Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 20 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND MARKETS › Sub-Agency 021 - DAIRY DIVISION › Chapter 005 - RULE RELATING TO rbST LABELING OF MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS › Section 20 021 005 - RULE RELATING TO rbST LABELING OF MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS

Current through June, 2024
Section 1 DEFINITIONS
1.1 "Department" means the Vermont
			 Department of Agriculture, Food and Markets.
1.2 "Commissioner" means the
			 Commissioner of Agriculture, Food and Markets.
1.3 "Milk Handler" or "Handler"
			 means a person, firm, unincorporated association or corporation
			 engaged in the business of collecting, transporting, buying, selling,
			 assembling, packaging or processing milk or other dairy products for
			 sale within or without the State of Vermont, but shall not include
			 grocery stores, restaurants, or similar retail
			 establishments.
1.4 "Milk
			 Producer" or "Producer" is a person who owns or controls one or more
			 dairy cows and sells or offers for sale a part or all of the milk
			 produced by the animals.
1.5 "rbST" or "rbGH" means
			 recombinant bovine somatotropin, a recombinant bovine growth hormone
			 used with lactating dairy cows to increase the production of
			 marketable milk, which is also known as rbGH.
1.6 "rbST/rbGH Supplier" or
			 "Supplier" means any party, including a manufacturer, distributor, or
			 other intermediary, who sells or freely distributes
			 rbST/rbGH.
1.7 "Milk"
			 means cow's milk as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title
			 21, Section 131.110, and includes reduced fat milk, lowfat or light
			 milk, and nonfat, fat free or skim milk. Also included in this
			 definition are those milk, reduced fat milk, lowfat or light milk,
			 and nonfat, fat free or skim milk products which contain sweeteners,
			 flavorings, safe and suitable microbial cultures, are acidified
			 versions of these products, or have been compositionally
			 modified.
1.8 "Cream" is
			 the product defined in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21,
			 Section 131.3(a) and includes fluid cream products such as light
			 cream, light whipping cream, heavy cream, or heavy whipping cream.
			 Also included in this definition are those cream products which are
			 whipped or contain sweeteners, flavorings, safe and suitable
			 microbial cultures, or are acidified versions of these
			 products.
1.9 "Butter"
			 means the food product usually known as butter, which is made
			 exclusively from milk or cream or both, with or without common salt,
			 and with or without additional coloring matter, and containing not
			 less than 80 per centum by weight of milk fat, all tolerances having
			 been allowed for, or any dairy-based product labelled as butter,
			 including lower fat versions and flavored or cultured versions of
			 butter.
1.10 "Cheese"
			 means specific cheeses for which a standard of identity is listed in
			 the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Part 133, and/or any non
			 standardized dairy based product labeled as "cheese".
1.11 "Sour Cream" is the product
			 defined in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Section
			 131.160, and includes reduced fat sour cream, lowfat or light sour
			 cream, and nonfat or fat free sour cream. Also included in this
			 definition are those sour cream, reduced fat sour cream, lowfat or
			 light sour cream, and nonfat or fat free sour cream products which
			 contain sweeteners, flavorings, safe and suitable microbial cultures,
			 or are acidified versions of these products.
1.12 "Ice Cream" is the product
			 defined in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Section
			 135.110, and includes reduced fat ice cream, lowfat or light ice
			 cream, and nonfat or fat free ice cream.
1.13 "Frozen Desserts" means any
			 dairy derived frozen dessert not conforming to definition
			 1.12.
1.14 "Buttermilk"
			 is a fluid product resulting from the manufacture of butter from milk
			 or cream. It contains not less than 8.25 percent of milk solids not
			 fat.
1.15 "Half-and-half"
			 is the product defined in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21,
			 Section 131.180, and includes half-and-half with safe and suitable
			 microbial cultures or is acidified.
1.16 "Yogurt" is the product
			 defined in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Section
			 131.200, and includes reduced fat yogurt, lowfat or light yogurt, and
			 nonfat or fat free yogurt.
1.17 "Infant Formula" means any
			 dry, concentrated, condensed, or liquid food product which is
			 intended to be fed to infants, which after the removal of vitamins,
			 minerals, and flavoring ingredients consists of dairy derived
			 ingredients.
1.18
			 "Condensed/Dry Milk Products" means milk as defined in Definition 1.7
			 which has been concentrated, condensed, or dried by the removal of
			 water therefrom and is intended to be reconstituted with water back
			 to its original form or is intended to be used as an ingredient in a
			 milk product defined in these rules.
1.19 "Condensed/Dry Whey Products"
			 is a product resulting from the manufacture of cheese from milk or
			 cream, which has been concentrated, condensed, or dried by the
			 removal of water therefrom and is intended to be reconstituted with
			 water back to its original form or is intended to be used as an
			 ingredient in a milk product defined in these rules.
1.20 "Egg Nog" is the product
			 defined in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Section
			 131.170, and includes reduced fat egg nog, lowfat or light egg nog,
			 and nonfat or fat free egg nog.
1.21 "Person" means individuals,
			 corporations, partnerships, trusts, associations, cooperatives, and
			 any and all other business units or entities.
1.22 "Label" means a display of
			 written, printed, or graphic material upon the immediate container of
			 any article or any of its containers or wrappers, or accompanying
			 such article.
1.23 
			 "rbST/rbGH-free claim" means any direct or implied claim that a milk
			 or milk product is made from milk produced without the use of
			 recombinant bovine somatotropin.