Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE › Part VII - Dairy Products Regulations › Chapter 9 - General Requirements for Dairy Plants › Subchapter A - Milk, Milk Products and Non Milk Derived Ingredients Receiving › Section VII-905 - Raw Milk Receiving

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All
				  milk and other dairy products received by each dairy plant, including receiving
				  stations and transfer stations, shall be from sources which possess a current
				  valid permit issued by the state health officer.
B. Milk or dairy products shall not be loaded
				  onto or unloaded from tank trucks that do not bear a current, valid permit
				  issued by an official milk or dairy regulatory agency.
C. For any milk tank truck that bears a
				  permit of an official state milk or dairy regulatory agency from another state
				  whose milk tank truck regulations have been determined by the state health
				  officer not to be equivalent to those contained in this Part, each dairy
				  facility shall maintain a log showing the dates and times that each and every
				  such truck has been loaded or unloaded. Such logs shall be made available for
				  review by the state health officer. When such milk tank trucks have been loaded
				  or unloaded by a dairy facility more than five times in a one month period, the
				  dairy facility shall expeditiously notify the state health officer and make
				  necessary arrangements for the state health officer to inspect and permit such
				  milk tank trucks. The facility may continue to load and unload such milk tank
				  trucks until the state health officer has inspected and permitted
				  them.
D. Each dairy facility
				  (including dairy plants, receiving stations, transfer stations and milk tank
				  truck cleaning facilities) that cleans and sanitizes milk tank trucks or other
				  confined spaces which hold dairy products, such as tanks, shall be equipped
				  with approved, functional equipment, devices, etc., and provide all services
				  and programs necessary to satisfy the confined space entry safety requirements
				  of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) thereby permitting
				  personnel to safely enter the interior of the milk tank trucks and other
				  confined spaces. The dairy facility shall allow the state health officer to use
				  all such equipment, devices, services and programs, etc., and shall provide the
				  state health officer with any assistance necessary to enable the state health
				  officer (or his authorized representative) to safely enter and inspect the
				  interior of the milk tank trucks or other confined spaces. Dairy facilities, as
				  identified above, which fail to provide the state health officer with any
				  assistance necessary and required under OSHA regulations to safely enter and
				  inspect the interior of milk tank trucks or other confined spaces may be held
				  liable should the safety of the state health officer (or his authorized
				  representative) be in peril while inside of milk tank trucks or any other
				  confined space.
E. When the area in
				  which milk tank trucks are unloaded is not totally enclosed or doors of the
				  unloading area are open during unloading, a filter approved by the state health
				  officer, shall be placed on the manhole or air inlet of the milk tank truck and
				  a roof or ceiling must be provided over the area.
F. All milk or other dairy products received
				  by each dairy plant, including receiving stations, shall be received by a dairy
				  receiver/sampler possessing a current, valid dairy plant receiver/sampler
				  permit issued by the state health officer.
G. Each dairy plant, including receiving
				  stations receiving raw milk, shall be equipped with a drug residue screening
				  laboratory approved by the state health officer.
H. The construction of the laboratory, the
				  laboratory equipment, sampling procedures and laboratory examinations shall be
				  in compliance with the
PMO
, the
Official Methods of
				  Analysis
and the
Standards Methods for the Examination of
				  Dairy Products
and shall be approved by the state health
				  officer.
I. All drug residue
				  analyses shall be performed by approved analysts certified by the state health
				  officer.
J. Each dairy plant and
				  receiving station shall maintain all records of testing required by the state
				  health officer.
K. A sample of raw
				  milk shall be collected from each milk tank truckload of raw milk by a dairy
				  plant receiver/sampler and tested for drug residues in the milk drug residue
				  screening laboratory of the dairy plant prior to the milk tank truck being
				  unloaded.
L. In cases where a dairy
				  plant receives raw milk in cans, a composite sample composed of raw milk from
				  each can of raw milk shipped from each individual dairy farm, shall be
				  collected and tested for drug residues prior to the milk from that individual
				  dairy farm being commingled with any other milk.
M. In cases where a dairy plant processes raw
				  milk produced by a dairy farm located on the same premises, all raw milk
				  produced by the dairy farm shall be tested for drug residues prior to
				  processing.
N. When any sample
				  referred to in §905(K),(L) or (M) above is found to be positive for drug
				  residues, the dairy plant or receiving station shall:
1. refuse to unload the milk tank truck, not
				  commingle any cans of milk from that farm with any other milk, not commingle
				  any milk found to be positive for drug residues with any other milk and isolate
				  the contaminated milk from any other milk;
2. immediately notify the state health
				  officer;
3. insure that the
				  contaminated milk remains on the premises of the dairy plant or receiving
				  station and ensure that it is isolated from any other milk until the state
				  health officer determines the disposition of the milk and authorizes it to be
				  moved; and,
4. immediately cease
				  processing of any product that has inadvertently become commingled with milk
				  contaminated with drug residues, isolate the product, notify the state health
				  officer and expeditiously remove all such product that has entered
				  commerce.