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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-211 - Milk tester license and fee

(a)
Every person receiving or buying milk or cream on the basis of its chemical or physical constituents shall be, or have in his or her employ, a licensed milk tester to make the official analysis, and no other person shall be allowed to make the tests in any creamery, cheese factory, milk depot, milk plant, ice cream factory, milk condensery, or similar plant where milk or cream is bought or received on a basis of its chemical or physical constituents.
(b)
Application to become a licensed milk tester shall be made to the Secretary of the Department of Health upon such forms as the secretary may prescribe.
(c)
All licenses shall expire on the next succeeding April 1, and the fee shall be ten dollars ($10.00). The required fee shall accompany the application.
(d)
If the applicant shall be found upon examination to be qualified and competent, the secretary shall issue to him or her a license.
(e)
Licensed testers are also qualified and permitted to act as samplers.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5060, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5059, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 4; 1973, No. 98, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-915; Acts 1987, No. 534, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-212 - Plant permits - Cancellation, withdrawal, and suspension

(a)
Permits to operate milk, ice cream, and dairy product plants, as defined in §§
20-59-206
-
20-59-211
, shall be issued for one (1) year and shall be cancelled, withdrawn, or suspended by the State Board of Health for failure to comply with any of the provisions of this subchapter after due notice in writing has been given and the licensee has been granted a hearing.
(b)
Any licensee whose permit shall have been cancelled, withdrawn, or suspended as provided in subsection (a) of this section shall have the right of appeal from the action of the board to the circuit court of the county of his or her residence.
Acts 1973, No. 98, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-915.1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-213 - Dairy products from another state

(a)
It is required that all dairy products as defined by §
20-59-201(2)
shipped into this state from another state shall meet the sanitary standards, definitions, and requirements of Arkansas law and the rules promulgated by the State Board of Health.
(b)
The board is authorized to establish acceptable reciprocal inspection authorities, interstate and intrastate, to properly enforce and administer this section in accordance with specifications and rules adopted.
(c)
A reasonable fee to be determined by the board shall be charged for all out-of-state inspections where reciprocal inspections are not available and cannot be negotiated.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2194, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1973, No. 70, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-912.1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-215 - Unlawful acts - False tests

It shall be unlawful, in determining the value of milk, cream, or other dairy products by the use of the Babcock test, to give any false reading or in any way manipulate the test so as to give a higher or lower percent of butterfat than the milk, cream, or other dairy products actually contain, or to cause any inaccuracy in reading the percent of butterfat by securing from any quantity of milk, cream, or other dairy products to be tested an inaccurate sample for the test. The result of a test reported to the producer for the basis of the payment must be the same as the laboratory record of the test, all records to be in indelible pencil or ink and filed for a period of at least sixty (60) days. All samples of milk or cream, tests of which are to be used as a basis of payment, shall be kept in a cool place in tightly stoppered or tightly covered jars for at least twenty-four (24) hours after the test of the samples has been completed. Where Sundays and holidays intervene, samples shall be held for forty-eight (48) hours after completing the tests. Samples of whole milk shall be treated with proper preservatives to ensure accuracy of the test. Samples of milk for testing shall not be gathered over a period of more than sixteen (16) days, and the samples of milk shall be tested immediately after the period of gathering the samples.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-216 - Unlawful acts - Improper method of testing

It shall be unlawful to use other than the Babcock method or such method of testing as may be approved by AOAC International or the American Dairy Science Association when testing milk or cream, the test of which is to be used as a basis for making payment for the milk or cream thus tested.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-217 - Unlawful acts - Improper scales

It shall be unlawful to use other than torsion balance scales or such scales as may be approved by AOAC International or the American Dairy Science Association when weighing cream for testing, when the tests are to be used as a basis for making payment for the cream.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-218 - Unlawful acts - Improper centrifuges

It shall be improper to use other than standard types of centrifuges approved by AOAC International or the American Dairy Science Association.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-219 - Unlawful acts - Improper testing apparatus

It shall be unlawful to use other than specifications for apparatus and chemicals and directions for testing milk and cream which conform to those adopted by AOAC International or the American Dairy Science Association with such additions as are deemed advisable to make them applicable to the provisions of this subchapter. All types of test tubes, bottles, pipettes, instruments, or specified weights used in connection with testing or determining the value of milk, cream, or other dairy products by the use of the Babcock test shall be approved by AOAC International or the American Dairy Science Association. Cream test weights shall be certified by the manufacturer as to accuracy and stamped on both top and bottom.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-220 - Unlawful acts - Unclean instruments

