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Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.40 - Definitions

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"Bulk milk tanker "
means a mobile bulk
				container used to transport milk or fluid milk products from farm to plant or
				from plant to plant. This includes both the over-the-road semitankers and the
				tankers that are permanently mounted on a motor vehicle.
"Bulk tank"
means a bulk tank used to cool and
				store milk on a farm.
"Can milk truck body "
means a truck body
				permanently moimted on a motor vehicle for the purpose of picking up milk in
				milk cans from dairy farms for delivery to a milk plant.
"Dairy farm "
means any place where one or
				more cows, sheep or goats are kept for the production of milk.
"Milk"
means the lacteal secretion of cows,
				sheep or goats, and includes dairy products.
"Milk can "
means a sanitary-designed,
				seamless, stainless steel can, manufactured from approved material for the
				purpose of storing raw milk on can milk farms, to be picked up and loaded onto
				a can milk truck body.
"Milk grader "
means a person who collects a
				milk sample from a bulk tank or a bulk milk tanker This includes dairy industry
				field personnel and dairy industry milk intake personnel.
"Milk hauler "
means any person who collects
				milk at a dairy farm for delivery to a milk plant.
"Milkplant"
means any facility where milk is
				processed, received or transferred.
"Milkproducer"
means any person who owns or
				operates a dairy farm.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.41 - Bulk Milk Tanker License Required

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(1) A milk tanker shall not operate in Iowa
			 without a valid license.
(2) The
			 license application shall include a description of the bulk milk tanker,
			 including the make, serial number, capacity and the address at which the bulk
			 milk tanker is customarily kept when not being used. The applicant shall also
			 furnish any other information which the department reasonably requires for
			 identification and licensing.
(3) A
			 license pursuant to this rule expires June 30 biennially and is not
			 transferable between tankers.
(4)
			 The department may initiate an enforcement action against a person operating a
			 bulk milk tanker if the department determines that the person has operated
			 without a license or has procured another person to operate without a
			 license.
(5) The cost of the bulk
			 milk tanker license is $50.
(6) If
			 the bulk milk tanker and accessories have been inspected within the last 12
			 months and carry a current license, the bulk milk tanker renewal license
			 application and a return envelope will be mailed to the owner of the tanker in
			 April biennially by the dairy products control bureau office in Des
			 Moines.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.42 - Bulk Milk Tanker Construction

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A bulk milk tanker, including equipment and accessories, shall
				be of a sanitary design and construction and shall comply with "3-A Sanitary
				Standards for Stainless Steel Automotive Milk and Milk Products Transportation
				Tanks for Bulk Delivery and/or Farm Pick-Up Service," Number B-05-15-A (April
				14, 2015), published jointly by the International Association of Milk, Food and
				Environmental Sanitarians, Inc. and the Food and Drug Administration, Public
				Health Service, United States Department of Health and Human
				Services.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.43 - Bulk Milk Tanker Cleaning and Maintenance

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(1) A bulk milk tanker, including equipment
			 and accessories, shall be thoroughly cleaned immediately after each day's use
			 and shall be kept clean and in good repair.
(2) All product contact surfaces on a bulk
			 milk tanker, including all contact product surfaces of equipment and
			 accessories used on the tanker, shall be thoroughly cleaned.
(3) External surfaces of a bulk milk tanker
			 shall also be thoroughly cleaned.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.45 - Bulk Milk Tanker Cleaning Facility

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(1) A bulk milk tanker shall be cleaned and
			 sanitized in a fully enclosed facility.
(2) The facility shall have an impervious
			 drained floor and shall be equipped with adequate hot and cold water under
			 pressure, a wash vat, sanitizing facilities and equipment storage
			 racks.
(3) A bulk milk tanker may
			 be cleaned and sanitized in the same room where milk is being received from
			 bulk milk tankers.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.46 - Bulk Milk Tanker Cleaning Tag

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(1) When a bulk milk tanker has been
			 thoroughly cleaned and sanitized, but is not returning to the same plant, the
			 dairy receiving operator shall attach a tag showing all of the following:
a. The date on which the tanker was cleaned
			 and sanitized.
b. The name and
			 location of the facility where the tanker was cleaned and sanitized.
c. The legible signature or initials of the
			 person who cleaned and sanitized the tanker
d. The type or name of the chemicals used to
			 clean and sanitize.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.47 - Dairy Plant, Receiving Station or Transfer Station Records

