Chapter 68. DAIRY

terms shall mean: “Habitual violator” is a producer or other dairy industry business entity that is regulated by the department, for whom the monthly official records for somatic cell counts, bacteria, cooling or added water show that the violation has occurred eight times in a 1…

“transfer stations,” “receiving stations,” or any other facility for handling of bulk milk or milk products shall be a facility separated from any activity that could contaminate or tend to contaminate the milk or milk products.

68.11(1) Grade A and Grade B farm permit suspension and revocation. The department may temporarily suspend a Grade A or Grade B farm permit if the dairy farm fails to meet all the requirements as set forth in the P.M.O. or the Grade B United States Department of Agriculture docum…

handling, sampling, examination, grading, labeling, sale and standards of identity of Grade A pasteurized milk, Grade A milk products and Grade A raw milk, the inspection of Grade A dairy herds, dairy farms, milk plants, milk receiving stations and milk transfer stations, the iss…

68.13(1) Certification. A rating of 90 percent or more calculated according to the rating system as contained in Public Health Service “Methods of Making Sanitation Ratings of Milk Shippers,” 2019 Revision, shall be necessary to receive or retain a Grade A certification under Iow…

a laboratory shall be based on procedures and tests contained in “Standard Methods for the Examination of Dairy Products, 17th Edition, 2004,” and “Methods of Analysis of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists, 18th Edition, 2005.” These publications are hereby incorpora…

manufacturing purposes shall conform to standards contained in the USDA document entitled “Milk for Manufacturing Purposes and Its Production and Processing, Recommended Requirements,” dated July 21, 2011, which is hereby incorporated into this rule by reference and made a part t…

68.16(1) All milk delivered to a creamery, cheese factory or milk processing plant shall be subject to an examination, as provided in Iowa Code chapter 194, which shall be made at the plant if delivered in separate containers or before mixing with other milk collected in a bulk t…

68.17(1) A “new producer” is a person selling milk for the first time who has not previously produced milk under Iowa Code chapter 194. A person who formerly produced farm-separated cream and is now selling, for the first time, whole milk for manufacturing purposes is considered …

68.18(1) If a producer desires to change to another plant or factory, it is required that the first shipment of milk be accompanied by a written quality release form from the former purchaser. This quality release form must be requested by the producer in person or in writing fro…

“deleterious to health” shall make rejection compulsory and that milk shall not be accepted thereafter by any plant or creamery until authorized by the secretary of agriculture. This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 194.4 and 194.9.

68.2(1) Milk plant permit. A person who brings, sends into, or receives into this state, milk or milk products for storage, transfer, processing, sale or to offer for sale, shall possess a “milk plant” permit. 68.2(2) Grade A farm permit. A person who operates a dairy farm to pro…

between the grades of milk as defined by bacterial estimate test.

68.21(1) The scope of this section is broad, covering all plant employees, operators and milk haulers. 68.21(2) A producer selling milk to a new purchaser without first obtaining a quality release form from the former buyer, would be an example of noncompliance with the law and t…

68.22(1) Milking facility and housing. A milking barn or milking parlor of adequate size and arrangement shall be provided to permit normal sanitary milking operations. It shall be well lighted and ventilated, and the floors and gutters in the milking area shall be constructed of…

68.26(1) At least once every calendar month, all creameries, cheese factories, or milk processing plants, hereafter referred to as purchasers, shall test a herd milk sample from every producer in a certified or officially designated laboratory to determine the existence of abnorm…

by USDA/AMS, Dairy Division, titled “General Instructions for Performing Farm Inspections According to USDA Recommended Requirements for Manufacturing Purposes and Its Production and Processing for Adoption by State Regulatory Agencies,” is adopted in its entirety and shall const…

68.35(1) Water for milk house and milking operations shall be from a supply properly located, protected, and operated and shall be easily accessible, adequate and of a safe, sanitary quality. 68.35(2) A Grade A permit shall not be issued to an applicant when the water well supply…

68.36(1) The dairy industry shall screen all Grade A and Grade B farm bulk milk pickup tankers and farm can milk loads for beta lactam drug residues or other residues as designated by the department. A sampling method shall be used with can milk loads to ensure that the sample in…

68.37(1) The milk truck approach of a dairy farm facility shall not be through a cowyard or any other animal confinement area. 68.37(2) If the milk truck approach is contaminated with manure, the milk truck shall not traverse through the contaminated area. 68.37(3) All milk truck…

MILK TANKER, MILK HAULER, MILK GRADER, CAN MILK TRUCK BODY

follow closely the procedures as outlined in the P.M.O., Appendix B. 68.4(1) Dairy industry inspectors. Reserved. 68.4(2) Field representative. The department shall provide a certification program for individuals who work as “quality control” officers in the dairy industry but ar…

“Bulk milk tanker” means a mobile bulk container used to transport milk or fluid milk products from farm to plant or from plant to plant. This includes both the over-the-road semitankers and the tankers that are permanently mounted on a motor vehicle. “Bulk tank” means a bulk tan…

68.41(1) A milk tanker shall not operate in Iowa without a valid license. 68.41(2) The license application shall include a description of the bulk milk tanker, including the make, serial number, capacity and the address at which the bulk milk tanker is customarily kept when not b…

shall be of a sanitary design and construction and shall comply with “3-A Sanitary Standards for Stainless Steel Automotive Milk and Milk Products Transportation Tanks for Bulk Delivery and/or Farm Pick-Up Service,” Number B-05-15-A (April 14, 2015), published jointly by the Inte…

68.43(1) A bulk milk tanker, including equipment and accessories, shall be thoroughly cleaned immediately after each day’s use and shall be kept clean and in good repair. 68.43(2) All product contact surfaces on a bulk milk tanker, including all contact product surfaces of equipm…

equipment and accessories, shall be thoroughly sanitized immediately after cleaning.