It shall be unlawful for any person to use any test tube, bottle, pipette, or instrument in connection with the test which is not perfectly clean.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-221 - Unlawful acts - Improper temperature for tests

It shall be unlawful to maintain milk and cream tests at temperatures other than one hundred thirty degrees to one hundred forty degrees Fahrenheit (130°-140°F) for at least five (5) minutes before the reading of the percent of butterfat is made and recorded. In maintaining this temperature, water shall be used, the water to extend above the butterfat column in the bottle neck.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-222 - Unlawful acts - Improper reading of butterfat control

It shall be unlawful to read the percent of butterfat in cream tests without the correct use of gylmol or similar oils.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-223 - Unlawful acts - Handling in insanitary places

It shall be unlawful to handle milk, cream, butter, frozen desserts, or other dairy products in unclean or insanitary places, or in any insanitary manner, or to keep, store, or prepare for market any cream, milk, or other dairy products in the same enclosure with any hide or fur house, or any cow, horse, or hog barns or sheds, or other places where livestock or poultry are kept, housed, or handled, or in rooms or buildings used as gasoline or oil filling stations, except as the sealed final product. Cream or milk receiving and buying stations located in connection with produce houses where poultry or fur and hides, rabbits, etc., are purchased or in connection with restaurants or living quarters shall be separated by a solid wall such as plaster, brick, or tongue and groove or other tight lumber. Self-closing solid connecting doors may be used between cream rooms and other rooms provided that cream rooms are adequately ventilated. Inside walls and ceilings of cream stations shall be painted annually with light-colored waterproof paint. Where water systems are available, running water shall be provided for cleaning purposes. Cream rooms must be used exclusively for the handling of dairy products.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-224 - Unlawful acts - Products of diseased animals - Contaminated products

It shall be unlawful in all cases to sell or offer for sale milk or cream from diseased or unhealthy animals, as certified to be unhealthy or diseased by the State Veterinarian; milk, cream, or any of their derivatives handled by any person suffering from or coming in contact with persons afflicted with any contagious disease; to sell or offer for sale any milk, cream, or any of their derivatives which have been exposed to contamination or into which may have fallen any insanitary articles or any foreign substance which would render the milk, cream, or the product manufactured therefrom, unfit for human consumption.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-225 - Unlawful acts - Preservatives

It shall be unlawful to sell or offer or expose for sale anywhere in this state, milk, cream, or other dairy products containing any preservatives of any kind whatsoever except common salt or sugar for flavoring purposes only or that shall not comply with the standards provided in this subchapter.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-226 - Unlawful acts - Removing label of health officer

It shall be unlawful to remove or deface any tags or labels which have been attached by the Secretary of the Department of Health or his or her deputies to a receptacle containing cream, milk, or other dairy products.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5061, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-227 - Unlawful acts - Unpasteurized products

It shall be unlawful to make and offer for sale butter or frozen desserts unless all dairy products used in their manufacture are pasteurized except in the case of butter made by a dairy farmer who produces a majority of the milk or cream he or she uses.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-228 - Unlawful acts - Products below standard

It shall be unlawful to sell, keep for sale, expose, or offer for sale any milk products or other dairy products which shall not conform at least to the minimum standards provided in this subchapter.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-229 - Unlawful acts - Cream graded for buttermaking - Price differential

It shall be unlawful to purchase or receive cream for buttermaking purposes except on the basis of the following grades: Sweet cream, first grade and second grade. Every person shall buy or receive cream on a grade basis, and each grade shall be kept and shipped so as to arrive within forty-eight (48) hours after the date of purchase at a dairy products manufacturing plant. The cream shall be shipped in a separate can plainly marked to indicate the grade therein and the date graded, and the person buying or receiving the cream shall maintain a price differential between grades on a recognized established differential. This differential shall be a minimum of two cents (2¢) per pound of butterfat between first grade cream and second grade cream.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-230 - Unlawful acts - Mold or sediment test

It shall be unlawful to purchase raw cream or milk without applying a mold or sediment test, monthly or more often if necessary, to each patron's cream or milk, whether purchased by truck route, cream station, direct shipment, or delivered directly to a dairy products plant.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-231 - Unlawful acts - Empty cans inverted

