Indiana Administrative Code
Title 345 - INDIANA STATE BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH
Article 8 - DAIRY PRODUCTS
Rule 3 - Standards for Milk and Milk Products and Grade A Standards
Section 3-2 - Grade A milk production and storage
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 15-17-3-21; IC 15-18-1-14
Affected: IC 15-18-1-18
Sec. 2.
The following are required to hold a Grade A dairy farm permit:
(1) Milk that is produced or processed must meet the chemical, bacteriological, and temperature standards in Section 7 and Table 1 of the PMO adopted by reference in section 1 of this rule.
(2) The farm must meet the sanitation, construction, operation, and other standards in the provisions of the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance adopted by reference in section 1 of this rule, including the following:
(3) The animals on the farm must meet the animal health requirements in IC 15-18-1-18 and Section 8 of the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance adopted by reference in section 1 of this rule.
(4) The "administrative procedures" set forth in the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance adopted by reference in section 1 of this rule shall be followed in implementing the standards required in this section.
(5) Before:
(6) Raw milk for pasteurization shall not be stored:
(7) Agitation and refrigeration of all farm bulk milk cooling and holding tanks shall be automatically controlled with automatic controls that will maintain mixed milk temperature between thirty-two (32) degrees Fahrenheit and forty-five (45) degrees Fahrenheit and an interval timer that will activate agitation of the milk for a minimum period of two (2) minutes in every sixty (60) minute interval.
(8) A farm's milkhouse bulk tank may only be used for collection and storage of raw milk for pasteurization. A farm's milkhouse bulk tank may be converted to a raw milk storage vessel holding commingled raw milk for pasteurization as follows:
(9) Ungraded milk shall not be:
NOTE: Transferred from the Indiana State Department of Health (410 IAC 8-14-8.2) to the Indiana State Board of Animal Health ( 345 IAC 8-3-2 ) by P.L. 137-1996, SECTION 76, effective July 1, 1996.