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(1) Records shall be kept at all plants where
			 tankers are cleaned and sanitized. 68.47(2) The records shall be kept for at
			 least 90 days. 68.47(3) The records shall include all of the following:
a. The name and address of the facility where
			 the tanker was cleaned and sanitized.
b. The date on which the tanker was cleaned
			 and sanitized.
c. The legible name
			 or initials of the person who cleaned and sanitized the tanker
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.48 - Milk Hauler License Required

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(1)
			 A person shall not engage in the activities of being a milk hauler without a
			 valid milk hauler license.
(2) The
			 cost of a milk hauler license is $20.
(3) A milk hauler license obtained pursuant
			 to this rule expires June 30 biennially and is not transferable between
			 persons.
(4) As a condition of
			 relicensing, a milk hauler license renewal applicant shall have had an
			 on-the-farm evaluation of milk pickup procedures by a department inspector
			 within two years immediately prior to relicensure and shall have attended a
			 milk hauler school within three years immediately prior if a hauler school was
			 made available within that three-year period.
(5) If a milk hauler with a current license
			 has had an on-the-farm evaluation within the last two years and has attended a
			 state milk hauler training school within the last three years, a milk hauler
			 renewal application and a return envelope will be mailed to the milk hauler in
			 April biennially by the dairy products control bureau office in Des
			 Moines.
(6) The department may take
			 action against a person if the department determines that the person has
			 engaged in activities requiring a milk hauler license without a valid milk
			 hauler license or has procured another person to operate without a
			 license.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.50 - Supplies Required for Milk Collection and Sampling

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A milk hauler who collects milk in bulk from a dairy farm shall
				have all of the following supplies available:
1. An adequate supply of sample
			 containers.
2. A sample
			 dipper
3. A sample dipper storage
			 container
4. A sanitizing solution
			 in the sample dipper storage container of 200 ppm of chlorine or
			 equivalent.
5. An insulated
			 carrying case with a rack to hold samples.
6. A certified thermometer, accurate to plus
			 or minus 2°F, that can be used to check the temperature of the milk in the
			 farm bulk tank, the accuracy of the farm bulk tank thermometers and the
			 temperature of the Cornmingled load.
7. A marking device to identify samples
			 collected.
8. A watch or timing
			 device.
9. An adequate supply of
			 forms needed for milk collection and records.
10. A writing device to write on the forms
			 and records.
11. Access to an
			 adequate supply of single-service paper towels.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.51 - Milk Hauler Sanitization

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1.
			 A milk hauler shall wear clean clothing.
2. A milk hauler shall maintain a high degree
			 of personal cleanliness.
3. A milk
			 hauler shall observe good bygienic practices.
4. A milk hauler shall not measure, sample or
			 collect milk if the hauler has a discharging or infected wound or lesion on the
			 hauler's hands or exposed arms.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.52 - Examining Milk by Sight and Smell

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(1)
			 Before a milk hauler receives or collects milk from a dairy farm, the hauler
			 shall examine the milk by sight and smell and shall reject all milk that has
			 any of the following characteristics:
1.
			 Objectionable odor
2. Abnormal
			 appearance and consistency.
3.
			 Visible adulteration.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.53 - Milk Hauler Hand Washing

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A milk hauler shall wash and dry hands before performing any of
				the following:
1. Using a
			 thermometer
2. Measuring the
			 milk.
3. Collecting a milk
			 sample.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.54 - Milk Temperature

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(1) Before
			 a milk hauler collects milk at a dairy farm, the milk hauler shall record the
			 temperature of the milk to be collected.
(2) If the milk is collected more than two
			 hours after the last milking, the milk hauler shall reject the milk if the milk
			 temperature exceeds 45°F or 7°C.
(3) If milk from two or more milkings is
			 collected within two hours of the last milking, the milk hauler shall reject
			 the milk if the milk temperature exceeds 50°F or IO°C.
(4) If the farm bulk tank thermometer is
			 working, at least once each month, and more often if necessary, a milk hauler
			 shall check the accuracy of each dairy farm bulk tank thermometer by taking the
			 temperature of the milk in the bulk tank with the milk hauler's thermometer and
			 shall record the temperature on the milk pickup record card. This procedure
			 shall be done at every pickup if the farm bulk tank thermometer is not
			 working.
(5) Before a milk hauler
			 uses the milk hauler's thermometer to take the temperature of the milk in a
			 bulk tank, the hauler shall sanitize the stem of the thermometer in 200 ppm
			 chlorine or its equivalent for a minimum of 60 seconds.
(6) A milk hauler shall immediately notify
			 the milk producer and the dairy field person if the dairy farm bulk tank is not
			 cooling properly or if the bulk tank thermometer is not recording the
			 temperatures accurately.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.55 - Connecting the Milk Hose

