Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 2 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Division 80 - State Milk Board › Chapter 3 - Production and Distribution of Grade "A" Raw Milk and Milk Products › Section 2 CSR 80-3.070 - The Grading of Milk and Milk Products

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This proposed amendment updates standards
				  for Grade "A" raw milk and eliminates unnecessary duplication of portions of
				  the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance that is adopted by reference. This proposed
				  amendment also amends the title of the chapter and purpose by removing the word
				  retail.
PURPOSE: This rule provides standards which Grade "A"
				  raw milk and milk products must meet.
(1) Grades shall be based on the following
				standards, the grading of milk products being identical with the grading of
				milk, except that the bacterial count standards shall be doubled in the case of
				cream. The grade of milk product shall be that of the lowest grade of milk
				product used in its preparation.
(A) Grade "A"
				raw milk is raw milk produced upon dairy farms conforming with all of the
				following items of sanitation. The bacterial plate count of the milk shall not
				exceed twenty thousand ( 20,000) per milliliter and not more than ten (10)
				coliform per milliliter as determined in accordance with
				2 CSR
				80-3.001.
1. Cow
				health. All herds and additions shall be tested and found free of tuberculosis
				before any milk is sold, and all herds shall be retested at least every twelve
				(12) months thereafter until accredited or certified by the United States
				Department of Agriculture as a tuberculosis-free herd. The tests and retests
				shall be made and any reactors disposed of, in accordance with the latest
				requirements approved by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA),
				for tuberculosis-free accredited herds, in effect at the time of the adoption
				of these regulations. A certificate identifying each animal signed by the
				veterinarian or attested to by the state authority, and filed as directed by
				the state authority, shall be evidence to the previously-mentioned test.
A. All herds and additions shall be tested
				and found free of brucellosis before any milk is sold, and all herds shall be
				retested at least every twelve (12) months thereafter until accredited or
				certified by the United States Department of Agriculture as a brucellosis-free
				herd. Tests and retests shall be made, and any reactors disposed of in
				accordance with the latest requirements by the USDA, in effect at the time of
				the adoption of these rules. A certificate identifying each animal, signed by
				the veterinarian and the director of the laboratory making the test and filed
				as directed by the state authority, shall be evidence of the previous
				test.
B. Cows which show a complete
				induration of one (1) quarter or extensive induration in one (1) or more
				quarters of the udder, upon physical examination whether secreting abnormal
				milk or not, shall be permanently excluded from the milking herd, provided that
				this shall not apply in the case of quarter that is completely dry. Cows giving
				bloody, stringy, or otherwise abnormal milk, but without entire or extensive
				induration of the udder, shall be excluded from the herd until reexamination
				shows that the milk has become normal.
C. For other diseases, such tests and
				examinations as the state authority may require after consultation with state
				livestock sanitary officials shall be made at intervals and by methods
				prescribed by him/her, and any diseased animals or reactors shall be disposed
				of as s/he may require.