a. Appear healthy. All animals in the milking herd shall be maintained in a healthy condition.

b. Tuberculosis Test. All milk for manufacturing purposes shall be from herds which are located in a Modified Accredited Tuberculosis Area as determined by U.S. Department of Agriculture: Provided, That the herds located in an area that fails to maintain such accredited status shall have been accredited by said Department as tuberculosis free or shall have passed an annual tuberculosis test. All tuberculin tests and re-tests shall be made, and any reactors disposed of, in accordance with the Uniform Methods and Rules for establishing and maintaining a Tuberculosis-Free Accredited Herd of Cattle and Modified Accredited Areas, as approved by U.S.D.A. A letter of other official correspondence attesting to the Accreditation status of the locality in which the herd is located, including the date of accreditation, or a certificate identifying the animals tested, the date of injection, the date of reading of test, and results of test signed by a U.S. Department of Agriculture graduate veterinarian shall be evidence of compliance and shall be filed with the Health Authority.

c. Brucellosis Test. All milk for manufacturing shall be from herds under a brucellosis eradication program which meets one of the following conditions:

All brucellosis test, retests, disposal of reactors, vaccination of calves, and certification of herds and areas shall be in accordance with the recommended Uniform Methods and Rules for brucellosis eradication. All reactors disclosed on blood agglutination tests shall be separated immediately from the milking herd; the milk of reactors shall not be used for human consumption.

a. Usage for milk handling and utensil care only

Requirements: No other operations shall be conducted in the milk room which would be likely to contaminate milk, or otherwise create a public health hazard.

b. Adequate size, location, construction, hose port and outside slab

Requirements: A milk house or milk room conveniently located and properly constructed, and of adequate size to properly provide for handling and cooling of milk and for washing, handling, and storing the utensils and equipment shall be provided.

c. Hose port and concrete slab (not required for can milk production)

When bulk milk handling facilities are utilized, a self draining 4 ft. by 4 ft. minimum platform or slab constructed of concrete or other impervious material shall be provided outside the milk house, properly centered under a suitable port opening in the wall for milk house connections. The opening shall be fitted with a tight, self-closing door.

d. Facilities adequate to wash and sanitize milk utensils

Requirement: Milk room shall be equipped with wash and rinse vats (a one compartment vat is acceptable for clean-in-place installations, but a two compartment vat is required when CIP is not used), utensil rack and milk cooling facilities.

e. Hot and cold water under pressure

An adequate supply of not and cold water under pressure shall be supplied to the milk house for cleaning milking equipment.

f. Openings effectively screened or protected, doors tight, self-closing, open outward

Requirements: All outside doors shall open outward and be self-closing, unless they are provided with tight-fitting screen doors that open outward or unless other effective means are provided to prevent the entrance of flies. If a part of the barn or other building, it shall be partitioned and sealed to prevent the entrance of dust, flies or other contaminants. Doors and windows shall be closed during dusty weather.

g. Lighting adequate -- natural or artifical, properly located; ventilation adequate

Requirements: Milk house shall have adequate natural and/or artificial light. Lighting fixtures will not be located over bulk tanks or over wash vats which are used for cleaning operations. There shall be ventilation to prevent odors or condensation on walls and ceilings. Vent openings shall not be located over bulk tanks or wash vats, and shall be well maintained.

h. Clean, good repair, floors, walls, ceilings

Requirements: The milk house shall be provided with a smooth floor constructed of concrete or equally impervious material graded to drain and maintained in good repair. The walls and ceilings shall be constructed of smooth material, in good repair, well painted or finished in an equally suitable manner. The milk house shall be kept clean and free of trash, animals and fowl.

i. Milk house free of insects and rodents

Requirements: Milk house shall be free of insects and rodents to prevent the contamination of milk, containers, equipment and utensils.

j. Medicinals properly used and stored

Requirements: Antibiotics may be stored under refrigeration in the milk house, milk room or barn. Medicated calf feed and other medicines not needing refrigeration shall not be stored in the milk room.

a. Location, size and construction adequate

Requirements: A milking barn or parlor shall be properly located and of adequate size to permit normal sanitary milking operations. The floors and gutter shall be constructed of concrete or other equally impervious material. The walls and ceilings shall be constructed of smooth, easily cleanable materials. The ceiling, if used for overhead storage, shall be dust-tight. Exposed ceiling and walls shall be considered acceptable for existing establishments. All new producers shall meet construction requirements following adoption of these Regulations. No horses, swine, fowl, calves or other animals shall be housed in the milking area except those that are normally included in the milking herd. Manure shall be removed daily.

b. Lighting and ventilation adequate -- natural or artificial

Requirements: It shall be well lighted and ventilated.

c. Cow yard well drained and maintained

Requirements: The cow yard shall be graded to drain and shall have no standing pools of water or accumulation of organic wastes. The cattle housing area shall be free of excess manure, soiled bedding and waste material to prevent the soiling of cows and to minimize fly breeding during the summer months. Waste feed shall not be allowed to accumulate.

a. Good repair, clean, proper storage

Requirements: Utensils, milk cans, milking machines (including pipeline systems) and other equipment used in the handling of milk shall be maintained in good condition, shall be free from rust, open seams, milk stone or any unsanitary condition. This equipment shall be stored in suitable facilities. Milk contact surfaces or utensils and equipment shall be either stainless steel, equally corrosion resistant, non-toxic metal, glass, plastic or rubber and rubber-like materials approved by the regulatory agency.

b. Multi-use utensils properly sanitized

Requirements: Multi-use utensils and equipment shall be washed, rinsed, and drained after each milking, stored in suitable facilities, and sanitized immediately before use with at least 50 P.P.M. chlorine solution or equivalent for a minimum of one minute.