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(1) Before
			 the milk hauler connects a tanker hose to a bulk tank, the hauler shall examine
			 the fittings of the tanker hose and the bulk tank outlet and shall clean and
			 sanitize as necessary.
(2) The milk
			 hauler shall attach the milk hose to the bulk tank outlet in a manner that does
			 not contaminate the hose or the hose cap.
(3) The hose shall be connected through the
			 milk room hose port.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.56 - Measuring the Milk in the Bulk Tank

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(1) Before milk is transferred from a bulk
			 tank to a bulk milk tanker, the milk hauler shall measure the amount of milk in
			 the bulk tank.
(2) The milk hauler
			 shall measure the milk using a clean gauge rod or other measuring device that
			 is specifically designed and calibrated to measure milk in the bulk
			 tank.
(3) Immediately before using
			 the gauge rod or measuring device, the milk hauler shall wipe it dry with a
			 clean, single-service disposable towel.
(4) A milk hauler shall not measure the
			 amount of milk in a dairy farm bulk tank until the milk in the tank is
			 motionless.
(5) If the milk is
			 being agitated, the milk hauler shall turn off the agitator and wait for the
			 milk to beCorne Cornpletely motionless before measuring the milk.
(6) After measuring the milk with a gauge rod
			 or other device, the milk hauler shall use that measurement to calculate the
			 weight or volume of milk in the bulk tank with the manufacturer's conversion
			 chart.
(7) The milk hauler shall
			 record that weight or volume on a written collection record.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.57 - Milk Sample for Testing

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(1)
			 Before milk is transferred from a dairy farm bulk tank to a bulk milk tanker, a
			 milk hauler shall collect a representative sample of that milk from the dairy
			 farm bulk tank for testing. If there is more than one bulk tank, a sample from
			 each tank shall be taken and identified.
(2) The collected sample shall be filled only
			 ¾ full in the sample container so that the sample can be agitated in the
			 lab.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.58 - Milk Collection Record

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(1)
			 Whenever a milk hauler collects a milk shipment from a dairy farm, the milk
			 hauler shall make a written record for that shipment.
(2) One copy of the collection record shall
			 be posted in a dairy farm milk room.
(3) The collection record shall be initialed
			 by the milk hauler.
(4) The record
			 shall include all of the following:
1. The
			 milk producer identification number
2. The milk hauler's initials.
3. The date when the milk was sampled and
			 collected.
4. The temperature of
			 the milk when collected.
5. The
			 weight or volume of milk collected as determined by the milk hauler.
6. The time of pickup, including whether A.M.
			 or P.M. or military time.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.59 - Loading the Milk From the Bulk Tank to the Milk Tanker

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(1) After a milk hauler has sampled milk from
			 the dairy farm bulk tank and prepared a Cornplete collection record, the hauler
			 may transfer the milk from that bulk tank to the milk tanker
(2) A milk hauler shall not collect milk from
			 any other container on a dairy farm other than from a bulk tank.
(3) Partial pickup of milk shall be avoided
			 whenever possible.
(4) After a milk
			 hauler has collected all of the milk from a bulk tank, the milk hauler shall
			 disconnect the milk hose from the bulk tank, cap the hose and return the hose
			 to its cabinet in the bulk milk tanker
(5) The milk hauler shall inspect the empty
			 dairy farm bulk tank for abnormal sediments and shall report any abnormal
			 sediments to the dairy producer and the dairy plant field person.
(6) After the milk hauler has disconnected
			 the milk hose and inspected the empty farm bulk tank for abnormal sediments,
			 the milk hauler shall rinse the bulk tank with cold or lukewarm water
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.60 - Milk Samples Required for Testing

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(1) The milk hauler shall collect a sample of
			 milk from each dairy farm bulk tank before that milk is transferred to a bulk
			 milk tanker
(2) A milk sample
			 collected from a dairy farm bulk tank shall not be Cornmingled with a sample
			 collected from any other bulk tank.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.61 - Bulk Milk Sampling Procedures

