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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(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.
(d)(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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maryland Code, Health-General § 21-416 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/md/health-general/md-code-health-gen-sect-21-416/
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