§ 21-416
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§21–416.
(a)While it is effective, a bobtailer permit authorizes the holder, on a Grade A milk route that the holder operates or controls, to distribute Grade A pasteurized milk products that the holder purchased from a Grade A distributor or a Grade A milk processor.
(b)While it is effective, a certified industry dairy farm inspector permit authorizes the holder to inspect dairy farms in accordance with this subtitle.
(c)While it is effective, a distribution station permit authorizes the holder, for redistribution and sale, whether from a fixed location or from a vehicle:
(1)To receive Grade A pasteurized milk products;
(2)To store Grade A pasteurized milk products; and
(3)To transfer Grade A pasteurized milk products for redistribution and sale.
(1)While it is effective, a milk processor permit authorizes the holder:
(i)To collect raw milk;
(ii)To handle raw milk;
(iii)To process raw milk;
(iv)To pasteurize raw milk;
(v)To store pasteurized milk;
(vi)To bottle or package pasteurized milk;
(vii)To prepare pasteurized milk for distribution; and
(viii)To distribute pasteurized milk.
(2)While it is effective, a milk processor – farmstead cheese producer permit authorizes the holder:
(i)To perform all the functions set forth in paragraph
(1)of this subsection; and
(ii)To produce farmstead cheese.
(e)While it is effective, a milk producer permit authorizes the holder:
(1)To operate a dairy farm; and
(2)To sell raw milk from the dairy farm to:
(i)A receiving station;
(ii)A transfer station; or
(iii)A milk plant.
(f)While it is effective, a bulk milk hauler/sampler permit authorizes the holder, while operating a milk tank truck:
(1)To receive raw milk products from a milk producer, milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station;
(2)To transport raw milk products that have been received from a milk producer, milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station; and
(3)To deliver raw milk products that have been received from a milk producer, milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station.
(g)While it is effective, a receiving station permit authorizes the holder:
(1)To collect raw milk;
(2)To cool raw milk;
(3)To process raw milk;
(4)To store raw milk; and
(5)To prepare raw milk for delivery to a milk plant.
(h)While it is effective, a transfer station permit authorizes the holder to operate a place where raw milk is transferred between milk tank trucks for eventual delivery to a milk plant.
(i)A permittee authorized to perform a function under this subtitle shall only exercise that authority as to the classification for which it is designated, except that:
(1)Unless otherwise specified in this subtitle, a milk producer permittee with a Grade A classification authorized to perform a function under this subtitle may exercise that authority for manufactured milk; and
(2)A milk processor, receiving station, or transfer station with a manufactured milk classification may exercise that authority using Grade A raw milk.
(j)While it is effective, a milk transportation company permit authorizes the holder to operate one or more milk tank trucks.