Section 21-429 – Sale of Grade a Milk Products From Outside Departmental Inspection Area
(a) If a Grade A milk product is from a place outside the departmental inspection area, a person may sell the Grade A milk product in this State if: (1) The person holds a permit issued under this subtitle; and (2) The Grade A milk product: (i) To the extent produced, processed, or pasteurized outside the departmental inspection area, […]
Section 21-412 – Applications for Permits
An applicant for a permit shall: (1) Submit an application to the Secretary on the form that the Secretary provides; and (2) Pay to the Secretary an annual fee established by the Secretary under § 2-104 of this article.
Section 21-430 – Milk Emergency; Sale of Milk Products Not Certified Grade A
(a) In this section, “milk emergency”: (1) Means a general and acute shortage of milk from Grade A dairy farms; and (2) Does not include a simple shortage of milk from Grade A dairy farms that affects only a small number of distributors. (b) (1) In a milk emergency, the Secretary may authorize the sale of a pasteurized milk product […]
Section 21-413 – Required Inspections
(a) If the property of the applicant is in the departmental inspection area, before issuing a permit, the Secretary shall inspect the property, buildings, and equipment of an applicant for: (1) A bobtailer permit; (2) A distribution station permit; (3) A milk processor permit; (4) A milk processor – farmstead cheese producer permit; (5) A milk producer permit; (6) A milk transportation […]
Section 21-433 – Violation of Subtitle or Rules and Regulations Adopted Under Subtitle
A person may not violate any provision of this subtitle or any rule or regulation adopted under this subtitle.
Section 21-414 – Certified Industry Dairy Farm Inspectors
(a) The Secretary shall certify industry personnel as certified industry dairy farm inspectors. (b) Each certified industry dairy farm inspector shall cooperate with the Secretary in carrying out the provisions of this subtitle and the rules and regulations adopted under this subtitle for the supervision of dairy farms. (c) A certified industry dairy farm inspector may inspect a […]
Section 21-434 – Sale of Raw Milk or Farmstead Cheese
Except for sale of raw milk by a holder of a milk producer permit to a holder of a milk processor permit or the sale of a farmstead cheese, a person may not sell raw milk for human consumption.
Section 21-415 – Issuance of Permit
(a) The Secretary shall issue the appropriate permit to any applicant who meets the requirements of this subtitle and the rules and regulations adopted under this subtitle for that permit. (b) A separate permit shall be issued for each place of operation that meets the requirements of this subtitle.
Section 21-416 – Scope of Permits
(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 […]
Section 21-416.1 – Farmstead Cheese Program
(a) The Secretary may establish a farmstead cheese program after the Secretary: (1) Adopts regulations to implement the program; and (2) Issues a milk processor – farmstead cheese producer permit to a qualified applicant. (b) Subject to the availability of sufficient inspection and testing staff, equipment, and other resources, the Secretary may issue milk processor – farmstead cheese producer […]