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6 V.S.A. § 2701
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 151 - Supervision, Inspection, and Licensing of Dairy Operations|§ 2701. Rules

§ 2701. Rules|(a) The Secretary, in accordance with 3 V.S.A. chapter 25, shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, dairy sanitation rules relating to dairy products to enforce this chapter, including labeling, weighing, measuring and testing facilities, buildings, equipment, methods, procedures, health of animals, health and capability of personnel, and quality standards. In addition, the uniform regulation for sanitation requirements, as adopted by the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shippers, and published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO), as amended, supplemented, or revised, are adopted as part of this chapter, except that any exemption to the preventative controls for human food requirements for Grade "A" milk and milk products for a very small business, as defined in the PMO and federal regulations, shall not apply. The Secretary may modify or reject by rule the PMO. When adherence to the PMO is deemed unreasonable by the Agency for non-Grade "A" products, the most current version of the Recommended Requirements of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Milk for Manufacturing Purposes and its Production and Processing may be used.(b) The Secretary shall adopt and from time to time amend or terminate rules concerning but not limited to the taking and storing of samples, sampling equipment, approved tests, testing equipment, methods and procedures for performing tests, and related trade practices which are used as a basis for payment or acceptance for dairy products. The Secretary shall adopt, amend, or terminate rules concerning examination for and the granting and terminating of dairy technician's licenses. (Added 1965, No. 175, §§ 8, 32; amended 1969, No. 73, § 2, eff. April 18, 1969; 2001, No. 39, § 3; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2011, No. 39, § 1, eff. May 19, 2011; 2015, No. 23, § 76; 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 27; 2019, No. 83, § 16.)
6 V.S.A. § 2703
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 151 - Supervision, Inspection, and Licensing of Dairy Operations|§ 2703. Grading services

§ 2703. Grading services|The Secretary is authorized to cooperate with the federal government in furnishing inspection or grading service for dairy products to milk handlers and other persons. The Secretary shall establish uniform fees for this service. (1965, No. 175, § 34; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
6 V.S.A. § 2704
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 151 - Supervision, Inspection, and Licensing of Dairy Operations|§ 2704. Trustee of handlers' bonds

§ 2704. Trustee of handlers' bonds|All bonds or other securities required and furnished under the provisions of this part shall be given to the Secretary as trustee for each and all of the producers in this State and shall be conditioned for the faithful performance by the handler of all the acts prescribed and all the conditions imposed upon the handler by this part, and for compliance by the handler of all the general laws of this State now in force or hereafter enacted and regulations pursuant thereto. (1965, No. 175, § 23; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
6 V.S.A. § 2705
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 151 - Supervision, Inspection, and Licensing of Dairy Operations|§ 2705. Revocation of licenses

§ 2705. Revocation of licenses|(a) The Secretary may after due notice and hearing revoke a handler's license if after due investigation made by him or her the handler is deemed to be in violation of any provisions of this part or the regulations promulgated thereunder. The Secretary is charged with the administration and enforcement of this part.(b) If the Secretary is unable to secure compliance with the provisions of this part and the rules adopted thereunder, he or she shall report the matter to the Attorney General, together with all relevant information. Except as provided in section 2881 of this title, the Attorney General shall take such action as the public interest requires, including injunctions or prosecution in any court of competent jurisdiction. (Added 1965, No. 175, § 73; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 28.)
6 V.S.A. § 2721
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 151 - Supervision, Inspection, and Licensing of Dairy Operations|§ 2721. Handlers' licenses

