Sections 20 through 30 [25-7B-1 to 25-7B-11 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the “Dairy Establishment Sanitation Act”. History: Laws 1993, ch. 188, § 20. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 1993, ch. 188 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 18, 1993, […]
A. The department may seek relief in district court to enjoin the operation of any dairy establishment not complying with the Dairy Establishment Sanitation Act or any regulation adopted under that act. B. The board shall establish a system of administrative penalties for violations of the Dairy Establishment Sanitation Act. The administrative penalties may be […]
The department shall promulgate regulations to ensure that a person with a disease that can reasonably be expected to be transmitted to other persons shall not work in a dairy establishment. History: Laws 1993, ch. 188, § 30. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 1993, ch. 188 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. […]
The purpose of the Dairy Establishment Sanitation Act is to protect the public health by establishing standards and provisions for the regulation of dairy establishments and by appropriate delegations of authority to the department to adopt and enforce regulations covering the environmental health aspects of dairy establishments to assure that consumers are not exposed to […]
As used in the Dairy Establishment Sanitation Act: A. “board” means the board of regents of New Mexico state university; B. “dairy establishment” means a milk producing or milk processing facility; C. “dairy product” means milk, whether fluid, dried, evaporated, stabilized, condensed or otherwise processed, cream, milk products, ice cream, frozen custard, French custard, ice […]
The board shall promulgate procedural and substantive regulations to provide: A. for the preparation of dairy products at dairy establishments in a manner safe for human consumption, free from adulteration, spoilage, contamination and unwholesomeness. The regulations shall provide for: (1) disease control; (2) employee hygiene and sanitation at dairy establishments; (3) dairy establishment premises sanitation; […]
A. The department is authorized and has the duty to execute any provisions of the Dairy Establishment Sanitation Act delegated to it under that act and specifically is directed to administer and enforce the provisions of regulations adopted pursuant to that act. B. The director may appoint an advisory council composed of dairy experts to […]
A. No person may operate a dairy establishment unless he possesses a valid and unsuspended permit issued by the department in accordance with the Dairy Establishment Sanitation Act and the regulations adopted pursuant to that act. The permit shall be posted in a conspicuous place within the dairy establishment. No person may display a permit […]
A. The department shall inspect dairy establishments to determine compliance or lack of compliance with the Dairy Establishment Sanitation Act and regulations of the department. The procedures for inspection shall be in accordance with regulations of the department. Upon request by the department to a dairy establishment operator or to his employee or agent, he […]
The department may suspend a permit immediately without prior notice to the holder of the permit if it determines, after inspection, that conditions within a dairy establishment present a substantial danger of illness, serious physical harm or death to consumers who might use the products of the dairy establishment. A suspension action taken under this […]
Any person to whom the department denies a permit or whose permit is suspended or revoked by the department may appeal to the district court pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 1993, ch. 188, § 28; 1998, ch. 55, § 36; 1999, ch. 265, § 38. ANNOTATIONS The 1999 amendment, […]