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A milk hauler shall Cornply with all of the following
				procedures when collecting a milk sample:
1. Shall collect the sample after the bulk
			 tank milk has been thoroughly agitated.
2. Shall agitate a bulk tank of less than a
			 1000 gallon size, in the presence of the milk hauler, for at least five minutes
			 before the milk sample is taken.
3.
			 Shall agitate a bulk tank of a 1000 gallon size or larger, in the presence of
			 the milk hauler, for at least ten minutes before the milk sample is taken. If
			 there are stamped printed instructions on the bulk tank, giving explicit
			 agitation instructions that are different from ten minutes, the bulk tank shall
			 then be agitated according to the written instructions.
4. Shall collect the sample using a sanitized
			 sample dipper that is manufactured for the purpose of taking a milk sample from
			 a bulk tank. The milk hauler shall not use the sample container to collect a
			 milk sample.
5. Shall rinse the
			 sanitized sample dipper in the milk, in the bulk tank, at least two times
			 before the dipper is used to collect the sample.
6. After rinsing the sample dipper in the
			 milk, shall pour the sample from the dipper into a sample container until the
			 sample container is ¾ full and shall securely close the sample
			 container
7. Shall not fill the
			 sample container over the bulk tank, but shall fill the sample container off to
			 the side of the bulk tank, over the floor of the milk room.
8. Shall handle the sample container and cap
			 aseptically.
9. After collecting
			 the milk sample, shall immediately place the sample on a rack or floater, on
			 ice in the insulated sample container, and rinse the sample dipper with clean
			 potable water
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.62 - Temperature Control Sample

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(1) The
			 milk hauler shall collect two milk samples at the first farm on each milk
			 route.
(2) One of the two samples
			 collected from the first farm shall be used for a temperature control (TC)
			 sample.
(3) The temperature control
			 (TC) sample shall remain in the rack with the other samples pertaining to that
			 load.
(4) The temperature control
			 (TC) sample container shall be marked in a legible manner identifying the
			 sample as the TC sample and shall also be marked with the other following
			 information:
1. The producer identification
			 number
2. The initials of the milk
			 hauler
3. The date the sample was
			 collected.
4. The time the sample
			 was collected.
5. The temperature
			 of the milk in the farm bulk tank from which the TC sample was
			 collected.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.63 - Producer Sample Identification

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Immediately before a milk hauler collects a milk sample, but
				before the milk hauler opens the sample container, the milk hauler shall,
				unless that sample container is prelabeled with the producer information,
				clearly and indelibly label the sample container with all of the following
				information:
1. The producer
			 identification number
2. The date
			 when the sample was collected.
3.
			 The temperature of the milk in the bulk tank.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.64 - Care and Delivery of Producer Milk Samples

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(1) Immediately after a milk hauler collects
			 a milk sample, the milk hauler shall place the sample container in a clean,
			 refrigerated carrying case in which the temperature is kept at from 32°F to
			 40°F.
(2) If the sample
			 containers are packed in ice or cold water to keep the samples refrigerated,
			 the ice or water shall cover no more than ¾ of each sample
			 container
(3) The milk hauler shall
			 promptly deliver the samples to the place designated by the milk
			 purchaser
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.65 - Milk Sample Carrying Case

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The carrying case shall be constructed to have all of the
				following characteristics:
1. Shall be
			 constructed of rigid metal or plastic.
2. Shall be effectively insulated and
			 refrigerated to keep the samples at the required temperature.
3. Shall have a rack or floater designed to
			 hold samples in the upright position.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.66 - Bulk Milk Delivery

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(1) If
			 milk is unloaded or transferred at any location other than a licensed facility,
			 the person having custody of the milk shall notify the department of that
			 unloading or transfer before that milk is processed or shipped to any other
			 location.
(2) Air entering a bulk
			 milk tanker when the tanker is unloading shall be filtered to prevent
			 contamination of the milk when the door to the receiving area is
			 open.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.67 - False Samples or Records

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The department may take enforcement action against a person
				doing or conspiring to do any of the following:
1. Falsely identify any milk
			 sample.
2. Submit a false or
			 manipulated milk sample.
3. Submit
			 a milk sample collected in violation of this chapter
4. Misrepresent the amount of milk collected
			 from a dairy farm.
5. Misrepresent
			 or falsify any record or report required under this chapter
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.68 - Violations Prompting Immediate Suspension

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A person violating any of the following shall have the person's
				milk hauler license suspended for the first full five weekdays following the
				violation. Administering the violation in this manner will allow a licensed
				field representative or a person employed by the plant with a milk hauler's
				license to ride with a suspended milk hauler and to perform all of the bulk
				milk pickup procedures which the suspended milk hauler shall not perform while
				the license is suspended. This rule will also allow a dairy co-op or a
				proprietary establishment the ability to recover the cost of the employee of
				the business establishment while the employee is working with the suspended
				milk hauler
1. Not measuring the milk
			 before pumping.
2. Not collecting a
			 sample from the farm bulk tank.
3.
			 Collecting milk from a container other than the farm bulk tank or an approved
			 milk can.
4. Not collecting a milk
			 sample before pumping or opening the valve to the milk tanker
5. Mixing the contents of milk samples with
			 other milk samples.
6. Collecting a
			 sample before proper agitation.
7.
			 Not using proper sample collection equipment.
8. Falsely identifying a milk
			 sample.
9. Submitting a false or
			 manipulated milk sample or a false sample collection record.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.69 - Milk Grader License Required

