Virginia Administrative Code › Title 2 - AGRICULTURE › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › Chapter 501 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE COOLING, STORING, SAMPLING AND TRANSPORTING OF MILK › Section 2VAC5-501-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall
				  have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Contract hauler" or "subcontract hauler" means any person
				  who contracts (i) to transport raw milk from a dairy farm to a milk plant,
				  receiving station, or transfer station or (ii) to transport raw milk or milk
				  products between a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station and
				  another milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station.
"Dairy plant sampler" means any employee of (i) a milk plant
				  who is responsible for collecting official milk samples in the Commonwealth of
				  Virginia, (ii) the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services who
				  is responsible for collecting raw milk or pasteurized milk product samples at a
				  milk plant, or (iii) the Virginia Department of Health who is responsible for
				  collecting raw milk or pasteurized milk product samples at a milk plant and who
				  holds a permit issued by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer
				  Services for the collection of official milk samples for regulatory
				  purposes.
"Dairy product" means butter, natural or processed cheese,
				  dry whole milk, nonfat dry milk, dry buttermilk, dry whey, evaporated whole or
				  skim milk, condensed whole milk, and condensed plain or sweetened skim
				  milk.
"Farm bulk cooling or holding tank" means any tank installed
				  on a dairy farm for the purpose of cooling or storing raw milk.
"Official milk sample" means each sample of milk, milk
				  product, or dairy product that is collected for compliance with requirements of
				  this chapter by a person who holds a permit to collect milk, milk product, or
				  dairy product samples issued by the state regulatory agency.
"Pay purpose laboratory" means a laboratory that conducts
				  tests for the purpose of determining the composition of milk, milk product,
				  cream, or dairy product as a basis for payment in buying or selling any milk,
				  milk product, cream, or dairy product.
"State regulatory " agency" means the Virginia Department of
				  Agriculture and Consumer Services, the agency having jurisdiction and control
				  over the matters embraced within this chapter.
"Summarily suspend" means the immediate suspension of a
				  permit issued by the state regulatory agency without the permit holder being
				  granted the opportunity to contest the action prior to the effective date and
				  time of the suspension.
"3-A Sanitary Standards" means the standards for dairy
				  equipment and accepted practices formulated by the 3-A Sanitary Standards
				  Committees representing the International Association for Food Protection, the
				  U.S. Public Health Service, and the Dairy Industry Committee and published by
				  the International Association for Food Protection.
Statutory Authority: §§
											3.2-5206,
					 3.2-5223,
					 and
					 3.2-5224
					 of the Code of Virginia.