68.45(1) A bulk milk tanker shall be cleaned and sanitized in a fully enclosed facility. 68.45(2) The facility shall have an impervious drained floor and shall be equipped with adequate hot and cold water under pressure, a wash vat, sanitizing facilities and equipment storage rac…

68.46(1) When a bulk milk tanker has been thoroughly cleaned and sanitized, but is not returning to the same plant, the dairy receiving operator shall attach a tag showing all of the following: a. The date on which the tanker was cleaned and sanitized. b. The name and location of…

68.47(1) Records shall be kept at all plants where tankers are cleaned and sanitized. 68.47(2) The records shall be kept for at least 90 days. 68.47(3) The records shall include all of the following: a. The name and address of the facility where the tanker was cleaned and sanitiz…

68.48(1) A person shall not engage in the activities of being a milk hauler without a valid milk hauler license. 68.48(2) The cost of a milk hauler license is $20. 68.48(3) A milk hauler license obtained pursuant to this rule expires June 30 biennially and is not transferable bet…

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for milk fat and other dairy products as specified in Standard Methods for the Examination of Dairy Products (17th Edition). That publication is hereby incorporated into this rule by this reference and made part thereof insofar as applicable, and a copy is on file with the depart…

bulk from a dairy farm shall have all of the following supplies available: 1. An adequate supply of sample containers. 2. A sample dipper. 3. A sample dipper storage container. 4. A sanitizing solution in the sample dipper storage container of 200 ppm of chlorine or equivalent. 5…

1. A milk hauler shall wear clean clothing. 2. A milk hauler shall maintain a high degree of personal cleanliness. 3. A milk hauler shall observe good hygienic practices. 4. A milk hauler shall not measure, sample or collect milk if the hauler has a discharging or infected wound …

68.52(1) Before a milk hauler receives or collects milk from a dairy farm, the hauler shall examine the milk by sight and smell and shall reject all milk that has any of the following characteristics: 1. Objectionable odor. 2. Abnormal appearance and consistency. 3. Visible adult…

any of the following: 1. Using a thermometer. 2. Measuring the milk. 3. Collecting a milk sample.

68.54(1) Before a milk hauler collects milk at a dairy farm, the milk hauler shall record the temperature of the milk to be collected. 68.54(2) If the milk is collected more than two hours after the last milking, the milk hauler shall reject the milk if the milk temperature excee…

68.55(1) Before the milk hauler connects a tanker hose to a bulk tank, the hauler shall examine the fittings of the tanker hose and the bulk tank outlet and shall clean and sanitize as necessary. 68.55(2) The milk hauler shall attach the milk hose to the bulk tank outlet in a man…

68.56(1) Before milk is transferred from a bulk tank to a bulk milk tanker, the milk hauler shall measure the amount of milk in the bulk tank. 68.56(2) The milk hauler shall measure the milk using a clean gauge rod or other measuring device that is specifically designed and calib…

68.57(1) Before milk is transferred from a dairy farm bulk tank to a bulk milk tanker, a milk hauler shall collect a representative sample of that milk from the dairy farm bulk tank for testing. If there is more than one bulk tank, a sample from each tank shall be taken and ident…

68.58(1) Whenever a milk hauler collects a milk shipment from a dairy farm, the milk hauler shall make a written record for that shipment. 68.58(2) One copy of the collection record shall be posted in a dairy farm milk room. 68.58(3) The collection record shall be initialed by th…

68.59(1) After a milk hauler has sampled milk from the dairy farm bulk tank and prepared a complete collection record, the hauler may transfer the milk from that bulk tank to the milk tanker. 68.59(2) A milk hauler shall not collect milk from any other container on a dairy farm o…

Examination of Dairy Products, 17th Edition, are approved for universal use in Iowa. All test bottles should be graduated to the half point. This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code chapters 192 and 194. [ARC 2104C, IAB 8/19/15, effective 9/23/15]

68.60(1) The milk hauler shall collect a sample of milk from each dairy farm bulk tank before that milk is transferred to a bulk milk tanker. 68.60(2) A milk sample collected from a dairy farm bulk tank shall not be commingled with a sample collected from any other bulk tank.

procedures when collecting a milk sample: 1. Shall collect the sample after the bulk tank milk has been thoroughly agitated. 2. Shall agitate a bulk tank of less than a 1000 gallon size, in the presence of the milk hauler, for at least five minutes before the milk sample is taken…

68.62(1) The milk hauler shall collect two milk samples at the first farm on each milk route. 68.62(2) One of the two samples collected from the first farm shall be used for a temperature control (TC) sample. 68.62(3) The temperature control (TC) sample shall remain in the rack w…