. In compiling the lists under subdivisions (1) and (2) of this section, the Board shall consider whether the persons chosen sell their milk to or are handlers who purchase a substantial percentage of their milk from Vermont producers and utilize the milk purchased in the most advantageous manner possible. (3) Two members representing milk consumers and having no pecuniary interest in the sale of milk or milk products shall be chosen by the Governor. The initial appointment of one of these members shall be for a term of one year. (4) One dairy farmer, chosen directly by the Governor, who does not serve on the Board of Directors of any organization which handles or processes dairy products, nor is an officer of any organized farm organization in the State. (5) One member from the House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry chosen by the Speaker and one member from the Senate Committee on Agriculture chosen by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. For attendance at a meeting when the General Assembly is not in session, these two legislative members shall be entitled to the same per diem compensation and reimbursement of necessary expenses as provided members of standing committees under 2 V.S.A. § 406. (Added 1965, No. 175, § 40; amended 1991, No. 17, § 3; 1993, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2007, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. May 20, 2008.)
6 V.S.A. § 2923
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 161 - Vermont Milk Commission|§ 2923. Administrative work

§ 2923. Administrative work|The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets shall perform the administrative work of the Commission as directed by the Commission. The Commission may reimburse the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets for the cost of services performed by the Agency. The Commission may enter into contracts with and employ technical experts and authorize and retain legal counsel and other such officers, agents, and employees as are necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter and may fix their qualifications, duties, and compensation. The contract remuneration and employment compensation shall be paid from the Vermont Milk Commission fund and shall be subject to the limitations of section 2924 of this chapter. (Added 1965, No. 175, § 41; amended 1989, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 10(a), eff. Jan. 1, 1991; 1991, No. 17, § 8(a), eff. April 4, 1991; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2007, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. May 20, 2008.)