Grade A Fluid Milk from Outside the Commonwealth

(1) Fluid milk from a dairy farm outside the Commonwealth of Massachusetts may be sold or served within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts if such dairy farm has received a Certificate of Registration from the Department of Agricultural Resources pursuant to M.G.L. c. 94. (a) Upon arrival at the plant, commingled milk for pasteurization shall comply with the bacteriological, chemical and temperature standards of 330 CMR 27.05. (b) Raw and pasteurized milk received from sources outside the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall be sampled as the Department requires. (c) Grade A fluid milk shall be produced under regulations substantially equivalent to those of 330 CMR 27.00. (d) Grade A fluid milk shall be under routine official supervision. (e) Grade A fluid milk must have been awarded, by a State Milk Sanitation Rating Officer certified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a milk sanitation compliance rating of 90% or higher and an enforcement rating of 90% or higher. Milk not meeting these requirements shall be prohibited from entering the Massachusetts market. (f) All ratings are made on the basis of procedures outlined in the latest revision of Methods of Making Sanitation Ratings of Milk Supplies and the most recent edition of the Recommendations of the United States Public Health Service/Food and Drug Administration, or any successor document. 10/7/16 330 CMR - 164