Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals
133 - The Production, Handling and Distribution of Milk and Milk Products Certified Milk
Sanitation and Quality Standards for the Production, Processing, Storage, Handling and Distribution of Milk for Pasteurization and Pasteurized Milk or Milk Products
Section 22-133-125 - Retail raw milk. Herd health. Standards
Current through September 9, 2024
(a) Retail raw milk producers shall maintain a current and ongoing patient/client relationship with an accredited large animal veterinarian licensed to practice in the State of Connecticut.
(b) Herds shall be tested annually for brucellosis and tuberculosis. Such testing shall be conducted in accordance with sections 22-287, 22-298 and 22-304 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(c) The milk ring test for the detection of Brucella spp. shall be administered monthly to each herd.
(d) Each herd producing retail raw milk shall be enrolled in the Connecticut Plan for the Eradication of Mastitis.
(e) The results of all herd testing required by this section shall be reported to the Commissioner.
