Title V, AGRICULTURE (Ch. 159 - 215A)

A person who holds a milk hauler permit or a milk grader permit pursuant to section 192.111 may mix a harmless coloring matter in unlawful milk as provided in section 194.9 to prevent the unlawful milk from being processed and used in any form for human consumption. [C62, 66, 71,…

1. The secretary of agriculture shall enforce the provisions of this chapter , and to this end may adopt such rules and regulations pursuant to chapter 17A as may appear necessary, but not inconsistent with this chapter . 2. The secretary may adopt by rule requirements recommende…

A purchaser of milk from a grade “B” milk producer shall pay an inspection fee not greater than one-half cent per hundredweight. The fee is payable monthly to the department at a time prescribed by the department. Fees collected under this section shall be deposited and used as r…

Any producer using a bulk tank for cooling and storage of milk to be used for manufacturing purposes shall have an enclosed milk room which shall conform to the standards provided by this section . The floor shall be constructed of concrete or other impervious material, maintaine…

This chapter does not apply to any of the following: 1. The production, processing, marketing, and distribution of raw milk, if the raw milk is produced by a raw milk producer at a raw milk dairy as provided in chapter 195 . 2. The manufacture, marketing, and distribution of a ra…

1. Except as provided in subsection 2 , a person who, in person or by an agent or employee, willfully violates any requirement of this chapter shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor. 2. A person in violation of section 194.3A is subject to the same civil penalty as applied to th…

For the purpose of this chapter : 1. “Bulk milk tanker” means all of the following: a. A bulk milk tanker as defined in section 192.101A . b. A vehicle that transports milk stored in milk cans. 2. “Milk grader” means the same as defined in section 192.101A . 3. “Milk hauler” mean…

1. The department shall issue and renew permits under this chapter as provided by rules adopted by the department. The following persons must receive a permit from and pay a permit fee to the department: a. A milk hauler which must obtain a milk hauler permit. b. A milk grader wh…

1. All milk received at a creamery, cheese factory, or milk-processing plant shall be examined for physical characteristics, off-flavors and off-odors, including those associated with developed acidity. The condition of the raw milk shall be wholesome and characteristic of normal…

A test shall be made on the first purchase of milk from a new producer and at least once within each thirty-day interval thereafter. One lot of milk from each producer shall be selected at random and tested for extraneous matter by an appropriate method. The secretary shall deter…

1. At least once every thirty days an estimate of the bacterial quality shall be made of each producer’s milk by use of a standard plate count or an equivalent plate counting procedure in an officially designated laboratory. 2. For the purpose of quality improvement and payment, …

Milk acceptable from the standpoint of organoleptic examination, containing no excessive extraneous matter and complying with class 1 or 2 for bacterial estimate shall be acceptable for use in the processing and manufacturing of dairy products for human consumption. [C62, 66, 71,…

1. Milk acceptable from the standpoint of organoleptic examination, containing no excessive extraneous matter and classified in excess of three hundred thousand for bacterial estimate, may be used in the processing and manufacturing of dairy products for human consumption for a p…

Milk, which from the standpoint of organoleptic examination is not acceptable, or which contains excessive extraneous matter or which by three out of five bacterial estimate tests is classified in excess of three hundred thousand, or which contains material evidencing production …