It shall be unlawful to fail to invert empty cream and milk cans on racks located inside of cream stations.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-232 - Unlawful acts - Records of cream buyers - Monthly reports

It shall be unlawful for all cream buyers to purchase cream without keeping a careful record of all cream bought as first grade and second grade, and they shall render the report regularly to the creamery or factory receiving the cream. Creameries shall report the above information monthly, together with other cream purchase reports to the Secretary of the Department of Health on forms furnished them.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5062, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-233 - Unlawful acts - Place of testing or grading - Delivery to carrier in unwholesome condition

It shall be unlawful for all persons collecting milk or cream on routes to do any sampling, testing, or grading en route. All sampling, testing, and grading must be done in a licensed milk or cream station or a dairy manufacturing plant. No pouring from one can to another shall be done except in a licensed milk or cream station or a dairy manufacturing plant. Only containers specifically manufactured for the handling of milk or cream shall be used. No milk or cream to be used in the manufacture of food products shall be delivered in an unwholesome condition to a carrier.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-234 - Unlawful acts - Operation without permit

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to operate a dairy products plant, including milk and cream stations, or freeze or manufacture frozen desserts, or operate a condensery depot within the State of Arkansas without having first secured a permit, except as provided for in §
20-59-244
, signed by the Secretary of the Department of Health and bearing the seal of his or her office. The permit shall be displayed conspicuously at the place of business.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5063, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-235 - Unlawful acts - Labeling of cheese

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to sell, exhibit, or offer for sale skim milk cheese as defined in §
20-59-201(3)(C)
without the following labeling:
(1)
Skim milk cheese or part-skim milk cheese shall be stamped with dark-colored purple vegetable ink using a rubber stamp three to four inches (3-4") wide and ten inches (10") long which shall contain the wording "SKIM MILK" eight (8) times, one under the other in letters three-eighths to one-half inch (3/8-1/2") high;
(2)
Square cheese prints shall be stamped on the entire face;
(3)
Longhorn cheese shall be stamped on the long edge running from top to bottom; and
(4)
On cheese commercially known as "Daisies", the stamp shall repeat itself entirely around the circumference of the cheese.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-236 - Unlawful acts - Removal of label

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to remove or deface the required labeling on skim milk cheese except as is unavoidable in its final sale.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-237 - Unlawful acts - Renovation of butter or cheese

It shall be unlawful to renovate butter or cheese without pasteurizing all such products at the time of renovation.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-238 - Unlawful acts - Labeling of renovated butter

It shall be unlawful to sell, offer for sale, or store renovated or process butter without labeling the product with the words "RENOVATED BUTTER" on the outside of the carton, wrap, or container in which it is placed for final sale in letters at least as large as any other printing on the carton, wrap, or container.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-239 - Unlawful acts - Labeling ice cream

It shall be unlawful to sell ice cream or ice milk in factory-filled package form unless it is labeled with the printed name of the manufacturer, the wholesale distributor, or the retailer. No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale ice milk unless contained in a package or enclosed in a wrapper upon which package or wrapper shall be conspicuously printed the words "ICE MILK".
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-240 - Unlawful acts - Labeling ice milk

(a)
It shall be unlawful to sell ice milk unless all containers are conspicuously so labeled.
(b)
Places where ice milk is sold at retail shall display a conspicuous legible sign containing the words "ICE MILK SOLD HERE" in plain block letters not less than six inches (6") high.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-241 - Unlawful acts - Labeling ice cream mix

It shall be unlawful to sell or transport ice cream mix to another location for manufacture or freezing except in sealed containers that cannot be opened without breaking the seal, and the label shall be securely attached to the container and shall show the name of the manufacturer and the percentage of milk fat of the ice cream mix contained therein.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-242 - Unlawful acts - Bacteria count of frozen dessert

It shall be unlawful for any dairy products plant to produce, manufacture, freeze, process, sell, expose, or offer for sale any frozen dessert having a bacteria count on three (3) consecutive tests of more than one hundred thousand (100,000) bacteria per gram.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-243 - Unlawful acts - Graded milk

It shall be unlawful to label, sell, or offer for sale any milk as graded milk unless the grade is officially awarded by the Secretary of the Department of Health having jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions of the United States Public Health Service Standard Milk Ordinance and Code.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5064, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-244 - Unlawful acts - Pasteurized milk - Permit