§ 2721. Handlers' licenses|(a) The Secretary may classify and issue licenses to milk handlers to carry on dairy product handling businesses, including the purchase, distribution, or sale of milk or milk products, processing or manufacturing of milk or milk products, including the pasteurization of frozen dessert mixes, transport of milk and milk products, bargaining and collecting for the sale of milk and milk products, and dealing in or brokering milk or milk products.(b) A milk handler shall not transact business in the State unless the milk handler secures and holds a handler's license from the Secretary. The license shall terminate September 1 each year and shall be procured by August 15 of each year. The Secretary shall furnish all forms for applications, licenses, and bonds. At the time the application is delivered to the Secretary, the milk handler shall pay a license application fee of $50.00 for an initial application and a license fee based on the following table. For a renewal application, only the fee in the table applies. Out-of-state firms shall use the company's highest total pounds of milk or dairy products bought, sold, packaged, assembled, transported, or processed per production dayPounds of milk or dairy                                              License handling fee products bought, sold, pack- aged, assembled, transported, or processed per production day: 500 pounds or less                                                                  $   60.00 Over 500 but less than 10,000 pounds                                    $ 200.00 10,000 to 50,000 pounds $ 350.00 Over 50,000 but less than 100,000 pounds                             $ 750.00 100,000 to 500,000 pounds                                                    $1,000.00 Over 500,000 pounds                                                              $1,500.00 Processor fee per pasteurizer                                                  $   75.00 (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, the license handling fees only for the transportation of bulk milk shall be capped at $750.00 per year. (Added 1965, No. 175, § 17; amended 1969, No. 73, § 3, eff. April 18, 1969; 1975, No. 220 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; 1977, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 28, 1978; 1987, No. 217 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1989, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2011, No. 33, § 7; 2011, No. 39, § 1, eff. May 19, 2011; 2015, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 14.)
6 V.S.A. § 2722a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 151 - Supervision, Inspection, and Licensing of Dairy Operations|§ 2722a. Hearings, and action upon applications

§ 2722a. Hearings, and action upon applications|(a) Upon receipt of an application for a milk handler's license the Secretary shall examine it. If the application is deficient the Secretary shall so notify the applicant and return the application together with one-half of the application fee within 30 days of the receipt of the application. If the application is not deficient, the Secretary shall publish notice of the application in one or more publications of general circulation within the State's dairy community at the applicant's expense. The Secretary shall also publish notice of the handler's application on the Agency's website. An interested party shall have 14 calendar days from the date of publication to request a hearing on the application. The Secretary shall grant a request for a hearing when an interested party can demonstrate a reasonable belief that the applicant will not promote the general good of the dairy industry and the consuming public pursuant to Vermont rule 20-021-001 adopted by the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets. Where such a showing is made, a hearing shall be held within 60 days of receipt of the request. In the absence of such a showing or where no request for a hearing is received, the Secretary may hold a hearing at his or her discretion.(b) In the event a hearing is convened, the hearing shall be held in central Vermont unless requested by the applicant to be in the specific area where the applicant will be located. Additional hearings may be held at the discretion of the Secretary.(c) In the case of a renewal application, a hearing in the discretion of the Secretary may be held at Montpelier, or, in the discretion of the Secretary, may be waived.(d) The Secretary shall act upon applications within 30 days of the hearing, or if the hearing in the case of a renewal application has been waived, within 60 days of receipt of the renewal application. If the Secretary denies the license, he or she shall set forth his or her reasons.(e) Any applicant whose application has been denied shall have the right to judicial review of the Secretary's decision in the Superior Court. The proceeding before the Superior Court shall be de novo, and the applicant may demand trial by jury. Appeals from the Superior Court may be taken to the Vermont Supreme Court pursuant to the Vermont Rules of Appellate Procedure. (Added 1977, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. May 28, 1978; amended 1981, No. 237 (Adj. Sess.), eff. May 4, 1982; 1987, No. 217 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1997, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2011, No. 39, § 1, eff. May 19, 2011.)
6 V.S.A. § 2723
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 151 - Supervision, Inspection, and Licensing of Dairy Operations|§ 2723. Exemptions

§ 2723. Exemptions|Handlers' licenses shall not be required from the following persons:  (1) a producer who only sells raw milk to milk handlers licensed to buy raw milk from Vermont farms; (2) a hotel, restaurant, or other public eating place that sells dairy products for consumption on the premises, or a store which sells packaged dairy products, provided the entire supply of dairy products is purchased from licensed milk handlers; (3) a person producing unpasteurized milk under chapter 152 of this title, with respect to the sale of that unpasteurized milk only; or (4) a person who holds a frozen dessert license that only utilizes pasteurized frozen dessert mix. (Added 1965, No. 175, § 18; amended 2007, No. 101 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 22, 2008; 2009, No. 62, § 3; 2011, No. 39, § 1, eff. May 19, 2011; 2013, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
6 V.S.A. § 2723a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 151 - Supervision, Inspection, and Licensing of Dairy Operations|§ 2723a. Distributor's licenses

