Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 203h - Standards for Bulk Milk Transport Tankers and the Transportation of Milk and Milk Products › Section 22-203h-1 - Bulk milk pickup tanker. Standards

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The following
			 are incorporated by reference: Section 5 and Appendix B of the Grade A
			 Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO), Recommendations of the United States Public
			 Health Service/Food and Drug Administration, as amended from time to time. The
			 material incorporated by reference in this subsection is available for public
			 inspection and copying during business hours by contacting:
Connecticut Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Regulation and Inspection
165 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
(b) The commissioner or the commissioner's
			 designated agent may inspect each permitted bulk milk pickup tanker annually.
			 The inspection may take place at any location the tanker is found to be picking
			 up milk, unloading milk, being washed or where the tanker is housed.
(c) After each inspection the commissioner or
			 the commissioner's designated agent may affix a decal to each bulk milk pickup
			 tanker found to be in compliance with this section. The decal shall indicate
			 the month and year the inspection period expires. Those bulk milk pickup
			 tankers that are not in compliance with this section may be issued a notice of
			 non-compliance and may be required to submit proof of compliance to the
			 commissioner within sixty (60) days from the date of the notice of
			 non-compliance.
(d) Bulk milk
			 pickup tankers housed outside this state that do not carry a valid inspection
			 certificate from another state may be inspected by the commissioner or the
			 commissioner's designated agent, provided that an inspection fee of ten (10)
			 dollars is paid to the commissioner. Those out-of-state bulk milk pickup
			 tankers found to be in compliance with this section may have a decal affixed to
			 them which shall indicate the month and year the inspection period
			 expires.
(e) Bulk milk pickup
			 tankers housed outside this state that do not carry a valid inspection
			 certificate from another state and whose owners or operators choose not to have
			 such bulk milk pickup tankers inspected shall be issued a notice of
			 noncompliance and shall be required to submit proof of compliance to the
			 commissioner within sixty (60) days from the date of the notice of
			 non-compliance.
(f) Those bulk milk
			 pickup tankers for which proof of compliance has not been submitted to the
			 commissioner pursuant to subsection (c) or (e) of this section shall be barred
			 from transporting milk or milk products from or to any person, firm or company
			 in this state.
(g) Whenever the
			 commissioner or the commissioner's designated agent determines that a violation
			 of this section may put the public health or safety at risk, or may allow
			 contamination of the milk or milk products being transported, the commissioner
			 or the commissioner's designated agent may order that immediate action be taken
			 to abate such violation, including, but not limited to, prohibiting a bulk milk
			 pickup tanker from transporting milk or milk products from or to any person,
			 firm or company in this state until the violation is corrected. An inspection
			 by the commissioner or the commissioner's designated agent or other proof of
			 correction of the violation shall be required before transportation of milk or
			 milk products resumes.