It shall be unlawful to label, sell, or offer for sale as pasteurized any milk unless it has been pasteurized in accordance with the provisions of the United States Public Health Service Standard Milk Ordinance and Code under a permit issued by the Secretary of the Department of Health. However, no permit shall be required where plants are operating under permit from a municipality enforcing the United States Public Health Service Standard Milk Ordinance and Code.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5065, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-245 - Unlawful acts - Name of distributor on container - Sale of misprint bottle caps

It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale any milk or milk product in bottles or other original containers for final consumption unless the bottle or container has a cap or cover with the name of the dairy products plant distributor printed thereon. The use or sale of misprinted milk bottle caps is declared unlawful.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-914.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-246 - Manufacturing milk permit

(a)
Every dairy which produces milk or cream to be used for manufacturing purposes shall be required to procure from the Secretary of the Department of Health a manufacturing milk permit.
(b)
Any dairy may obtain a manufacturing milk permit by paying an annual permit fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to the Department of Health and by meeting the minimum requirements of the Rules Pertaining to Milk for Manufacturing Purposes.
(c)
Permit fees shall be due by June 30 of each year. Grade "A" dairies with suspended permits and selling milk for manufacturing purposes will be given a ninety-day exemption from the requirement of obtaining a manufacturing milk permit if they meet the requirements of a manufactured milk producer.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2195, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5066, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § 4; A.S.A 1947 § 82-915; Acts 1987, No. 534, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-247 - Disposition of funds

(a)
All fees and fines collected under this subchapter are special revenues and shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Public Health Fund to be used exclusively by the Division of Environmental Health Protection of the Department of Health.
(b)
Subject to such rules as may be implemented by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the disbursing officer for the Department of Health is authorized to transfer all unexpended funds relative to manufactured milk that pertain to fees collected, as certified by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, to be carried forward and made available for expenditures for the same purpose for any following fiscal year.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2196, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1941, No. 114, § [9], as added by 1987, No. 534, § 2; 1991, No. 328, § 4.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 2 - REGULATION OF MANUFACTURE AND SALE GENERALLY (§§ 20-59-201 — 20-59-248) › Section 20-59-248 - Incidental sales of goat milk, sheep milk, and whole milk that has not been pasteurized not prohibited - Definitions

(a)
For purposes of this section:
(1)
"Incidental sales of goat milk, sheep milk, and whole milk that has not been pasteurized" are those sales where the average monthly number of gallons sold does not exceed five hundred gallons (500 gals.);
(2)
"Locally produced whole milk products" means whole milk that has been produced on an Arkansas farm; and
(3)
(A)
"Whole milk" means the lacteal secretion obtained by the complete milking of one (1) or more healthy cows, properly fed and kept, that when offered for sale contains at least three and one-fourth percent (3.25%) of butterfat and eight and one-fourth percent (8.25%) solids not fat.
(B)
"Whole milk" does not include lacteal secretion obtained within fifteen (15) days before or five (5) days after calving or a longer period if necessary to render the milk practically colostrum free.
(b)
This subchapter does not prohibit incidental sales of raw goat milk, raw sheep milk, and whole milk that has not been pasteurized directly to consumers at the farm where the milk is produced or preclude the advertising of incidental sales of goat milk, sheep milk, and whole milk that has not been pasteurized.
(c)
With respect to whole milk that has not been pasteurized, the seller shall:
(1)
Post at the point of sale a sign that is no smaller than two feet by four feet (2' x 4') that includes the following information in large, clear text:
(A)
The name and address of the farm with seller's contact information; and
(B)
The following statement:
"This product, sold for personal use and not for resale, is fresh whole milk that has NOT been pasteurized. Neither this farm nor the milk sold by this farm has been inspected by the State of Arkansas. The consumer assumes all liability for health issues that may result from the consumption of this product."; and
(2)
Affix a label to the bottle or package that includes:
(A)
The name and address of the farm; and
(B)
The following statement:
"This product, sold for personal use and not for resale, is fresh whole milk that has NOT been pasteurized. Neither this farm nor the milk sold by this farm has been inspected by the State of Arkansas. The consumer assumes all liability for health issues that may result from the consumption of this product."
(d)
A farmer who sells fresh whole unpasteurized milk shall permit inspection of his or her cows and barns by his or her customers upon request.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 846,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 1209,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1993, No. 816, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 3 - MELLORINE (§§ 20-59-301 — 20-59-308) › Section 20-59-301 - Applicability