c. Single service articles properly stored

Requirements: Single service articles shall be properly stored and after use, properly disposed of. Single service articles shall not be reused.

d. Inflations and rubber-like materials clean and in good repair

Requirements: Inflations and rubber-like materials shall be maintained in good repair and kept clean. Vacuum lines shall be clean, in good repair, maintained in a sanitary condition, and stored off the floor.

e. Cleaning supplies and brushes stored and used properly

Requirements: Cleaning supplies shall be available and stored in a satisfactory manner on a shelf, rack or cabinet.

a. Cows clean prior to milking, udders and teats washed, sanitized and wiped dry before milking

Requirements: The cow, especially udders and flanks, shall be cleaned prior to milking. The use of clippers will facilitate the cleaning of the udders and teats. The udders and teats shall be washed cleaned and wiped immediately before milking with a clean damp cloth or paper towel moistened with a sanitizing solution and wiped dry. The use of a suitable teat dip following milking is recommended as an aid in mastitis control. Protect milk when straining.

b. Mastitis or abnormal milk program practiced

Requirements: 1) Milk from cows known to be infected with mastitis or milk containing residue of antibiotics or other drugs, or milk containing pesticides or other chemical residue in excess of established limits shall not be sold or offered for sale for human food. 2) These cows which secrete abnormal milk shall be milked last or with separate equipment. This milk shall be excluded from the supply.

c. No water added to milk

Requirements: No rinse water shall be added to milk. Evidence of adulteration by water shall constitute cause for exclusion of the producer's supply.

a. Milk cooled promptly, held at 50 degrees F. or lower in cans

Requirements: Milk in can shall be cooled immediately after milking to 50 degrees F. or lower unless delivered to the plant within two (2) hours after milking. The cooler, tank, or refrigerated unit shall be kept clean.

b. Bulk tank 45 degrees F. or lower

Requirements: Milk in farm bulk tanks shall be cooled to 45 degrees F. or lower within two (2) hours after milking and maintained at 45 degrees F. or lower until transferred to the transport truck.

a. Surroundings neat and clean and free of insect and rodent breeding area

Requirements: The outer surroundings shall be reasonably clean and neat, and free from conditions which might attract or harbor flies or other insects and rodents.

b. No pesticides or any other poisons stored in milk room

Requirements: Pesticides, or any other poisons, shall not be stored in the milk room and when used shall be used in accordance with label instructions so as to prevent contamination of milk.

c. Personnel: Good health, clean outer garments worn, milker's hands clean

Requirements: No persons affected with any disease in a communicable form, or while a carrier of such disease, shall work at any dairy farm in any capacity which brings him into contact with the production, handling, storage and transporation of milk for manufacturing purposes, containers, equipment and utensils, and no milk producer shall employ in any capacity any such person or any person suspected of having any disease in communicable form, or of being a carrier of such disease. Any milk producer upon whose dairy farm any communicable disease occurs or who suspects that any employee has contacted any disease in a communicable form, or has become a carrier of such disease in a communicable form, shall notify the regulatory agency immediately. All persons engaged in the milking operations shall wear clean outer garments, and the milker's hands shall be kept clean and dry.

a. Farm Bulk Milk Tank Specifications

Requirements: Farm bulk milk tanks shall meet 3-A Sanitary Standards for dairy equipment. They shall be leveled and permanently anchored by concrete or other permanent methods to insure proper weights from the calibration charts.

b. Bulk Milk Tank Installation

Requirements: The bulk milk tank shall not be located over the floor drain, or under a ventilator and shall be located properly in the milk room for easy access to all areas for cleaning and servicing. The tank shall be located so as to provide at least 6″ of clearance between the floor and bottom of the tank, or, if the tank is sealed to the floor in such a manner as to prevent the accumulation of milk, water, dust and the harborage of insects and rodents. The truck approach to the milk room shall be graded properly and surfaced to prevent pooling of water at the point of loading. Immediately after each farm tank is emptied, all milk contact surfaces shall be rinsed until visible solids are removed. Such surfaces shall be washed thoroughly and cleaned as soon as possible. Prior to the next milking, such surfaces shall be exposed to at least 50 P.P.M. of chlorine or equivalent for at least one (1) minute. Chemical sprayers are recommended for sanitizing farm tanks and if utilized shall be used for no other purposes.

c. Bulk Tank Transportation

Requirements: The truck transport tank used for collecting milk shall meet 3-A Sanitary Standards for milk transport tanks. The tank truck shall be equipped with an insulated box or compartment, which shall be used for storing and transporting samples. All such samples shall be maintained at a temperature of 40 degrees F. or lower and above freezing at all times. The tank shall be equipped with a dust-tight hose compartment. Loading and unloading or each tank shall be done in a sanitary manner. Single lengths of durable, non-toxic, flexible milk conductor tubing used for conveying milk from the farm tank to the transport tank shall not exceed 8′ in length except in those cases where adequate cleaning facilities are provided. When two (2) lengths of tubing are used, they shall be coupled with a sanitary coupling. The open end of the milk tubing shall be capped except when loading or unloading. All transport milk tanks, sanitary piping, plastic or rubber hoses, fittings and pumps shall be cleaned and sanitized daily: Provided, That if they are not be to bused immediately after emptying a load of milk, they shall be washed and cleaned promptly after use and given effective bactericidal treatment prior to re-use. After being washed and sanitized, each tank shall be identifed by a tag attached to the outlet valve showing date, time, place and signature of person cleaning and sanitizing the tank. The tag shall not be removed until the first pickup of milk following each cleaning and sanitizing.