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(1)
			 A person shall not be employed as a dairy field person or a milk intake person
			 and shall not collect a raw milk sample from a farm bulk tank or collect a load
			 sample from a bulk milk tanker in Iowa without first being evaluated by a
			 department dairy inspector and making application for a milk grader license. A
			 milk grader license will not be needed by a temporary milk plant intake person
			 that is under the direct supervision of a licensed milk grader.
(2) The department may take an enforcement
			 action against a person engaged in activities of a dairy field person or milk
			 intake person or a person collecting milk samples from a farm bulk tank or from
			 a bulk milk tanker if the department determines that the applicant has engaged
			 in such activities without first obtaining a valid Iowa milk grader license or
			 a valid 45-day interim license or has procured another person to operate
			 without a license.
(3) The cost of
			 a milk grader license is $20.
(4) A
			 milk grader license obtained pursuant to this rule expires June 30 biennially
			 and is not transferable between persons.
(5) As a condition of relicensing:
a. A milk grader license renewal applicant
			 for collecting a milk sample from a farm bulk tank shall have had an
			 on-the-farm evaluation of milk collecting and care of milk sample procedures by
			 a department inspector within two years immediately prior to relicensure and
			 shall have attended a milk hauler school within three years immediately prior
			 to relicensure, if a hauler school was made available within that three-year
			 period.
b. A milk grader license
			 renewal applicant for collecting a milk sample from a bulk milk tanker at a
			 milk plant shall have had an in-the-plant evaluation of milk collecting
			 procedures by a department inspector within the last two years prior to
			 relicensure.
c. If the milk grader
			 has had an evaluation within the last two years and, if required, has attended
			 a milk hauler training school within the last three years, a milk grader
			 renewal application and a return envelope will be mailed biennially in April to
			 the milk grader by the dairy products control bureau office in Des
			 Moines.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.70 - New Milk Grader License Applicant

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(1)
			 Rescinded IAB 8/19/15, effective 9/23/15.
(2) An applicant for a milk grader license to
			 collect a milk sample from a farm bulk tank shall follow the procedures
			 outlined in subrules 68.49(2) to 68.49(4).
(3) An applicant for a milk grader license to
			 collect a milk sample from a bulk milk tanker at a milk plant shall contact the
			 dairy products control bureau office in Des Moines, telephone (515)281 -3545,
			 and request a sampling procedure review by a department inspector and a milk
			 grader application.
The inspector will fill out "Inspection Form Short Form
				009-0293/TS" for verification of the sampling procedure review and give a
				signed copy to the applicant. The applicant shall mail the signed copy, the
				completed application and the $10 license fee to the dairy products control
				bureau office for a "Restricted Milk Grader License."
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 68 - Dairy › Rule 21-68.71 - Can Milk Truck Body

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(1) A can milk
			 truck body used for the purpose of picking up milk in milk cans from dairy
			 farms for delivery to a milk plant shall not operate in the state of Iowa
			 without first being issued a valid license from the department. This rule is
			 intended to include can milk truck bodies that are commercially licensed in
			 Iowa.
(2) The can milk truck body
			 vehicle license applicant shall include a description of the body, the make,
			 model, year and color of the truck, a description of the can milk truck body,
			 including the make, serial number, can capacity and the address at which the
			 can milk truck body is customarily kept when not being used. The applicant
			 shall also furnish any other information which the department reasonably
			 requires for identification and licensing.
(3) A license pursuant to this rule expires
			 June 30 biennially and is not transferable between truck bodies.
(4) The department may take enforcement
			 action against a person operating a can milk truck body if the department
			 determines that the person has operated without a license or a person has
			 procured another person to operate without a license.
(5) The cost of the can milk truck body
			 license is $50.
(6) The applicant
			 shall have received an annual inspection by a department inspector and shall
			 make the vehicle available for inspection prior to receiving the
			 license.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 69 - Milk Room and Bulk Tanks for Manufacturing Milk › Rule 21-69.1 - Milk Room

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The milk room may be built inside of a barn or other building
				if Cornpletely enclosed, properly ventilated and kept in a sanitary condition.
				A vestibule is not required.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 69 - Milk Room and Bulk Tanks for Manufacturing Milk › Rule 21-69.2 - Drainage