Every person, firm, or corporation producing, manufacturing, processing, freezing, or packaging mellorine or mellorine mix shall comply with the same rules that govern the production and manufacturing of ice cream and other manufactured milk products, as promulgated by the State Board of Health.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2197, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1953, No. 416, § 10; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-918.9.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 3 - MELLORINE (§§ 20-59-301 — 20-59-308) › Section 20-59-302 - Penalties

(a)
Any person, firm, or corporation that violates any of the provisions of this subchapter or any of the rules issued in connection therewith or any officer, agent, or employee thereof who directs or knowingly permits such a violation or who aids or assists such a violation shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and not less than fifty dollars ($50.00).
(b)
Each violation shall constitute a separate offense.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2198, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1953, No. 416, § 13; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-918.12; Acts 2005, No. 1994, § 134.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 3 - MELLORINE (§§ 20-59-301 — 20-59-308) › Section 20-59-303 - State Board of Health - Enforcement

(a)
The State Board of Health, through its constituted officers and agents, is authorized and directed to administer and to supervise the enforcement of this subchapter, to prescribe rules to carry out its purpose, to provide for such periodic inspections and investigations as it may deem necessary to disclose violations, to receive and provide for the investigation of complaints and to provide for the institution and prosecution of civil or criminal actions, or both.
(b)
The provisions of this subchapter and the rules issued in connection therewith may be enforced by injunction in any court having jurisdiction to grant injunctive relief. Adulterated or misbranded articles illegally held or otherwise involved in a violation of this subchapter or of the rules shall be subject to seizure and disposition in accordance with an order of court.
(c)
However, any aggrieved party shall have the right to apply to the circuit court in the county of his or her residence for a review of any summary action on the part of the board or its agents. For this purpose, service of process upon the Secretary of the Department of Health at any place in this state shall constitute a valid service in the application for review.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2199, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5067, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1953, No. 416, § 11; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-918.10.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 3 - MELLORINE (§§ 20-59-301 — 20-59-308) › Section 20-59-304 - Production requirements generally

(a)
Any person, firm, or corporation that can and does comply with the rules as promulgated by the State Board of Health and upon the payment of the permit fee and the issuance of a permit shall be eligible to produce, manufacture, process, freeze, and package mellorine and mellorine mix.
(b)
The plants must have available the necessary equipment to package the product in containers as set out in this subchapter. However, plants may manufacture mellorine mix without owning the necessary equipment to package the product, so long as they sell the mellorine mix to a processing plant which has been issued a permit and has the necessary equipment to package mellorine.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2200, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1953, No. 416, § 12; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-918.11.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 3 - MELLORINE (§§ 20-59-301 — 20-59-308) › Section 20-59-305 - Production permit required

(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to operate a plant producing, manufacturing, processing, freezing, or packaging mellorine or mellorine mix without having first secured a permit signed by the Secretary of the Department of Health and bearing the seal of his or her office. The permit shall be displayed conspicuously at the place of business.
(b)
Permits shall be issued for one (1) year and shall be in effect from April 1 through March 31 of each year and shall be cancelled, withdrawn, or suspended by the State Board of Health for failure to comply with any of the provisions of this subchapter after due notice in writing has been given and the licensee has been granted a hearing.
(c)
Any licensee whose permit has been cancelled, withdrawn, or suspended as provided in this section shall have the right of appeal from the action of the board to the circuit court of the county of his or her residence.
(d)
The secretary shall collect for the permits, and all funds collected by the secretary under the provisions of this subchapter shall be deposited into the State Treasury.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5069, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5068, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1953, No. 416, §§ 7, 8; 1979, No. 521, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 82-918.6, 82-918.7.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 3 - MELLORINE (§§ 20-59-301 — 20-59-308) › Section 20-59-306 - Original containers and labeling required

