Protection and Transportation of Raw Milk and Cream

PURPOSE: This rule complies with section 196.540, RSMo, and other applicable parts of sections 196.520–196.610, RSMo, and establishes provisions for the protection and transportation of raw milk and cream. (1) Equipment and facilities for the protection and transportation of raw milk and cream are referenced in 7 CFR 58.131, July 29, 2002. (2) Operators of vehicles used to transport bulk milk or cream from farm to plant, receiving station, or transfer station shall be licensed by the State Milk Board. A temporary bulk milk hauler’s license shall be granted when the applicant has made application, paid the fee, and satisfactorily passed a written examination. A permanent license renewable each year is acquired only after the bulk milk hauler satisfactorily completes an approved training course. The license is subject to suspension or revocation whenever any of the laws or rules are violated. (3) Procedures for bulk milk haulers of manufacturing milk shall be identical to those found in 2 CSR 80-2.070(6), except that a Grade “A” permit from the regulatory authority that administers provisions of the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (2 CSR 80-2.070(6)) will not be required to haul milk for manufacturing purposes. (4) The maximum allowable time that bulk raw milk for manufacturing purposes can be held on the farm using an approved bulk tank is not more than four (4) days (ninety-six (96) hours) from first milk into the tank until pick-up for delivery to a receiving station or plant except as specifically allowed by the State Milk Board. (5) Cooling. Milk in cans shall be delivered to a receiving station within two (2) hours of milking. In the instance when stations are designed with collective nonindividual cooling tanks, the milk may be kept at the farm and cooled in cans of stainless steel construction to be delivered the following morning. The milk in cans must be cooled by the use of ice or refrigerant in an acceptable clean cooler located in the farm milkhouse, installed and designed to—1) adequately protect the milk from contamination and 2) allow adequate space for all other milk handling activities normally accomplished in the milkhouse. The milk shall be cooled immediately and the cooling method must be capable of cooling the milk to fifty degrees Fahrenheit (50 °F) within two (2) hours of milking and must maintain the milk at a temperature of fifty degrees Fahrenheit (50 °F) or below as indicated upon delivery to the receiving station. All new can milk receiving facilities shall be designed using individual receiving, cooling tanks for each producer delivering to the station except as approved by the State Milk Board. AUTHORITY: section 196.540, RSMo 2016.* This rule previously filed as 2 CSR 30-21.021. Original rule filed Dec. 10, 1981, effective April 11, 1982. Amended: Filed Jan. 17, 1983, effective May 13, 1983. Amended: Filed March 15, 1988, effective May 26, 1988. Amended: Filed Aug. 1, 1990, effective Dec. 31, 1990. Amended: Filed July 24, 2012, effective Jan. 30, 2013. Amended: Filed April 30, 2018, effective Nov. 30, 2018. *Original authority: 196.540, RSMo 1981, amended 1993, 1995.