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The milk room shall have a floor drain with a trap and the
				floor shall be so graded as to provide proper drainage. A drain opening through
				the wall will not be permitted.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 69 - Milk Room and Bulk Tanks for Manufacturing Milk › Rule 21-69.5 - Doors

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Doors shall be self-closing, made of solid material, and open
				outward. Doors swinging both ways will not be approved, but may have sliding
				doors, if self-closing. The outside door may be a screen door opening
				outward.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 69 - Milk Room and Bulk Tanks for Manufacturing Milk › Rule 21-69.6 - Ventilation

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
A well-ventilated room shall mean a room in which the air is
				changing or moving so as to keep it free from moisture, bad odors, excessive
				heat and dust.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 69 - Milk Room and Bulk Tanks for Manufacturing Milk › Rule 21-69.8 - Hose Port

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The hose port shall be located on the exterior wall of the milk
				room in such a manner that the hose can be kept clean and sanitary at all
				times.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 69 - Milk Room and Bulk Tanks for Manufacturing Milk › Rule 21-69.9 - Safety Regulations

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The usual safety regulations for a 220-volt weatherproof
				electrical connection for a milk pump shall be followed. The switch box shall
				be placed on the inside wall of the milk room.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 69 - Milk Room and Bulk Tanks for Manufacturing Milk › Rule 21-69.10 - Properly Located Tank

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
A properly located tank shall mean one with easy access to all
				areas for cleaning and servicing. There must be space for a person to move
				around on all sides of the tank for proper cleaning.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 71 - Standards for Dairy Products › Rule 21-71.1 - Dairy Products

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The general specifications and standards of U.S.D.A. for grades
				of dairy products as contained in 7 CFR Part 58, Subparts B and H through S,
				revised as of January 1, 1996, is hereby adopted in its entirety, with the
				exception of the following subsections: 646, 734, and 101 through 124, 155
				through 158, and 505 through 530. Nothing in the foregoing is intended to
				require use of grades for Iowa dairy products. In addition, the following
				standards established and revised by FDA as of January 1, 1996, are hereby
				adopted in their entirety: 21 CFR Parts 101 (Food Labeling), 133 (Cheese and
				Related Products), 135 (Frozen Dessert), 166 (Margarine), 168 (Sweeteners) and
				182 (Substances Generally Recognized Safe). All reference to "administrator" in
				these rules shall be deemed to mean the Iowa secretary of agriculture and
				"department" shall be deemed to mean Iowa department of agriculture and land
				stewardship.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				190.2.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 71 - Standards for Dairy Products › Rule 21-71.2 - Requirements for Packaging and Labeling

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The uniform packaging and labeling regulation as adopted by the
				National Conference on Weights and Measures and published in the current
				edition "Uniform Laws and Regulations" are hereby adopted in their entirety by
				this reference.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections
				189.9,
				189.10 and
				210.18.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 71 - Standards for Dairy Products › Rule 21-71.3 - Requirements for the Method of Sale of Cornmodities

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The requirements for the method of sale of Cornmodities as
				adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures and published in the
				current edition "Uniform Laws and Regulations" are hereby adopted in their
				entirety by this reference.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections
				210.1 and
				210.18.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 71 - Standards for Dairy Products › Rule 21-71.4 - Requirements for Unit Pricing

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The requirements for unit pricing as adopted by the National
				Conference on Weights and Measures and published in the current edition
				"Uniform Laws and Regulations" are hereby adopted in their entirety by this
				reference.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections
				210.1 and
				210.18.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 71 - Standards for Dairy Products › Rule 21-71.5 - Flavors

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In case where a flavor is added to milk or skimmed milk drink
				or Cornpound, it is not considered by the department as violating section
				190.6,
				when the fat of said flavor does not exceed ½ of 1 percent of the whole
				and said Cornpound is labeled as required by section
				189.11.
				This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections
				189.11
				and
				190.6.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 71 - Standards for Dairy Products › Rule 21-71.6 - Standard for Light Butter

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Light butter"
is the food defined in Iowa
				Code section
				190.1(1)
				 except:
1. The milkfat content of light butter shall
			 be 52 percent.
2. Light butter
			 shall have vitamin A added, if needed, to provide 15,000 international units
			 per pound, within limits of good manufacturing practices.
3. Light butter may contain the following
			 dairy ingredients: partially skimmed milk, skim milk, buttermilk, whey or
			 whey-derived ingredients.
4. Other
			 optional ingredients allowed in light butter are:
(1)Water;
(2) Salt or salt substitutes;
(3) Bacterial cultures;
(4)Nutritive sweeteners;
(5) Emulsifiers and stabilizers;
(6) Safe and suitable color
			 additives;
(7)Natural flavors;
			 or
(8) Safe and suitable
			 ingredients that improve texture, prevent syneresis, or extend the shelf life
			 of the product.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 76 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › Rule 21-76.1 - Federal Wholesome Meat Act Regulations Adopted

