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-907 - Dairy Plant Receivers/Samplers

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Prior to performing the duties associated
				  with same, dairy plant receivers/samplers shall obtain a permit from the state
				  health officer for receiving tank truck or other type of container loads of
				  milk and milk products as well as to collect and handle official samples of
				  milk and milk products.
B. Prior to
				  applying for a permit, the person desiring to become permitted as a dairy plant
				  receiver/sampler shall be instructed in the proper procedures for loading and
				  receiving loads of milk and milk products and for collecting/handling official
				  samples of milk and milk products. These procedures shall be properly performed
				  by each dairy plant receiver/sampler. The instructions of dairy plant
				  receivers/samplers shall minimally include the following:
1. obtaining producer samples from the
				  hauler;
2. checking temperature of
				  the pilot sample;
3. immediately
				  placing samples in an approved refrigerator;
4. checking the manifest for
				  accuracy;
5. verifying that the
				  bulk milk tank truck operator/sampler that picked up milk from the farm has a
				  current, valid permit;
6. verifying
				  that the milk tank truck has a current, valid permit issued by an official
				  state milk or dairy products regulatory agency whose milk tank truck
				  regulations are equivalent to those contained in this Part;
7. recording the permit number, the date and
				  the time that milk tank trucks which bear current, valid permits issued by an
				  official state milk or dairy products regulatory agency whose milk tank trucks
				  regulations have been determined by the state health officer not to be
				  equivalent to those contained in this Part, and notifying facility management
				  when such milk tank trucks have been loaded or unloaded more than five times in
				  any one month period;
8. verifying
				  that the load is from an approved source;
9. checking the cleaning and sanitization
				  tag;
10. recording the date and
				  time the product was unloaded on the cleaning and sanitizing tag;
11. reporting any discrepancies in any of the
				  above to his/her supervisor immediately and does not proceed any further
				  without orders from supervisor;
12.
				  verify the identity of each milk tank truck operator and that he/she is an
				  authorized operator of the vehicle;
13. checking the seals to verify that they
				  are present, intact and agree with the numbers recorded on the cleaning and
				  sanitization tag and that any seals that have been broken are available and
				  agree with the number of the broken seal numbers on the sanitization tag or
				  manifest;
14. immediately notifying
				  the state health officer if seals are missing or if the seal record does not
				  match the intact seals or the operator is unable to produce broken seals for
				  seal numbers recorded on "broken seal record" on the cleaning and sanitization
				  tag. In any such case, the milk tank truck shall not be unloaded without
				  authorization from the state health officer;
15. examining the load of milk or milk
				  products for foreign matter;
16.
				  collecting official samples of milk and milk products from the load;
17. checking and recording the temperature of
				  the load;
18. testing or having a
				  sample from each load of raw milk tested for drug residue;
19. placing dome filter over the
				  dome;
20. unloading the tanker in
				  the manner prescribed by the dairy plant;
21. cleaning and sanitizing the interior of
				  the tank using the procedures prescribed by the plant. When an automated
				  cleaning system is used, the milk tank truck permit number shall be recorded in
				  the appropriate place on the CIP recording chart;
22. cleaning and sanitizing the dome cover,
				  dust cover, gasket, vent and outlet valve(s);
23. inspecting the pump compartment, sample
				  compartment, pump, hoses, sample chest, sample canister, sampling dipper and
				  all other milk and handling appurtenances;
24. placing numbered seals on the dome dust
				  cover, C.I.P. fittings and all other openings of the tank or ensuring that
				  padlocks have been locked as provided in §703 A;
25. recording the cleaning and sanitizing
				  date and time and seal numbers, on the cleaning and sanitization tag;
26. upon verifying that the requirement in
				  §907. B 21.-25. above has been properly satisfied, affixing a cleaning and
				  sanitization tag to the outlet valves; and,
27. cleaning, sanitizing and storing
				  receiving equipment properly.