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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Sec. 24. (1) Whenever the director finds in any dairy farm, dairy plant, receiving station, transfer station, or vehicle any milk, milk product, or other product that contains any unwholesome substance or that may be poisonous or deleterious to health or otherwise unsafe, such milk, milk product, or other product shall be declared by the director as an imminent health hazard. The director shall condemn, destroy, or in any other manner render the same unsalable as human food.
(2) A person shall not remove a condemnation or seizure tag attached to any container of condemned milk or milk product and shall not transfer condemned milk to another container and sell or offer for sale the condemned milk for human consumption.
(3) Any dairy animals that are officially classified as tuberculosis reactors as defined in title 9 of the code of federal regulations and the bovine tuberculosis eradication: uniform methods and rules, effective January 22, 1999, approved by veterinary services of the animal plant health inspection service of the United States department of agriculture, and all amendments to those publications thereafter adopted pursuant to rules that the director may promulgate, shall be milked last or in separate equipment and the milk from these dairy animals shall not be used or sold for human or animal consumption.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 288. Dairy Industry § 288.494 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mi/chapter-288-dairy-industry/mi-comp-laws-288-494/
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