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Part 301 of Title 9, Chapter III, of the Code of Federal
				Regulations, revised as of December 31, 2020, is hereby adopted in its entirety
				by reference; and in addition thereto, the following subsections shall be
				expanded to include:
1. Sec. 301.2(a)
			 therein defining the term "Act" shall include the Iowa meat and poultry
			 inspection Act, Iowa Code chapter 189A.
2. Sec. 301.2(b) therein defining the term
			 "department" shall include the Iowa department of agriculture and land
			 stewardship.
3. Sec. 301.2(c)
			 therein defining the term "secretary" shall include the secretary of
			 agriculture of the state of Iowa.
4. Sec. 301.2(e) therein defining the term
			 "administrator" shall include the supervisor of the Iowa meat and poultry
			 inspection service or any officer or employee of the Iowa department of
			 agriculture and land stewardship.
5. Sec. 301.2(t) therein defining the term
			 "commerce" shall include intrastate commerce in the state of Iowa.
6. Sec. 301.2(u) therein defining the term
			 "United States" shall include the state of Iowa.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 76 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › Rule 21-76.2 - Federal Wholesome Meat Act Regulations Adopted

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Part 303, Part 304, Part 305, Part 306, Parts 309 through 315,
				Parts 317 through 320, Part 329, Part 332, Part 412, Part 416, Part 417, Part
				418, Part 424, Part 430, Part 431, Part 441 and Part 442 of Title 9, Chapter
				III, of the Code of Federal Regulations, revised as of December 31, 2021, are
				hereby adopted in their entirety by reference. Part 307 except Sections
				307.5 and
				307.6 and Part 325 except
				Section 325.3 of Title 9, Chapter III,
				of the Code of Federal Regulations, revised as of July 30, 2018, are hereby
				adopted in their entirety by reference. Part 500 of Title 9, Chapter III, of
				the Code of Federal Regulations, revised as of January 1, 2016, is adopted by
				reference, except that references in Sections
				500.5,
				500.6,
				500.7, and
				500.8 to the federal Uniform
				Rules of Practice are not adopted.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections
				189A.3 and
				189A.7(8).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 76 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › Rule 21-76.3 - Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act Regulations Adopted

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Part 381, Title 9, Chapter III, of the Code of Federal
				Regulations, revised as of December 31, 2020, is hereby adopted in its entirety
				with the following exceptions: Sections 381.96, 381.97, 381.99, 381.101,
				381.102, 381.104, 381.105, 381.106, 381.107, and 381.128, Subpart R, Subpart T,
				Subpart V, and Subpart W; and in addition thereto, the following subsections
				shall be expanded to include:
1. Sec.
			 381.1(b)(2) therein defining the term "Act" shall include the Iowa meat and
			 poultry inspection Act, Iowa Code chapter 189A.
2. Sec. 381.1(b)(3) therein defining the term
			 "administrator" shall include the supervisor of the Iowa meat and poultry
			 inspection service, or any officer or employee of the Iowa department of
			 agriculture and land stewardship.
3. Sec. 381.1(b)(10) therein defining the
			 term "commerce" shall include intrastate commerce in the state of
			 Iowa.
4. Sec. 381.1(b) therein
			 defining the term "department" shall include the Iowa department of agriculture
			 and land stewardship.
5. Sec.
			 381.1(b)(47) therein defining the term "secretary" shall include the secretary
			 of agriculture of the state of Iowa.
6. Sec. 381.1(b)(53) therein defining the
			 term "United States" shall include the state of Iowa.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 76 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › Rule 21-76.4 - Inspection Required

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Every establishment except as provided in Section
				303.1(a), (b), (c)
				and (d)  of Title 9, Chapter III, Subchapter
				A, of the Code of Federal Regulations, revised as of July 30, 2018, in which
				slaughter of livestock or poultry, or the preparation of livestock products or
				poultry products is maintained for transportation or sale in commerce, shall be
				subject to the inspection and other requirements of those parts of Title 9,
				Chapter III, Subchapter A, of the Code of Federal Regulations, revised as of
				July 30,2018, enumerated in rules
				21-76.1 (189A),
				21-76.2 (189A) and
				21-76.3 (189A). This rule is
				intended to implement Iowa Code sections
				189A.4 and
				189A.5.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 76 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › Rule 21-76.5 - Custom/exempt Facilities Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Iowa inspected custom/exempt facilities shall develop and
				implement a sanitation standard operating procedure (SSOP) in a manner
				consistent with Section 416.12, Title 9, Chapter III, Code of Federal
				Regulations.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 76 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › Rule 21-76.6 - Forms and Marks

