Alabama Administrative Code › Title 80 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES › AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY › Chapter 80-1-22 - FOODS, DRUGS AND COSMETICS › Section 80-1-22-.14 - Rules For Purchasing And Testing Milk And Cream

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Any person or firm desiring to open a
				cream station, milk station, receiving station, shipping station, creamery,
				cheese factory, ice cream factory or condensory for the purpose of purchasing
				cream or milk on butterfat basis shall, two weeks prior to the opening of any
				of the above named establishments, notify the Commissioner of Agriculture and
				Industries in writing of the location and the names and addresses of the
				operator and tester who will be in charge of the testing and the
				establishment.
(2) All milk plants,
				milk stations, ice cream plants, creameries, cheese plants, and condensories
				that practice composite testing are required to take samples of each shipment
				of milk which the composite test represents. All plants or stations which
				practice composite testing shall test at least once every seven days, provided,
				however, if cheese plants and condensories are equipped with refrigeration
				facilities and milk samples are kept below a constant temperature of 45° F,
				and properly preserved, such establishments shall be required to test only once
				every 15 days, provided further, that such samples shall not be kept out of
				refrigeration for a period exceeding 20 minutes at any one time.
(3) Each lot of cream or milk delivered to be
				purchased on butterfat basis shall be accurately sampled by thoroughly mixing
				and then taking out carefully a representative portion for the test. In case of
				milk where composite testing is done, the portion representing each lot sampled
				shall be used in making up the composite sample for the butterfat
				test.
(4) All licensed receiving
				stations conducted for the purpose of the purchase of butterfat, either in the
				form of cream or milk, shall keep a permanent record available at all times, to
				the agents of the Department of Agriculture and Industries, which records are
				for checking purposes and shall show the percentage of butterfat obtained by
				the analysis of the purchaser on all samples representing lots of cream or milk
				purchased, as well as the total weight of the product represented by the
				sample.
(5) Licensed milk and cream
				testers shall report daily the percentage of butterfat obtained in each test on
				regular forms furnished by the Department of Agriculture and Industries of milk
				and cream for the purpose of purchasing the milk or cream on butterfat basis to
				the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.
(6) It shall be the duty of testers of milk
				or cream to post in a conspicuous place frequented daily by patrons a copy of
				all tests reported to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, and the
				day the tests are made. These shall remain posted until an agent of the
				Commissioner shall authorize the removal of same.
(7) It shall be the duty of the tester to see
				that the percentage of butterfat obtained by him is the figure for the
				percentage of butterfat used and recorded on a permanent record for the payment
				of the milk or cream which the sample tested represents.
Author:
Charles H. Barnes
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											20-1-2,
					 2-13-2,
					 2-13-93.