§ 2723a. Distributor's licenses|(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute fluid dairy products without a license issued by the Secretary. The Secretary shall license all distributors at least annually and for a term of up to three years and shall issue and renew such licenses on any calendar cycle. Application for the license and renewal shall be made in the manner and form prescribed by the Secretary and shall be accompanied by a license fee of $20.00 per annum or any part thereof.(b) No person shall be granted a license under this section unless the distributor first agrees to withhold the State tax on producers whose milk has been received by the distributor imposed under chapter 161 of this title.(c) As used in this section, the term "distributor" has the same meaning as set forth in section 2672 of this chapter, which includes the retail distribution or sale of milk, except the sale of milk to be consumed on the premises.(d) Any distributor who carries on a business without a license shall be subject to penalty under sections 2678 and 2679 of this title. (Added 2013, No. 83, § 8, eff. June 10, 2013.)
6 V.S.A. § 2724
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 151 - Supervision, Inspection, and Licensing of Dairy Operations|§ 2724. Technicians' licenses

§ 2724. Technicians' licenses|(a) Any person who performs any tests, or determines weight or volume of dairy products where such determinations are used as a basis of payment or acceptance, shall hold an appropriate license or licenses issued by the Secretary, which may be revoked for cause after giving the technician the opportunity to be heard. Out-of-state laboratories that are NCIMS listed are exempt from the licensing requirement. Before issuing a license, the Secretary shall determine that the applicant is qualified to perform the service stated in the license. Different licenses may be issued for different services. The applicant shall pay the Secretary $20.00 for each examination. The initial license fee is $30.00. Licenses shall expire on June 30. After July 1, 2011, licenses shall be renewed by July 1 of each year when due. Licenses shall be issued for a period of three years. Licenses are renewable upon payment of a fee of $30.00. Licenses issued from July 2 to December 31 of each year shall be considered as if issued on the preceding July 1 for expiration purposes. Licenses issued from January 1 to June 30 shall be considered as if issued on the following July 1. There shall be a $25.00 late fee for each license not renewed by its due date, and the license shall lapse after it is late for 30 days. The holder of a license that has been lapsed more than 60 days shall retake any examination needed for a new license. License renewals shall be submitted 30 days prior to the renewal date to allow for processing of the licenses. Licenses not processed within 30 days of receipt shall automatically receive an extension of their current license until it is processed.(b) Any commercial enterprise that sells, installs, or repairs milking, milk cooling and storage, or dairy processing equipment shall register with the Secretary. The company shall apply for registration on a form made available by the Agency. The registration shall be valid for three years. Before registering a company, the Secretary shall determine that the company is qualified to sell, perform the installation, or repair milking and dairy processing equipment. The registration form shall be accompanied by a fee of $150.00. The Secretary may suspend or revoke registration for cause after giving the installer the opportunity to be heard. Registration shall terminate on December 31 of each year. Electricians or plumbers licensed pursuant to Title 26 doing only electrical or plumbing work within a farm or plant shall be exempt from this registration provided any work directly related to the processing of dairy products or milking of animals is performed under the supervision of a person that is registered. (Added 1965, No. 175, § 10; amended 1975, No. 220 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; amended 1989, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2011, No. 33, § 9; 2013, No. 159 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 2015, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 16.)
6 V.S.A. § 2727
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 151 - Supervision, Inspection, and Licensing of Dairy Operations|§ 2727. Municipal licenses

§ 2727. Municipal licenses|The existing power of a municipality under special charter provisions to regulate and grant licenses for the handling, selling, or supplying of dairy products within its territorial limits shall not be repealed nor affected by the provisions of this part, except that no local license shall be granted to any person who does not hold a license required of him under this part. The suspension or revocation of a license under this part automatically shall suspend or revoke, as the case may be, any local license then held by the same person. (1965, No. 175, § 31.)
6 V.S.A. § 2728
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 151 - Supervision, Inspection, and Licensing of Dairy Operations|§ 2728. Manufacturing grade goat milk

§ 2728. Manufacturing grade goat milk|(a) "Manufacturing grade goat milk" is goat milk other than Grade A goat milk produced and distributed according to the Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance.(b) The maximum somatic cell count for manufacturing grade goat milk shall not exceed 1,500,000 per milliliter. (Added 2009, No. 48, § 10, eff. May 28, 2009.)
6 V.S.A. § 2741
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 151 - Supervision, Inspection, and Licensing of Dairy Operations|§ 2741. Milk plants