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Whenever an official form is designated by federal regulation,
				the appropriate Iowa form will be substituted, and whenever an official mark is
				designated, the following official Iowa marks will be substituted:
1. Iowa inspected and condemned brand:
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2.
			 Iowa product label mark of inspection for amenable species:
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3.
			 Iowa inspected carcass brand for amenable species (excluding poultry): Stamp
			 (brand) must be 1% inch tall. The wording shall be all the same height and fill
			 the space inside and centered within the outline of the state of Iowa.
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4.
			 Exotic carcass brand:
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5.
			 Exotic product label mark of inspection:
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6.
			 Notwithstanding any other provision of this rule, a red meat establishment that
			 is a selected establishment under 9 CFR Part 332 shall use the official marks,
			 devices, and certificates in 9 CFR Part 312 for products that are intended for
			 interstate commerce with the modifications described in 9 CFR Sec. 332.5(c).
a. Cooperative Interstate Shipment program
			 product label mark of inspection:
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b.
			 Cooperative Interstate Shipment program carcass brand. Sizing of brands shall
			 be as described in 9 CFR Sec. 312.2(a), except that the 1%" brand shall be
			 utilized in lieu of the %" brand:
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Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 76 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › Rule 21-76.7 - Products to Be Marked With Official Marks

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(1) Each carcass which has been inspected and
			 passed in an official establishment shall be marked at the time of inspection
			 with the official inspection legend containing the number of the official
			 establishment.
(2) Except as
			 provided otherwise in 9 CFR Part 316.8, each primal part of a carcass and each
			 liver, beef tongue, and beef heart which has been inspected and passed shall be
			 marked with the official inspection legend containing the number of the
			 official establishment before it leaves the establishment in which it is first
			 inspected and passed, and each such inspected and passed product shall be
			 marked with the official inspection legend containing the number of the
			 official establishment where it was last prepared. Additional official marks of
			 inspection may be applied to products as desired to meet local conditions.
			 Primal parts are the wholesale cuts of carcasses as customarily distributed to
			 retailers. The round, flank, loin, rib, plate, brisket, chuck, and shank are
			 primal parts of beef carcasses. Veal, mutton, and goat primal parts are the
			 leg, flank, loin, rack, breast, and shoulder. The ham, belly, loin, shoulder,
			 and jowl are pork primal parts. Equine primal parts are the round, flank, loin,
			 rib, plate, brisket, chuck, and shank.
(3) Beef livers shall be marked with the
			 official inspection legend containing the number of the official establishment
			 at which the cattle involved were slaughtered. Beef livers shall be marked on
			 the convex surface of the thickest portion of the organ.
(4) Inspected and passed parts of carcasses
			 which are not marked with the official inspection legend under this rule shall
			 not enter any official establishment or be sold, transported, or offered for
			 sale or transportation in commerce except as provided in 9 CFR Part 316.8.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				189A.5(2).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 76 - Meat and Poultry Inspection › Rule 21-76.9 - Denaturing and Identification of Livestock or Poultry Products Not Intended for Use as Human Food

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
No person shall buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale or
				transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate Cornmerce any
				livestock products or poultry products which are not intended for use as human
				food unless they are denatured or otherwise identified.
(1) All inedible meat and carcass parts shall
			 be adequately decharacterized with charcoal or with other suitable agent
			 acceptable to the Iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship. Inedible
			 material shall be cut into pieces or chunks no more than four inches in any
			 dimension. Following decharacterization, inedible meat and carcass parts shall
			 be packed in suitable containers approved by the department.
(2) Decharacterizing shall be done to an
			 extent acceptable to the department. Decharacterization shall be done in such a
			 manner that each piece of material shall be decharacterized so as to preclude
			 its being used for, or mistaken for, product for human consumption.
(3) All containers for decharacterized
			 inedible meat or carcass parts shall be plainly marked with the word "inedible"
			 in letters no less than two inches high.
(4) Decharacterized inedible meat and carcass
			 parts shall be frozen or held at a temperature of 40°F or less in the
			 processing plant or during transportation to the final processor
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				189A.8.