(a)
Mellorine shall be sold in or served from original, sealed, factory-filled containers.
(b)
The container shall be labeled "MELLORINE", with the lettering of the word "mellorine" to be at least three-eighths inch (3/8") in size and in every case shall appear in as large type size and as prominent as any other wording on the container except the brand name.
(c)
Use of the word "cream" or its phonetic equivalent, however spelled, in connection with the labeling, advertising, branding, or sale of mellorine is prohibited, as is the use of the name of any product defined under §
20-59-201(4)(A)
-(I), except in the name identifying the manufacturer.
(d)
The packaging, labeling, sale, offering for sale, serving, or dispensing of mellorine in violation of subsections (a)-(c) of this section is prohibited.
Acts 1953, No. 416, §§ 3, 6; 1977, No. 92, § 1; 1979, No. 521, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 82-918.2, 82-918.5.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 3 - MELLORINE (§§ 20-59-301 — 20-59-308) › Section 20-59-307 - Imitation mellorine

(a)
Any food product containing any food fat as defined in §
20-59-201(4)(J)(ii)
which is made in semblance or in imitation of mellorine as defined and standardized in §
20-59-201
but which does not conform to the definition and standard shall be deemed to be adulterated and misbranded notwithstanding the employment of any fanciful name or the use of the word "imitation" to designate the product.
(b)
The adulteration and misbranding of mellorine in violation of subsection (a) of this section is prohibited.
Acts 1953, No. 416, §§ 5, 6; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 82-918.4, 82-918.5.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 3 - MELLORINE (§§ 20-59-301 — 20-59-308) › Section 20-59-308 - False or misleading advertising prohibited

(a)
The false and misleading advertising of mellorine is prohibited.
(b)
An advertisement of mellorine shall be deemed to be false and misleading if in the advertisement representations are made or suggested by statement, word, grade, designation, design, device, symbol, sound, or any combination thereof that mellorine is a dairy product.
(c)
However, nothing contained in this section shall prevent a truthful, accurate, and full statement in any advertisement of all the ingredients in mellorine.
(d)
The false and misleading advertising of mellorine in violation of subsections (a)-(c) of this section is prohibited.
Acts 1953, No. 416, §§ 4, 6; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 82-918.3, 82-918.5.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 4 - GRADE "A" MILK PROGRAM ACT (§§ 20-59-401 — 20-59-407) › Section 20-59-401 - Title

This subchapter may be cited as the "Arkansas Grade 'A' Milk Program Act of 1981".
Acts 1981, No. 587, § 10; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-4015.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 4 - GRADE "A" MILK PROGRAM ACT (§§ 20-59-401 — 20-59-407) › Section 20-59-402 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Distributors of Grade 'A' milk and milk products processed by plants outside of Arkansas" means any person who offers for sale or sells to another any Grade "A" milk or milk products in Arkansas;
(2)
"Division of Environmental Health Protection" means the Division of Environmental Health Protection of the Department of Health;
(3)
"Grade 'A' milk and milk products" means milk and milk products that are in compliance with the Grade "A" milk and milk products control laws and rules of the State of Arkansas;
(4)
"Imported raw milk" means any milk not produced under routine inspection of Arkansas and imported into the State of Arkansas;
(5)
"Milk hauler" means any person who samples and transports Grade "A" raw milk and raw milk products to Grade "A" milk plants or receiving or transfer stations;
(6)
"Milk inspection fee" means the Grade "A" milk and milk products inspection fee;
(7)
"Milk Inspection Fees Fund" means the fund in the State Treasury into which the Grade "A" milk and milk products inspection fees are to be deposited;
(8)
"Milk plant" means a milk plant in any place, premise, or establishment where Grade "A" milk and milk products are collected, handled, processed, stored, pasteurized, bottled, or prepared for distribution;
(9)
"Producer" means any person who produces Grade "A" raw milk inspected by the State of Arkansas;
(10)
"Producer-distributor" means a producer who also is a distributor; and
(11)
"State" means the State of Arkansas.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2201, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1981, No. 587, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-4006.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103) › Chapter 59 - MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (§§ 20-59-101 — 20-59-705) › Subchapter 4 - GRADE "A" MILK PROGRAM ACT (§§ 20-59-401 — 20-59-407) › Section 20-59-403 - Division of Environmental Health Protection - Regulatory powers and duties

(a)
The Division of Environmental Health Protection of the Department of Health shall assume all regulatory duties, powers, and responsibilities pertaining to production and distribution of Grade "A" milk and milk products in this state.
(b)
The division shall provide Grade "A" milk permits, inspection, and laboratory services to all qualified Grade "A" milk plants, producers, producer-distributors, distributors, milk haulers, receiving stations, and transfer stations.
Acts 1981, No. 587, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-4007.