§ 2741. Milk plants|Before issuing a milk handler's license and at least twice a year thereafter, the Secretary shall inspect or cause to be inspected all milk plants as to their premises, equipment, procedures, and sanitary conditions. The Secretary may enter into reciprocal agreements with or accept the inspection reports of appropriate dairy sanitation agencies of other states, municipalities, or the federal government in lieu of inspection by the Secretary, provided their standards and administration are substantially equal to the standards established by the Secretary under the provisions of this chapter. (Added 1965, No. 175, § 5; amended 1969, No. 73, § 4, eff. April 18, 1969; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2011, No. 39, § 1, eff. May 19, 2011.)
6 V.S.A. § 2742
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 151 - Supervision, Inspection, and Licensing of Dairy Operations|§ 2742. Dairy farms

§ 2742. Dairy farms|Before a dairy farm may sell or offer for sale milk to a handler, and at least once a year thereafter, the Secretary shall inspect or cause to be inspected all dairy farms as to their premises, equipment, dairy animals, procedures, and sanitation conditions. He or she may enter into reciprocal agreements with or accept the inspection reports of appropriate dairy sanitation agencies of other states, municipalities, or the federal government in lieu of inspection by the Secretary, provided their standards and administration are substantially equal to the standards established by the Secretary under the provisions of this part. All milk producers shall comply with all state-federal-cooperative livestock disease control or eradication programs. (Added 1965, No. 175, § 6; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 29.)
6 V.S.A. § 2743
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 151 - Supervision, Inspection, and Licensing of Dairy Operations|§ 2743. Dairy laboratories

§ 2743. Dairy laboratories|(a) The Secretary shall, at least annually, inspect or cause to be inspected all premises where dairy products are tested to determine the basis of payment or acceptance. Each handler shall notify the Secretary of the place in which tests of a producer's dairy products are conducted. Such tests shall be performed only by licensed technicians. Approved dairy laboratories located outside Vermont are exempt from this inspection.(b) The Secretary shall at least annually inspect all in-state dairy laboratories and those out-of-state dairy laboratories not approved by the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments and if qualified, they shall be approved by the Secretary.(c) In the event that an approved dairy laboratory in which tests are made does not comply with the provisions of this part or regulations issued thereunder, the Secretary may forbid its use until subsequent inspection indicates compliance.(d) In case the producer's milk is transported from the farm to a milk plant in another state, the samples shall be tested in an approved dairy laboratory. (Added 1965, No. 175, § 11; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2011, No. 39, § 1, eff. May 19, 2011.)
6 V.S.A. § 2751
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 6 - Agriculture|Chapter 151 - Supervision, Inspection, and Licensing of Dairy Operations|§ 2751. Unfair discrimination

§ 2751. Unfair discrimination|A handler doing business in this State and engaged in the business of buying dairy products for the purpose of manufacture or sale who, or whose agents, officers, or employees, shall begin or continue such methods or practices as to create a monopoly, or to restrain trade or to prevent or limit competition or to destroy the business of a competitor, or to destroy or affect adversely the operations of a producers' cooperative bargaining or marketing association organized under the Vermont cooperative marketing act, 11 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 2 or similar laws of another state and doing business in Vermont, shall discriminate between different sections, communities, localities, cities, or towns of this State by purchasing such commodity at a higher price or rate in one section, community, location, city, or town than is paid for the same commodity by such person, firm, handler, association, or corporation in another section, community, locality, city, or town after making due allowance for the difference, if any, in the grade or quality and in the actual cost of transportation from the point of purchase to the point of manufacture or sale, or who shall so discriminate between different persons in the same section, community, location, city, or town by purchasing such commodity at a lower price from one person than paid for the same commodity to another person after making due allowance for the difference, if any, in the grade or quality and in the actual cost of transportation from the point of purchase to the point of manufacture, or who shall so discriminate between different persons by refusing to purchase, within the limits of its actual requirements, such commodities from a person, or his or her agent, offering the same for sale, on the ground that such person has executed a marketing contract with a cooperative marketing association by the terms of which such cooperative marketing association has been designated the marketing agent of such person for such commodities, or who shall intimidate or attempt to intimidate members of such a producers' cooperative bargaining association for the purpose of causing them to withdraw from such membership or who shall intimidate or attempt to intimidate producers of dairy products for the purpose of preventing them from joining such an association shall be deemed guilty of unfair discrimination. It shall not be necessary to prove intent in reference to the methods or practices prohibited in this section, nor shall this section be construed to prevent milk handlers from paying and milk producers who have installed farm bulk tanks from receiving such payments in addition to the payment for can milk as may be mutually agreed upon. (1965, No. 175, § 37.)